Sepulveda Junction. I-5 / I-210 interchange is in the background.
At Sepulveda Junction, SR-7 branched off to head toward the central San Fernando Valley. US 6 / US 99 heads southeast here toward Sylmar and San Fernando. This was the equivalent to the I-5 / I-405 freeway interchange of today just south of here. Today, I-5 and I-210 meet here.
Looking south toward Sepulveda Junction in 1950.
1950’s view of the overhead signs at the old south end of the old Golden State Freeway. Bridge at center is the San Fernando Road OH. This replaced the old surface junction in 1955. The structure subsequently partially collapsed in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. This location would now be at the I-5 / I-210 interchange. Courtesy – Caltrans
1950’s view of the transition from the Golden State Freeway to San Fernando Road. This is near the site of the I-5 / I-210 interchange today. Courtesy – Caltrans
1956 view of the Golden State Freeway from Sepulveda Junction to near Sunshine Canyon. Courtesy – Caltrans.
Sepulveda Junction and the I-5 / I-210 Interchange in 1999. I-5 is the through freeway. Courtesy – Caltrans
San Fernando Road follows the railroad tracks, Sepulveda Blvd follows the Golden State Freeway from I-210 south. I-210 is the freeway heading northeast.
Before 1938, US 6 stopped in Denver, Colorado. What is now SR-14 was SR-7. It ran along the alignment of US 6. In the same year, SR-7 was realigned when Sepulveda Blvd. was extended from Brand Blvd. to San Fernando Road at the point shown in the photo. Most of that extension is buried underneath I-5 from I-405 to here. The modern interchange collapsed in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
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