California Roads - I-210 WB - 1

, Exit 25 and east


Above: California commonly (and mistakenly) compresses the 3-digit shield for 2-digit Interstates, but it makes completely no sense to compress it for a 3-digit Interstate. Below: Photos were taken into the sun. I did the best I could.


If it seems superfluous to have a sign this large stating the obvious, that's because there's no context here - there are many miles of freeway to the east that are numbered CA 210 - i.e., a state route instead of an Interstate. Someday, the whole thing will be I-210, and at that point this sign would be rendered unnecessary.


The last two photos are the left and right sides of the same gantry. The "SOUTH" seems to have been added later; not knowing of any potential I-605 extension northward, I'm guessing it was patched over a destination with the idea of giving travelers a better idea of which way the exit leads.


Again, the last two photos are on the same gantry. Mount Olive Dr. is the other half of the interchange, leading north from the end of I-605.


The last photo is on the C-D road for Baldwin Ave. It jogs west at Foothill Blvd., but before it does, there's a loop ramp that leads onto this C-D road to get to I-210. It also means that Baldwin Ave. NB traffic has a choice of traffic lights: waiting to turn left on Foothill, or waiting to go straight from I-210 onto the rest of Baldwin. SB traffic has no such choice.


The last photo is the split on the Exit 30 ramp. (Bet you didn't know there were exit numbers. Someday, you'll see them.)


Michilinda Ave. NB at I-210 Exit 30, in East Pasadena. This is one exit and under a mile east of the limits of Pasadena, and, surprise, as soon as you cross that line, intersecting streets start referring to San Fernando, the western end of I-210, as the WB destination.


Altadena is 3 miles to the right at Exit 26B (Lake Ave.). The sign on the ramp would tell you that if, unlike me, you a) take the ramp and b) avoid dusk.


The last three photos are mounted from left to right on the same overpass. Notice how CA 134 is treated as the mainline and I-210 is a measly exit.


Left and right sides of the next overpass down. There are six lanes on the freeway, the most I-210 ever has.



Continue west on I-210 WB
Over to the EB lanes
Back to I-210 main page


Onto CA 134
To Del Mar and CA Blvds. via secret CA 710
To CA 110
Back to California Roads
Back to Roads