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Grading work on section of San Diego Freeway running across Santa Monica Mountains, Calif., 1961

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Title: Grading work on section of San Diego Freeway running across Santa Monica Mountains, Calif., 1961
Contributor: Mortenson, Clarence
Date Created and/or Issued: May 28, 1961
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3310
Description: THE NEW AND THE OLD--The San Diego Freeway route is seen in this panoramic view north as it crosses the Santa Monica Mountains, roughly parallel to Sepulveda Blvd., being relocated westward. New Sepulveda will follow a line beginning at earth-mover, left foreground, through water tank midway up hill to connect with Sepulveda tunnel to left of hill, top left. Freeway will come in from the right.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b764_209959
ark:/21198/zz0002qg90
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Express highways--California--Los Angeles County--Design and construction
Automobiles--United States--1960-1970
Environment
Grading (Earthwork)--California--Los Angeles County
Transportation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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