State Route 248
California State Highway Routes
< Route 247		Route 249 >
Unconstructed - Deleted - Freeway - Scenic

Colorado Boulevard and Colorado Street is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Griffith Park in Los Angeles east through Glendale, the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Arcadia, ending in Monrovia. The full route was once various state highways, but is now locally maintained in favor of the parallel Ventura Freeway (State Route 134) and Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210). This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Example State Route signage. ... Below is a list and summary of the entirely unconstructed state highways in California as outlined by the legislature in and after 1964. ... Below is a list and summary of the deleted State Routes (i. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: California Streets and Highways Code Section 250-257 The California Freeway and Expressway System is a system of existing or planned freeways and expressways in the U.S. state of California. ... The following highways are designated, in whole or part, by the State of California as State Scenic Highways: // State Scenic Highways Entire route The following routes have their entire length designed as a scenic highway: California State Route 28 California State Route 35 California State Route 38 - In San Bernardino... Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Vintage Disneyland Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the state of California. ... Welcome sign at Griffith Parks northwest entrance Griffith Park is a large park situated in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... This article is about the idea of state highways State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139 State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. ... The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 LA 0. ... The Foothill Freeway is the name assigned to Interstate 210, a bypass interstate about 70 miles long located in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 LA 0. ...

West end

Colorado Street begins at Interstate 5 (Golden State Freeway) as a short freeway spur, originally carrying State Route 134 until it was moved north onto the Ventura Freeway. After crossing the Los Angeles River, there are two interchanges - with Edenhurst Avenue and San Fernando Road - before it becomes a surface street. At the second interchange it enters Glendale. INTERSTATE JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # Mexican Federal Highway 1/ Mexican Border CA 0 I-805 CA 1 I-15 CA 13 I-8 CA 20 I-805 CA 31 I-405 CA 94 I-605 CA 124 I-710 CA 130 I-10 CA 134 CA 135 I-405 CA 158... Southern California freeways The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 LA 0. ... The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. ... The Los Angeles River, highlighted in red (on the left). ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. ...

At the east border of Glendale, Colorado Street becomes Colorado Boulevard as it crosses State Route 2 (Glendale Freeway) into Los Angeles (specifically, the neighborhood of Eagle Rock). Another short freeway spur splits west of the intersection with Figueroa Street, heading northeast to the Ventura Freeway. This spur also carried SR 134 after the Ventura Freeway was built to the east but before it was built west of the split with the spur. After crossing Figueroa Street, Colorado Boulevard splits from Linda Vista Avenue and then passes over the Arroyo Seco on the Colorado Street Bridge into Pasadena. Map of State Route 2; the Santa Monica Boulevard segment is highlighted in red, Alvarado Street is highlighted in green, the Glendale Freeway is highlighted in blue, and the Angeles Crest Highway is highlighted in purple. ... Southern California freeways California State Route 2; the Santa Monica Boulevard segment is highlighted in red, Alvarado Street is highlighted in green, the Glendale Freeway is highlighted in blue, and the Angeles Crest Highway is highlighted in purple. ... Figueroa Street, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is one of the longest continuous streets in the world. ... The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. ... The Arroyo Seco is a creek and drainage channel in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. ... Colorado Street Bridge seen from the Arroyo Seco below The Colorado Street Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge in Pasadena, California, USA. Because it spans the Arroyo Seco, it is often incorrectly referred to in the press as the Arroyo Seco Bridge. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed and...

