Traffic rolls through underpass at Lankershim Boulevard
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes The bridge/tunnel was built as part of the Cahuenga Freeway; it is now known as the Lankershim/101 Freeway Bridge and Tunnel. Photograph article dated September 7, 1948 partially reads, "State engineers working on the Valley's $2,000,000 continuation of the Hollywood freeway turned to paving work today after opening the Lankershim boulevard underpass in time for Labor Day traffic....Opening of the underpass marks the first time automobiles have passed over a part of the Hollywood freeway extension which will eventually provide a highspeed route from Cahuenga pass to Valley points. Pacific Electric trains have been crossing over the grade separation bridge for weeks, while workmen paved lanes of Lankershim boulevard into Cahuenga boulevard. Eventually the freeway traffic heading to and from the Valley will pass over the heads of motorist on Lankershim boulevard on divided lanes bordering the P. E. tracks."
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Image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pacific Electric Railway Company Underpasses--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Express highways--Design and construction Construction and demolition debris--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Street-railroads--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Tunnels--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Cahuenga Freeway (Calif.) Lankershim Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lankershim/101 Freeway Bridge and Tunnel (Calif.) Cahuenga Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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