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Metro to improve 210 Freeway barriers, after a series of crashes over the last 2 years involved cars and trucks landing on the Gold Line tracks. Metro plans to install taller, stronger barriers and a detection system on 6 miles of right-of-way down the middle of the 210 Freeway in Pasadena and Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 28, 2018
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 28, 2018
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
35432AN
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General information regarding the Foothill [210] Freeway.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1954 p. 1
November 10, 1955 p. 1
April 19, 1956 p. 1
December 17, 1956 p. 1 (description of plans)
January 6, 1958 p. 1
January 9, 1958 p. 1
January 16, 1958 p. 1 (presented o Planning Commission)
February 20, 1958 p. 1
February 27, 1958 p. 1 (protests)
March 6, 1958 p. 1 (cost comparisons)
May 29, 1958 p. 1 ("Taxpayers League"protest)
July 7, 1958 p. 1 (map)
July 10, 1958 p. 1
January 1, 1959 p. 1
March 21, 1960 pp. 3, 7 (map)
November 21, 1960 p. 1
December 29, 1960 p. 1
February 13, 1961 p. 1
May 29, 1961 p. 1
August 14, 1961 p. 1
November 9, 1961 p. 1
April 2, 1962 p. 1
April 5, 1962 p. 1
June 28, 1962 p. 1 (railroad crossing)
August 1, 1962 p. 1
August 30, 1962 p. 1 (state pact with city)
January 20, 1963 p. 1
January 24, 1963 p. 1
January 31, 1963 p. 1 (map showing route)
March 10, 1963 p. 1 (map of interchange)
July 28, 1963 p. 1
August 8, 1963 p. 1
July 12, 1964 p. 1 (map)
August 2, 1964 p. 1
May 12, 1966 p. 1 (final stages of plans)
July 31, 1966 p. 1
September 29, 1966 p. 1 (Arcadia-Azusa link)
December 4, 1966 p. 1 (link to Monrovia)
August 13, 1967 p. 1 (link to Duarte)
August 17, 1967 p. 1 (funds)
October 26, 1967 p. 1 (Rosemead Blvd. to San Dimas Section)
June 30, 1968 p. 1
July 31, 1968 p. 1
August 11, 1968 p. 1
August 14, 1968 p. 1
August 18, 1968 p. 3
August 25, 1968 p. 1
October 27, 1968 p. 1 (section from San Bernardino Freeway to 605)
December 22, 1968 p. 1 (Highland Ave to Duarte link)
December 18, 1968 p. 1 (extension to Rosemead)
October 10, 1969 p. 1
November 26, 1969 p. 1 (open to Grand Ave.)
May 24, 1970 p. 1 (Santa Fe Railroad poles)
May 27, 1970 p. 1
May 31, 1970 p. 1 (poles)
January 13, 1971 p. 1 (dedication)
July 4, 1971 p. 1 (open between Santa Clara to Rosemead)
October 17, 1971 p. 1
October 20, 1971 p. 1
December 8, 1971 p. 1
January 19, 1972 p. 1 (noise abatement)
May 28, 1972 p. 1 (wall to combat noise studied)
July 20, 1972 p. 1 (CHP monitors noise)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1954 p. 1
November 10, 1955 p. 1
April 19, 1956 p. 1
December 17, 1956 p. 1 (description of plans)
January 6, 1958 p. 1
January 9, 1958 p. 1
January 16, 1958 p. 1 (presented o Planning Commission)
February 20, 1958 p. 1
February 27, 1958 p. 1 (protests)
March 6, 1958 p. 1 (cost comparisons)
May 29, 1958 p. 1 ("Taxpayers League"protest)
July 7, 1958 p. 1 (map)
July 10, 1958 p. 1
January 1, 1959 p. 1
March 21, 1960 pp. 3, 7 (map)
November 21, 1960 p. 1
December 29, 1960 p. 1
February 13, 1961 p. 1
May 29, 1961 p. 1
August 14, 1961 p. 1
November 9, 1961 p. 1
April 2, 1962 p. 1
April 5, 1962 p. 1
June 28, 1962 p. 1 (railroad crossing)
August 1, 1962 p. 1
August 30, 1962 p. 1 (state pact with city)
January 20, 1963 p. 1
January 24, 1963 p. 1
January 31, 1963 p. 1 (map showing route)
March 10, 1963 p. 1 (map of interchange)
July 28, 1963 p. 1
August 8, 1963 p. 1
July 12, 1964 p. 1 (map)
August 2, 1964 p. 1
May 12, 1966 p. 1 (final stages of plans)
July 31, 1966 p. 1
September 29, 1966 p. 1 (Arcadia-Azusa link)
December 4, 1966 p. 1 (link to Monrovia)
August 13, 1967 p. 1 (link to Duarte)
August 17, 1967 p. 1 (funds)
October 26, 1967 p. 1 (Rosemead Blvd. to San Dimas Section)
June 30, 1968 p. 1
July 31, 1968 p. 1
August 11, 1968 p. 1
August 14, 1968 p. 1
August 18, 1968 p. 3
August 25, 1968 p. 1
October 27, 1968 p. 1 (section from San Bernardino Freeway to 605)
December 22, 1968 p. 1 (Highland Ave to Duarte link)
December 18, 1968 p. 1 (extension to Rosemead)
October 10, 1969 p. 1
November 26, 1969 p. 1 (open to Grand Ave.)
