710 Freeway Extension

California

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710 Freeway Extension, Southern California

In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, neighborhoods in South Pasadena, Pasadena, and the predominantly Hispanic community of El Sereno in Southern California were threatened by a proposed six-mile, $1.4 billion extension of the Route 710 freeway. Ultimately, it was the mandate of Section 4(f) to avoid historic properties that brought the federal and state transportation agencies back to the drawing board.