alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) (10/10/84)
her names for them? To you So. Californians: Just where *is* the 4-level interchange, anyway? What's a SIG alert? Not all of the L.A. fwys have names. Did you know the so-called 'Marina del Rey' fwy is really the 'Richard M. Nixon' fwy?
scw@cepu.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) (10/11/84)
In article <1376@sdcrdcf.UUCP> alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) writes: >her names for them? > >To you So. Californians: Just where *is* the 4-level interchange, anyway? >What's a SIG alert? Not all of the L.A. fwys have names. Did you know >the so-called 'Marina del Rey' fwy is really the 'Richard M. Nixon' fwy? (1) The 4-level interchange is the interchange of the Hollywood (US 101) and Harbor/Pasadena (I110/ca 110) Fwys. It is about 2 miles WNW of City Hall. (2) A SIG alert is named after [don't know his first name] Sig, He worked for the CHP back in the 50's and invented it. What it is is an announcment by CalTrans/CHP that a problem exists at some location (specified) and an estimate of how long it will be in existance (usually very accurate). (3) The Marina del Ray Fwy (Cal Hwy 90, from I-405 (the San Diego Fwy) West to Culver Blvd. total length ~3.5 Miles) was called the R. M. Nixion Fwy until ~~1973-74 (When it was renamed by Jerry Brown's CalTrans director Adrianna Geanturko(sp?), whom we can all thank for: (a)the Century Fwy (which was supposed to be finished 2 years ago) only now starting construction (it'll cost almost 3.5 X the planned cost). (b)the Artiesa (91)/Harbor (I110) fwy interchange (which was supposed to be finished 6 years ago) will be done some time next year (anyone care to hazard a guess as to the additional costs?). (c)The diamond lane in the Santa-Monica Fwy (I-10), (anyone remember that fiasco?). (d)The attempted diamond lane on the San Diego Fwy (I405) ($500,000+ in court costs). -- Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology) uucp: { {ihnp4, uiucdcs}!bradley, hao, trwrb, sdcrdcf}!cepu!scw ARPA: cepu!scw@ucla-cs location: N 34 3' 9.1" W 118 27' 4.3"
phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (10/13/84)
> (1) The 4-level interchange is the interchange of the Hollywood (US 101) and > Harbor/Pasadena (I110/ca 110) Fwys. It is about 2 miles WNW of City Hall. The Habor/Pasadena Freeway in the vicinity of the 4-level is CA 11, not CA 110. It is not an Interstate highway. I just checked this on an Auto Club of Southern Cal (aka AAA) map. Boy, that 4-level is a fine piece of work. In the SF bay area we recently completed a 4 level interchange (as opposed to THE 4-level. was it the first in the world?) of US 101 and I 280 and it is interesting how much larger it is than US 101 and CA 11. It does take a lot of concrete to let you make a left turn at 55 mph. -- Phil Ngai (408) 982-6554 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!phil ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPA
robert@erix.UUCP (Robert Virding) (10/15/84)
In article <417@amd.UUCP> phil@amd.UUCP writes: >It does take a lot of concrete to let you make a left turn at 55 mph. Not if you have the right car! :-) Robert Virding @ L M Ericsson, Stockholm