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CA 6 and CA 26 (II)

Started by Max Rockatansky, March 01, 2023, 07:54:02 AM

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Max Rockatansky

The original California State Route 6 was one of the original Sign State Routes announced during August 1934.  As originally configured California State Route 6 was aligned from California State Route 3 in Santa Monica east to California State Route 39 near Fullerton.  California State Route 6 was swapped to the second designation of California State Route 26 during 1937 to make way for US Route 6 to be extended into California.  Beginning during the early 1940s the second California State Route 26 became a gapped route when it was bisected by US Route 101 Bypass.  The second California State Route 26 is heavily tied to the development of Olympic Boulevard which wasn't complete until 1948.  The gap in California State Route 26 was resolved during 1951 with the truncation of Legislative Route Number 171.  California State Route 26 and Olympic Boulevard would gradually be replaced as Interstate 10 and the Santa Monica Freeway were constructed from 1957-1965. 

Depicted above as the blog cover is a view on California State Route 26 on Olympic Boulevard approaching Fox Film Company studios during 1941. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/2023/03/california-state-route-6-and-second.html?m=1


bing101

That is interesting to see that CA-26 and CA-6 were State routes before the Santa Monica freeway even existed.  It was then on Olympic Blvd. Then When the Santa Monica Freeway was made it was originally going to be CA-26 before it got the I-10 designation.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: bing101 on March 07, 2023, 09:22:01 AM
That is interesting to see that CA-26 and CA-6 were State routes before the Santa Monica freeway even existed.  It was then on Olympic Blvd. Then When the Santa Monica Freeway was made it was originally going to be CA-26 before it got the I-10 designation.

Correct, conceptually the Santa Monica Freeway was to be CA 26 before the Interstate system.

bing101

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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 07, 2023, 09:55:47 AM
Quote from: bing101 on March 07, 2023, 09:22:01 AM
That is interesting to see that CA-26 and CA-6 were State routes before the Santa Monica freeway even existed.  It was then on Olympic Blvd. Then When the Santa Monica Freeway was made it was originally going to be CA-26 before it got the I-10 designation.

Correct, conceptually the Santa Monica Freeway was to be CA 26 before the Interstate system.

Also CA-26 was supposed to reach the Pomona Freeway before that freeway became CA-60 east of Downtown LA. I seen pictures where Caltrans had Control city signs for the Santa Monica Freeway originally signed as CA-26 on Blueprints and Pomona Freeway originally getting a CA-26 designation before they were changed to their current designations once the signs were made and installed.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27406.msg2523862#msg2523862
We mentioned this in a thread from 2020 about a CA-10 listed as an unsigned portion of the San Bernardino freeway.




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