Late 1970s Los Angeles Freeway System map

[TheStranger]

http://www.newberry.org/k12maps/module_18/map/core.html

I wonder if these abstract diagrams are still being made today...

Some notes:

- this was prior to the designation of I-110/Route 110 (along 1934-1981 Route 11) and I-710 (along 1964-1984 Route 7)

- Route 91/Artesia Freeway not yet complete to the 110/405 combined junction - according to the CalTrans bridge log, this wasn't even finished until 1985!

- No sign of 71 being upgraded yet southeast of Pomona, or for that matter, any of today's I-15

- I-15E still signed

- Looking at this map, 710 isn't complete yet to 47; CalTrans bridge log notes some of the ramps in Long Beach were built in 1994, though most of the milage had been finished by 1970

- San Bernardino Split shown as full interchange (has not been the case since 1995 due to the Northridge earthquake and retrofit cost issues, resulting in the removal of the 10W-101S flyover)

- 210 incomplete between La Tuna Canyon and Route 118

- No Route 118 freeway west of Balboa

- no new tollways yet in Orange County

[Bickendan]

As of my 2003 Metro LA Thomas Guides, they still make them. In fact, I'd love to see abstracts of Metro NYC...

[TheStranger]

Where I'd love to see an abstract: San Diego - a large-scale freeway system that really is the only one in California to have seen significant growth into this decade, with the continuing 52, 905, and 125 projects!

[Bickendan]

I have the one from 2005...