California State Route 26 (1937–1964)

State Route 26 (SR 26) was a state highway in Los Angeles and Orange counties in the U.S. state of California, from 1937 to 1964. It traveled from U.S. Route 101 Alternate (US 101 Alt.) in Santa Monica to SR 39 in Buena Park. It was the primary route connecting Santa Monica and Downtown Los Angeles, as opposed to U.S. Route 66 (US 66).

State Route 26
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Existed	1937–1964
Major junctions
West end	US 101 Alt. in Santa Monica
Major intersections	SR 7 in Sawtelle US 6 / SR 11 in Downtown Los Angeles US 101 Byp. from East Los Angeles to Commerce SR 15 from East Los Angeles to Downey SR 35 in Santa Fe Springs
East end	SR 39 in Buena Park
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Los Angeles, Orange
Highway system
State highways in California Interstate US State Scenic History Pre‑1964 Unconstructed Deleted Freeways

Route description

The highway originally traveled along 10th Street in Los Angeles, but as Olympic Boulevard was built out to the west and east, it was aligned to that. East of Los Angeles, the highway turned southeast along the Anaheim Telegraph Road, which it followed into Santa Fe Springs. It then continued along Los Nietos Road, Valley View Avenue, and Stage Road before its terminus at La Habra Road (now Beach Boulevard). The portion east of Downtown Los Angeles was eventually deleted from the system as redundant to US 101 Byp. which later became Interstate 5 (I-5).

History

State Route 6
Location	Southern California
Existed	1934–1937

The route was assigned pre-1964 Legislative Route 173 (LR 173), defined in 1933 from Santa Monica to East Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} Between Santa Monica and Los Angeles, it was later replaced by the Santa Monica Freeway, and added to the Interstate Highway System on September 15, 1955.^[1] East of East Los Angeles, it was assigned LR 166.^{[citation needed]}

The highway was known as State Route 6 from 1934 to 1937.^{[citation needed]}

The current SR 26 was designated in the 1964 renumbering in California to run in Northern California between Stockton in San Joaquin County and Pioneer in Amador County.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Los Angeles	Santa Monica	0.0	0.0	US 101 Alt. (Pacific Coast Highway) – Oxnard	Western terminus
	Sawtelle	3.4	5.5	SR 7 (Sepulveda Boulevard) – Long Beach, Santa Clarita
	Downtown Los Angeles			US 6 / SR 11 (Figueroa Street) – San Pedro, Pasadena, Santa Clarita
	East Los Angeles			US 101 Byp. north (Indiana Street) to US 101 – Hollywood, Ventura	Western end of US 101 Bypass overlap
				SR 15 north (Atlantic Boulevard) – Pasadena	Western end of SR 15 overlap
	Commerce			SR 15 south (Atlantic Boulevard) – Long Beach	Eastern end of SR 15 overlap
	Downey			US 101 Byp. south (Rosemead Boulevard)	Eastern end of US 101 Bypass overlap
	Santa Fe Springs			SR 35 (Norwalk Boulevard)
Orange	Buena Park			SR 39 (La Habra Road)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• California portal
• California Roads portal

• Interstate 10 in California
• U.S. Route 6 in California
• List of deleted state highways in California