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I-5 Freeway, San Juan Capistrano, circa 1964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153217981/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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Lincoln Ave. at I-5 Freeway, Anaheim, circa 1967 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153756308/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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Bristol and I-5 Freeway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730588/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at Flower St., Santa Ana, 1950s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730586/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway, Orange County, circa 1967 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730570/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at 17th St., Santa Ana, 1950s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730568/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at 1st St., Santa Ana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730564/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway, El Toro, 10-6-1964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730530/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at Bristol, Santa Ana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153173585/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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South I-5 Freeway, South Orange County, 1960s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2868959066/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at El Toro Road, late 1950s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2851364846/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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5 Freeway at El Toro Rd, El Toro, circa 1960s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/3401997117/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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El Toro Rd and Rockfield, Lake Forest, Jan. 1977 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2967906576/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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...
Thanks for those pictures! :clap: Any more?
By the way, anybody notice the gas prices at that Mobil station in the El Toro Rd/Rockfield Blvd. picture?
Quote from: hm insulators on February 08, 2012, 03:18:04 PM
Thanks for those pictures! :clap: 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
Quote from: Bigmikelakers on February 06, 2012, 07:04:40 PM
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I-5 Freeway, San Juan Capistrano, circa 1964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153217981/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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Lincoln Ave. at I-5 Freeway, Anaheim, circa 1967 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153756308/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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.)
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Bristol and I-5 Freeway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730588/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at Flower St., Santa Ana, 1950s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730586/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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
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I-5 Freeway, Orange County, circa 1967 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730570/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at 17th St., Santa Ana, 1950s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730568/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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.)
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I-5 Freeway at 1st St., Santa Ana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730564/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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!)
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I-5 Freeway, El Toro, 10-6-1964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153730530/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at Bristol, Santa Ana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/6153173585/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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.)
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South I-5 Freeway, South Orange County, 1960s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2868959066/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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I-5 Freeway at El Toro Road, late 1950s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2851364846/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), on Flickr
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5 Freeway at El Toro Rd, El Toro, circa 1960s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/3401997117/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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
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El Toro Rd and Rockfield, Lake Forest, Jan. 1977 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2967906576/) by Orange County Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/ocarchives/), 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
:wow:
Mike
Amazing how not that long ago Orange County was a lot more rural.
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....
Quote from: Interstate Trav on February 08, 2012, 10:09:02 PM
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