Los Osos Valley Road Overpass demolished
The Los Osos Valley overpass has been a tangle while the street is resurfaced. Could be worse. Dec. 23, 1961 Highway 101 Overpass Wrecked Near S.L.O. Insufficient clearance, that’s what did it, the...
View ArticleCuesta Freeway
An overflow crowd of over 300 attended a San Luis Obispo City Council meeting on a proposed freeway plan from San Luis Obispo to Cuesta College. 10-11-1971 ©The Tribune Until the 101 freeway was built,...
View ArticleArmageddon in the sky, nuclear testing
March 29, 1955 The pre-dawn stillness of the Nevada desert was torn with a brilliant flash followed by a shock wave and roar. Atop a 500 foot steel tower, atoms collided violently at 4:55 am. A...
View ArticleFreeway construction begins in San Luis Obispo, 1952
It takes less time to travel this section of freeway than it takes to read about it. If you want to see the before picture click here. The Telegram-Tribune of March 25, 1952 carried the story:...
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