Freeway to Go

摘要

In clearing land for the I-210, three endangered life forms had to be protected: the kangaroo rat, a plant called the woolly star and Sam Mai-oof. An era has ended. First suggested in a 1924 traffic plan, the massive undertaking that became the California freeway system is finally complete. Construction of the I-210 freeway (also known as the Foothill freeway) adds the final 28.2 miles of roadway to a system that boasts some 900 miles of freeways in Southern California alone. Connecting the city of La Verne in Los Angeles County to the city of San Bernardino, this last seg- ment is an eight-lane freeway with 49 new structures, 14 local street interchanges and one freeway-to-freeway interchange. This is the last freeway to be built on virgin land; no more new freeways are planned in Southern California (although existing freeways will continue to be expanded and upgraded).