I am very excited to introduce Eric Roy. Eric is doing an entertaining and informative series for Shortcuts about our freeways, how they were named and the culture behind the road sign.
Enjoy!
FREEWAY NUMEROLOGY
A sporadic and erratic series of ruminations on California’s monumental contribution to transportation culture.
By KCRW news anchor and host Eric Roy.
California’s first freeway, the Pasadena Freeway.  Official designation: California State Route 110

Part One.
The Pasadena Freeway opened to the motoring public on December 30, 1940.  The Arroyo Seco Parkway, as it was called, was a (then) state-of-the art, controlled-access …