May 24, 1970 p. 1 (Santa Fe Railroad poles)
May 27, 1970 p. 1
May 31, 1970 p. 1 (poles)
January 13, 1971 p. 1 (dedication)
July 4, 1971 p. 1 (open between Santa Clara to Rosemead)
October 17, 1971 p. 1
October 20, 1971 p. 1
December 8, 1971 p. 1
January 19, 1972 p. 1 (noise abatement)
May 28, 1972 p. 1 (wall to combat noise studied)
July 20, 1972 p. 1 (CHP monitors noise)
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
3934AN
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Arcadia Next 3 Exits sign on the 210 Foothill Freeway. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
April 2001
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Date
April 2001
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Signs
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2212
Collection
Photographs
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Caltrans recently held an open house at the Arcadia Public Library to introduce the concept of ramp metering on the 210 (Foothill) Freeway.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1636AN
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The California Highway Patrol freeway pursuit of suspected drunk driver Alexander Contreras led to the death of an innocent bystander, Michael Kim, 20, of Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
Subjects
Contreras, Alexander
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Kim, Michael
Police chases
Item ID
30971AN
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Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia 1 mile. Exit sign on 210 Foothill Freeway, with mountain view and freeway wall in background. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
April 2001
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Date
April 2001
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Santa Anita Avenue
Signs
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2214
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Photographs
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Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia 1 mile. Exit sign on 210 Foothill Freeway. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
April 2001
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Date
April 2001
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Santa Anita Avenue
Signs
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2213
Collection
Photographs
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The City Council has decided to spend about $100,000 for vines on the 4.5 miles of sound walls the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will build along the 210 Freeway in 2004-2005.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Noise
Sound Walls
210 Freeway
Item ID
30727AN
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Caltrans completes noise level tests along Foothill Freeway. Tests confirm that noise level along freeway did not exceed 70 decibels.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1637AN
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Council balks at ramp metering plan. Arcadia City Council Tuesday night approved a staff recommendation to file an amendment to the Regional Transportation Improvement Program with the county Transportation Commission. Council will ask that instead of proposed ramp metering on 210 Freeway, a fifth lane should be installed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1982
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1982
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1630AN
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Hunt continues for gunman in Arcadia car-to-car shooting on the 210 Freeway near Baldwin Avenue which left a woman named Betty Hernandez, 36, of Monrovia, dead. This shut down the freeway for several hours on September 4. On September 5, two people were found dead, in the block of 600 West Huntington Drive, an apparent murder-suicide. Both victims were in their 50s.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Crimes and criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Hernandez, Betty
Murder-suicide
Shootings
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All work on the east end of the Foothill Freeway in Pasadena should be completed in mid-February. Trains have been using the freeway median since August 12, 1975.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1975
Pages
p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1975
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1627AN
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Solutions are being sought to the problems of freeway noise and its impact on the eastern edge of the City.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 2, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 2, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1628AN
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About 1000 feet of sound walls will be built by the westbound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway between Second Avenue and Fifth Avenue. There is also discussion of future sound wall construction projects.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Sound Walls
Noise
California Department of Transportation
Item ID
30213AN
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Prospects for a sound wall in Arcadia bordering the Foothill Freeway appear pretty dim at the moment, according to Mayor Dennis Lojeski.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1635AN
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Construction is stalled on a $11.9 million project to build sound walls on a stretch of the westbound 210 Foothill Freeway, between Baldwin Avenue and Rosemead Boulevard, but work is expected to resume soon. The delay is due to inaccurate design plans that are being modified.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Acoustics
Caltrans
Noise
Sound Walls
Item ID
31261AN
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Mayor urges citizens to join forces to get new sound barriers erected along the length of the freeway from Santa Anita Avenue east to Fifth Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1632AN
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Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy, R-Arcadia, will sponsor an amendment to the Los Angeles County Transportation Improvement Program to provide for construction of noise attenuation barriers along Foothill Freeway in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 10, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 10, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1634AN
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Monrovia woman, 35, killed in eastbound 210 Freeway shooting, is identified as Bertha Hernandez. A car-to-car shooting occurred and calls to the CHP came in 9:06 AM on Saturday, September 4, 2021, and a solo vehicle crash involving a black Mercedes-Benz at the Baldwin Avenue off-ramp.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Shootings
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Newspaper Index
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Noise report due soon from the State Department of Transportation Division of Highways.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1625AN
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