User talk:NE2/LA freeways

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On June 9, 1955, the City Planning Commission approved a revised Master Plan of Freeways. This revised plan retains the basic pattern of the original freeway system conceived in 1939 but makes certain changes resulting from location studies of the Bureau of Engineering and route adoptions by the California Highway Commission. Major changes included in the revised Master Plan of Freeways are:
 * Revised master plan
 * Reseda freeway — This freeway has been added to the plan to provide a direct route from the Newhall-Saugus area across the West San Fernando Valley and through the Santa Monica Mountains to Pacific Palisades.
 * Golden state freeway — This proposed freeway replaces the San Fernando Parkway which appeared on the earlier plan. It will provide a new route terminating in the Boyle Heights District.
 * Venice freeway — The suggested Venice Freeway combines the former Venice and Olympic Parkways into a single route from downtown Los Angeles to Venice.
 * Glendale freeway — This freeway combines the former Allesandro and Glendale Parkways into a single route.
 * Industrial freeway — The Industrial Freeway is intended to replace the former Riverside Parkway, East By-Pass, Alamitos Parkway and Terminal Island Freeway with a single route through the central industrial district to the harbor area.

Following staff studies, the Commission considered preliminary plans for precising the routes of two important freeway sections and forwarded its recommendations to the City Engineer. The sections involved were:
 * Proposed route locations
 * Glendale freeway from Glendale Boulevard to the Los Angeles River, including the interchange with the Golden State Freeway. This proposed interchange involves a considerable dislocation of commercial and residential land uses. The staff prepared a study for the replanning of the area including suggested street pattern revisions and suitable locations for a new neighborhood shopping center.
 * Olympic freeway from La Cienega Boulevard to City of Santa Monica. It was incorporated in the Master Plan subject to adoption by the State Highway Commission. Through surface streets and pedestrian crossings were considered.

The Commission further considered and approved two freeway agreements between the City and State; namely, that portion of the Ventura Freeway extending from Sepulveda Boulevard to the City of Burbank, and that portion of the Golden State Freeway extending from the San Bernardino Freeway to the Santa Ana Freeway. In the latter instance the Commission, the Board of Public Works, and the Department of Traffic submitted a joint report to the City Council.
 * Freeway agreements

The City Planning Commission joined with other city departments and civic groups in a recommendation to a State Legislative Committee that all planned freeways be designated as State Highways. Such designation would permit the construction of the entire freeway system with State funds. The group also recommended that the following additions be made to the planned freeway system within the City:
 * Suggested new routes
 * Century freeway — an east and west route near and parallel to Century Boulevard.
 * La Cienega freeway — extension from Ventura Freeway to Whitnall Freeway.
 * Sunland freeway — a suggested link between the Sunland and Sun Valley areas.