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Rock slide, Cahuenga Pass Freeway US Highway 101

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Order Number	00041112
Title	Rock slide, Cahuenga Pass Freeway US Highway 101
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 5460C-Hollywood Freeway.
Date	1952
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	The Cahuenga Parkway over Cahuenga Pass opened in 1940 with six lanes of traffic divided into two directions by the Pacific Electric trolley tracks down the middle. When the limited access roadway was completed to Downtown Los Angeles in 1954 in conjuction with the widening of the parkway in the pass by removal of the trolley tracks, the route as a whole was renamed the Hollywood Freeway.
Description	A new peril was created on the Cahuenga Pass Freeway as a rainstorm loosened rocks on bordering hillsides and sent them crashing down on the pavement. No one was reported injured. Photo dated: January 15, 1952.
Subject	Express highways--California, Southern. Rockslides--California--Los Angeles. United States Highway 101. Cahuenga Pass (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection