America's First Freeway: Arroyo Seco Parkway

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[@ArtamStudio]

Those non-existent onramps are a harrowing experience.

[@tlaloc9624]

I legit almost crashed at least 5 times

[@ndogg20]

Just mentioned that on another Arroyo Seco vid. On one entrance there isn't any on ramp at all, just a stop sign before you enter, go from 0 to 50 and pray not to be mauled.

[@ChasingPerhaps]

a shame the elevated cycleway didn't survive to present day! great video btw

[@markb3786]

Incredible job! Wish your channel will grow like crazy!!

[@fourth_place]

Thank you so much! :)

[@djpetesake]

Wow! I didn't realize I rode my bike on the first freeway. Also I think its construction was also a plot device in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

[@underratedbub]

Keep up the good work!

[@ciello___8307]

Trying to enter or exit on this section is pretty crazy. It desperately needs updates, though space is limited

[@xxPlaceboxx]

echo park isnt greater los angeles. historically Pasadena always sought to be independent from LA. They built the parkway most likely so people could commute to LA from their neighborhoods outside of the city.

[@captainmarvelous1709]

Huh, this video just popped up in my feed and I can say that I actually learned something from it. nice job, keep up the good work 👏

[@fourth_place]

Glad to hear it! Thanks! :)

[@alexsam6191]

Merritt and Hutchinson river parkways: am I invisible to you

[@jackkerry4137]

Great video! By your dialogue I can tell you’re either from so cal or know it extremely well

[@andre1987eph]

great presentation

[@opathe2nd973]

Good Job!

[@fourth_place]

Thanks!

[@Apocalypse_Meow...]

I've gone up & down the Parkway thousands of times in a car, hundreds on a motorcycle~ I love the drive, it's really beautiful, but the kamikaze exits can get spicy, 🤭especially for people expecting the standard, long exits. I'm always checking my 6:00 when stopped at some of those micro-ramps😳😂😂

[@MoonFairy929]

Imagine learning to dry on those exits! 🫣 I was so scared. But I didn’t even know it was the first highway. Feeling weird pride…

[@MarcosElMalo2]

There is a fuckton of interesting stuff in and around the arroyo seco. Cawston Ostrich Ranch? Bachtelder Tile Studio? Anyway, great video. I don’t think you truly captured the terror of entering or exiting the Pasadena Fwy, but oh well.

[@fourth_place]

The one shot I forgot to capture! Living in and around the area has made the freeway entry much less terrifying. After the 20th time stepping on the gas peddle to go from 0 to 60 in 5 seconds, you pretty much just hope for the best lol.

[@dmmarks]

It was the "Pasadena Freeway" when I lived there in the 1950s thru the 80s. When did the name change? Freeways had names: Hollywood, Harbor, San Bernardino, and Pasadena, all meeting at the four level interchange.

[@fourth_place]

It never really changed culturally! Instead of “The Pasadena Freeway” and “The Hollywood Freeway” It’s now “The 110” and “The 101” and “The 605”. Older folks tend to use the old terminology while the younger generations use the numbering system. What makes this unique to california is that in other places, you don’t use “The” in front of the highway. Everywhere else in the country it’s “I-95” and “I-25”. I could make a whole video on this..and I will! b”Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out! :)

[@cmmartti]

​@@fourth_place In Canada the highways often use the article "the": the 400, the 401, the QEW, the Sea-to-Sky, the 407, the Gardiner, the DVP, etc.

[@janetlewis7145]

​@fourth_place I for one still use the old names. I'm in my 70s and names such as, Pasadena, Hollywood, Santa Ana, Harbor, San Bernardino is what I grew up with. Bill

[@MBT06]

Just one more lane bro

[@mjkritz02]

The Arroyo Seco parkway was later known as the Pasadena Freeway

[@povertyspec9651]

55 MPH is too high of a speed limit.

[@JACKSHAW-lh9zp]

Very interesting- who knew?!

[@robertridley-fj8zz]

I'm sorry, but LA CA would be my first guess. This just in bear poo in the woods, and the Pope wares a funny hat

[@markb3786]

Hi

[@jonathanselevators]

Detroit will argue on this.

[@fourth_place]

bring ‘em on 😼

[@jonathanselevators]

@@fourth_place I live in Detroit lol. Look up M-8 Davison Fwy.

[@JBG1968]

The first section of the Pennsylvania turnpike was already completed when this project began .

[@dougcampbell7898]

The Davison Freeway is the oldest below grade freeway.

[@dougcampbell7898]

​@@JBG1968 Just a technicality, a turnpike is a toll road while a freeway has no toll.

[@pavelow235]

Limited-access parkway is synonymous with "freeway" of which there were quite a few limited access parkways built long before this one. So claiming first status is questionable.