Through Pasadena

In Pasadena, Colorado Boulevard crosses the short State Route 710 spur and forms the north end of State Route 110 (Arroyo Parkway). Colorado Street, renamed "Boulevard" in 1958, runs through Old Town Pasadena from Arroyo Parkway to Orange Grove Boulevard. It is the east-west zero axis of the street grid in Pasadena (the north-south axis is Fair Oaks Avenue). The Tournament of Roses parade route travels along Colorado Boulevard as far as Sierra Madre Boulevard, where it heads north to Victory Park. Most major Pasadena attractions are found along or within one block of Colorado Boulevard. Pasadena City College is located at 1500 E. Colorado Boulevard. The street was mentioned in Jan and Dean's 1964 hit song The Little Old Lady from Pasadena. The road leaves the city into an unincorporated piece of Los Angeles County, where it intersects State Route 19 (Rosemead Boulevard). Interstate 710 (I-710), mostly named the Long Beach Freeway, is a freeway running for 23 miles (37 km) in a north-south direction through Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... California State Route 110 (Pasadena Freeway) highlighted in red. ... California State Route 110 (Pasadena Freeway) highlighted in red. ... Old Town Pasadena Alley. ... The grid plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. ... Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California is a major north-south viaduct connecting the communities of Altadena, Pasadena, and South Pasadena. ... There is also the Roses Tournament in England Perhaps one of the United States of Americas most important annual festivities, The Tournament of Roses Parade is the 114-year-old traditional parade generally held on New Years Day in Pasadena, California. ... The W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences under construction in January of 2005, seen from Victory Plaza Victory Park is a master planned development northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) and North of Woodall Rodgers Freeway. ... Pasadena City College is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California, USA. It often called by its acronym, PCC. Its current president is Dr. James Kossler and its sports teams are referred to as the Pasadena Lancers. ... Jan Berry (April 3, 1941, Los Angeles -- March 26, 2004) and Dean Torrence (born March 10, 1940, Los Angeles) were a rock and roll duo popular from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

East end

The name changes back to Colorado Street as it enters Arcadia. It turns southeast and splits into Colorado Boulevard, which turns back east, and the short Colorado Place, which continues southeast to merge with Huntington Drive. Colorado Boulevard heads east as a less major road, passing under Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway) with no access before ending at Shamrock Avenue in Monrovia. (Shamrock Avenue was once part of Foothill Boulevard.) JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 LA 0. ... The Foothill Freeway is the name assigned to Interstate 210, a bypass interstate about 70 miles long located in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. ...

History

The most original portion of Colorado Boulevard ran from Orange Grove Boulevard to Broadway, now Arroyo Parkway. This portion of the street always contained many shops, banks, hotels, and major commercial industries. By the late 19th century, this part of the Colorado had become so popular, it was becoming a traffic bottleneck, and as early as May 1900 there were public outcries to City Council to widen the road. It wasn't until 1929 that the City undertook the major and unprecedented task of cutting back the buildings along Colorado 14 feet on each side. This undertaking created a monumental amount of legal red tape as well as many engineering dilemmas which were handled with amazing results. At the same much of the Victorian facings on the buildings were replaced with Spanish and Art Deco designs.

Colorado Street and Colorado Boulevard carried pre-1964 Legislative Route 161 from its west end to the merge with Huntington Drive (via Colorado Place). This was signed as State Route 134 west of Figueroa Street, U.S. Route 66 Alternate (US 66 before the end of 1940) from Figueroa Street to Arroyo Parkway, and U.S. Route 66 from Arroyo Parkway to Huntington Drive. JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 LA 0. ... Figueroa Street, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is one of the longest continuous streets in the world. ... California State Route 110 (Pasadena Freeway) highlighted in red. ... U.S. Route 66 or Route 66 was a highway in the U.S. Highway system. ...

In the 1964 renumbering, LR 161 remained State Route 134 west of Pasadena, though this was being moved to the new alignment (now the Ventura Freeway). Through and east of Ventura, LR 161 became State Route 248, which continued east on Huntington Drive to the interchange with Interstate 210 (Foothill Freeway) in Monrovia. (The west end of SR 248 was at the interchange with SR 134 just east of the Colorado Street Bridge over the Arroyo Seco.)^[1] Cover of the March-April 1964 edition of California Highways and Public Works, showing an extended State Route 1 replacing U.S. Route 101 Alternate In 1963 and 1964, the California Division of Highways implemented a major renumbering of its state highways. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 LA 0. ... The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-5 LA 0. ... The Foothill Freeway is the name assigned to Interstate 210, a bypass interstate about 70 miles long located in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. ... Colorado Street Bridge seen from the Arroyo Seco below The Colorado Street Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge in Pasadena, California, USA. Because it spans the Arroyo Seco, it is often incorrectly referred to in the press as the Arroyo Seco Bridge. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed and... The Arroyo Seco is a creek and drainage channel in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. ...

The length of SR 248 in Pasadena was deleted form the state highway system in 1986. The rest was removed in 1992.^[1] Along with the moving of SR 134 to the Ventura Freeway, this resulted in Colorado Street and Colorado Boulevard becoming a local road. The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. ...

References

1. ^ ^a b California Highways: Former State Route 248