Talk:Imperial Highway

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Can anyone contribute any information about the origin of this road's name? Why "Imperial"? Why "Highway"? Thanks. Huntington 23:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Eastern extension?
This 1942 topo shows the name on SR 91 through Corona. Does anybody know how far it went? --NE2 03:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, it appears to have gone to El Centro, a total of 212 miles roughly along the old Butterfield Overland Mail route:

I don't know how it went from Corona. --NE2 10:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

So the apparent answer to the question above of how Imperial Highway got its name is that it was the road that lead to California's Imperial Valley. From the sources cited above, it seems that there is a lot more story to tell about this road. There is a long history, and what's left today is just a remnant of former greatness. I would like to know what the full route was in terms of today's roads, insofar as it is possible to define it as such. On a side note, the original article defines several "towns" such as Anaheim. "Cities" would be the right term. Also, the terms "poorest" and "richest" are used, and are perhaps not true in an absolute sense. Are there poorer areas in LA? Are there richer areas in OC? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timnmnangers (talk • contribs) 16:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

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I just wanted to make a comment. My family has lived at the tail end of Imperial Highway on and off for the last 30 or so years. From them and others I was told that it was a true rural highway connecting Orange County to the Southbay area of Los Angeles. Back in the late 1960's it was the paved road in the area around Brea/Yorba Linda. At that time it ended at Yorba Linda Blvd near the old Pacific Electric/UP Train station. It was later extended into Anaheim, across the Santa Ana River. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.203.146 (talk) 00:06, 17 May 2011 (UTC)