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Photograph caption dated December 21, 1956 reads “Shown above are massive sprocket graders pulled by caterpillar tractors in preparing soil for 1.1-mile-extension of Hollywood Freeway from Lankershim boulevard to Moorpark avenue. Full use of this addition will not be full appreciated until Ventura Freeway ties into it serving as a speedy expressway through San Fernando Valley to Ventura located up coast. This section carries construction allotment of $2,172,000.” See images 00146988 through 00146995 for all photos in this series.
Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--California--Los Angeles Tractors--California--Los Angeles Earthmoving machinery--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction Construction projects--California--Los Angeles United States Highway 101 Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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