Historic Photos of Orange and Riverside County Highways

Last modified: August 25, 2006

Orange County

Santa Ana Fwy, Anaheim

Orange County Register
U.S. 101 Santa Ana Freeway (now Interstate 5) in Anaheim, mid 1950s.

Los Angeles Times
Santa Ana Freeway at Disneyland, 1955 (Harbor Blvd interchange is under construction to the right). Note the farm land surrounding the park. Click on the photo for a larger view.

I-5 north of CA 55, 1984

Los Angeles Times

Left: Interstate 5 just north of CA 55 at the 1st and 4th Street, Santa Ana exits in 1984. Built in 1953.
Right: Interstate 5 / CA 55 interchange in 1987. Built in the mid 1950s when it was a rural interchange.

The 5/55 interchange was rebuilt in 1996 with carpool connectors elevated past the 1st and 4th Street exits.

South Irvine, 1958

California Highways & Public Works
Newly built Santa Ana Freeway (then US 101, now I-5) looking south from the CA 133 overpass in 1958.

Laguna Cyn Road, 1958

California Highways & Public Works
New 1958 alignment of Laguna Canyon Road (CA 133), later upgraded to the Laguna Freeway when I-405 was built in 1968, looking west from the Santa Ana Freeway overpass.

Laguna Cyn Road over US 101, 1958

California Highways & Public Works
Looking north on the Santa Ana Freeway at the Laguna Canyon Road (133) interchange, built in 1958.

I-5 north at CA 133, 1991

Same CA 133 / I-5 interchange in 1991 while I-5 was being rebuilt. This bridge was torn down and replaced later that year.

Tustin RR bridge

Railroad bridge at northbound Interstate 5's entrance to Tustin. Built in the mid 1950s and removed in 1991. This used to be the dividing line between the orange groves and the suburbs.

The CA 73 exit ramps were built when I-405 was constructed in 1968. They didn't connect to anything until the CA 73 freeway opened in 1978. Photo taken in 1976.

Riverside County

California Highways & Public Works

Aerial view of the Badlands section of US 60 (now CA 60) being widened to four lanes in 1956.

Thanks to Casey Cooper for the California Highways & Public Works scans

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