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26 DIGS.NET | 8.7.2020 SOUTH BAY FREEWAYS S O U T H B A Y History Tidbits DRE#: 01368971 Maureen Megowan 310.541.6416 Many south bay residents wonder why another freeway spur was never built into the South Bay for easier access for residents to the freeways. The original 1946 master plan for the Southern California freeway system included what was known as the Ocean Freeway/ Pacific Coast Freeway, which was to have run along the coast, swinging inland through Redondo Beach and Torrance and connecting to the Harbor Freeway, and extending through Long Beach. This also included a spur called the Manhattan Beach Parkway that would have connected the Ocean freeway to the San Diego Freeway (it would have run from the Ocean Freeway (which at that time was Vista Del Mar) to the San Diego Freeway, roughly along Marine, Valley Drive, and would have cut across what is now the Los Angeles Air Force Base.). This proposed freeway, of course, created a huge uproar, especially in Manhattan Beach, where the freeway was planned to run near Sepulveda Boulevard, splitting the community in half. Another freeway connecting to the San Diego Freeway roughly following to the east of Hawthorne Boulevard had also been proposed. In 1968, several alternative alignments of what was called the "Hawthorne Freeway" (route 107) were considered. These included routes connecting from the San Diego Freeway roughly following just to the east of Inglewood Boulevard, and as far west as Prospect through Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach, then swinging east along the Palos Verdes Peninsula foothills, and terminating at Vermont Ave. (with a planned connection with the Harbor Freeway when the Ocean Freeway was to be extended through Long Beach). The most southernmost route considered would have demolished some homes in Rolling Hills Estates, in the neighborhoods of Montecito, Empty Saddle, and the Empty Saddle Club. Due to funding constraints, and neighborhood opposition, these freeways, of course, were never constructed. Construction of the Harbor Freeway began in 1954 and was completed in 1962. The portion from I-10 south to Pacific Coast Highway (SR-1) was originally labeled as US 6 and SR-11. In 1963, US 6 was removed and in 1984, SR-11 was renumbered as I-110. Construction of the 405 freeway began in 1957, with completion of the first section north of LAX completed in 1961. The next section south to the 605 freeway was finished within a couple of years thereafter. The above is an excerpt from my book "Historic Tales of Palos Verdes and the South Bay". For more info see http://www.southbayhistory.com. mdmegowan@gmail.com AUGUST 7, 2020 | ISSUE 235 TO OUR READERS South Bay DIGS welcomes your feedback and encourages reader response to our editorial features. 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