California State Route 26 (pre-1964)

State Route 26 marker

State Route 26
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Existed 1937 – 1964
Highway system

California State Route 26 (SR 26) was a state highway in Los Angeles and Orange counties in the U.S. state of California, from 1937 to 1964. It traveled from U.S. Route 101 Alternate (US 101 Alt.) in Santa Monica to SR 39 in Buena Park.

The route was assigned pre-1964 Legislative Route 173 (LR 173), defined in 1933 from Santa Monica to East Los Angeles.[1] Between Santa Monica and Los Angeles, it was later replaced by the Santa Monica Freeway, and added to the Interstate Highway System on September 15, 1955.[2] East of East Los Angeles, it was assigned LR 166.[3]

The highway originally traveled along 10th Street in Los Angeles, but as Olympic Boulevard was built out to the west and east, it was aligned to that. East of Los Angeles, the highway turned southeast along the Anaheim Telegraph Road, which it followed into Santa Fe Springs. It then continued along Los Nietos Road, Valley View Avenue, and Stage Road before its terminus at La Habra Road (now Beach Boulevard). The portion east of Downtown Los Angeles was eventually deleted from the system as redundant to US 101 Byp. which later became Interstate 5 (I-5).

The highway was known as California State Route 6 from 1934 to 1937. The current SR 26 bears no relation to this highway.

See also

  • California Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ "California Highways: Chronology of California Highways 1933-1946". Cahighways.org. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  2. ↑ "California Highways: Interstate Highway Types and the History of California's Interstates". Cahighways.org. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  3. ↑ "California Highways: Routes 161 through 168". Retrieved December 2, 2014.
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