Old I-5 Photos in Orange County

[Bigmikelakers]

I-5 Freeway, San Juan Capistrano, circa 1964 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


Lincoln Ave. at I-5 Freeway, Anaheim, circa 1967 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


Bristol and I-5 Freeway by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at Flower St., Santa Ana, 1950s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway, Orange County, circa 1967 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at 17th St., Santa Ana, 1950s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at 1st St., Santa Ana by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway, El Toro, 10-6-1964 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at Bristol, Santa Ana by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


South I-5 Freeway, South Orange County, 1960s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at El Toro Road, late 1950s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


5 Freeway at El Toro Rd, El Toro, circa 1960s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


El Toro Rd and Rockfield, Lake Forest, Jan. 1977 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

[TheStranger]

All the pre-1964 photos of the Santa Ana Freeway have to also be noted as being part of US 101 at the time.  Don't know if there are any 101 shields hiding in those pics though...

[hm insulators]

Thanks for those pictures! Any more?

By the way, anybody notice the gas prices at that Mobil station in the El Toro Rd/Rockfield Blvd. picture?

[mgk920]

Thanks for those pictures! Any more?

By the way, anybody notice the gas prices at that Mobil station in the El Toro Rd/Rockfield Blvd. picture?

Full serve vs. self serve?  I remember those here, too.

Mike

[mgk920]

I-5 Freeway, San Juan Capistrano, circa 1964 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


Lincoln Ave. at I-5 Freeway, Anaheim, circa 1967 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.832583,-117.927053&spn=0.01073,0.013797&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=33.832524,-117.931505&panoid=XNaQZTLZLbAyHDDzg5Gakw&cbp=12,82.88,,0,5.71
(Lincoln Ave was realigned at this interchange.)

Bristol and I-5 Freeway by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at Flower St., Santa Ana, 1950s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.780324,-117.874117&spn=0.010665,0.013797&t=m&layer=c&cbll=33.780316,-117.877927&panoid=EKvlVZ7Jk4D3FLIVvrNftA&cbp=12,145.11,,0,2.55&z=16

I-5 Freeway, Orange County, circa 1967 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at 17th St., Santa Ana, 1950s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.759499,-117.860287&spn=0.00537,0.006899&t=k&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.759707,-117.862553&panoid=uBnT61B-qH_LpXZ_noAcVg&cbp=12,309.85,,0,2.9
(note that that southbound off-ramp has been moved a block or so to the south.)

I-5 Freeway at 1st St., Santa Ana by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.74561,-117.838476&spn=0.010741,0.013797&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=33.745612,-117.842328&panoid=ShMtFUw6_xMpAwudjcJWUw&cbp=12,347.52,,0,-0.53
(Note that some of the palm trees in the left background are still there!)

I-5 Freeway, El Toro, 10-6-1964 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at Bristol, Santa Ana by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.780431,-117.873302&spn=0.010737,0.013797&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=33.780423,-117.877152&panoid=e36wWJdg3H6tmsv8QBHhww&cbp=12,314.65,,0,3.87
(Note, 'Bristol' is now 'La Veta Ave'.  A bit to the west, La Veta curves to the south to become Bristol St.)

South I-5 Freeway, South Orange County, 1960s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


I-5 Freeway at El Toro Road, late 1950s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr


5 Freeway at El Toro Rd, El Toro, circa 1960s by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.607936,-117.693701&spn=0.010758,0.013797&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=33.607847,-117.697856&panoid=vRTkvhZzMXYwX3o_Ds72bw&cbp=12,296.54,,0,3.78

El Toro Rd and Rockfield, Lake Forest, Jan. 1977 by Orange County Archives, on Flickr

Same scene today:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.616674,-117.703421&spn=0.005343,0.006899&t=k&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.617235,-117.704941&panoid=I7LhJRF0ArwfgNG_IXg_ag&cbp=12,185.543837,,0,0



Mike

[Interstate Trav]

Amazing how not that long ago Orange County was a lot more rural.

[OCGuy81]

Those are awesome! Thanks for posting those!  4-lane freeways? In Orange County??! Whaaat?! :-)

Those gas prices in the last photo were great. 57.9 and 61.9.  I think we're not too far off from sliding those decimal places one spot to the left....

[mgk920]

Amazing how not that long ago Orange County was a lot more rural.

Yea, IIRC, it was called 'Orange County' because of all of the orange groves that once covered wide swaths of it.

Mike