Photo Courtesy of Guy Randall
Santa Monica is the western terminus of Route 66.
In 1926 when Route 66 was officially designated, the road was identified from Chicago
to Los Angeles. In 1935 the road was extended from Sunset Blvd (Cesar Chavez Ave.) to
Santa Monica Blvd. to Lincoln and ended at... but that's another story, told by Dan Harlow
(see below).
When the Pasadena Freeway was completed a realignment of Route 66 took place and later
when the 10 Freeway was completed another alignment was recognized. For a while Route 66
followed the Pasadena Freeway to the Hollywood Freeway to Santa Monica Blvd., to Lincoln
etc.
