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| Namesake | Henry E. Huntington |
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| Length | 16.4 mi (26.4 km)[1] |
| Location | Los Angeles County, California, United States |
| West end | Mission Road /Soto Street inLos Angeles |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Foothill Boulevard at theAzusa–Irwindale line |
Huntington Drive is a major thoroughfare that begins in theRose Hills community inLos Angeles and heads east-northeast toIrwindale. The street was named after railroad magnateHenry E. Huntington. It also served as one of the only thoroughfares between Los Angeles andPasadena in the early 1900s. Portions of Huntington Drive were part of the National Old Trails Road andU.S. Route 66. The road has a wide median that was originally one of the lines of thePacific Electric Railway, theMonrovia–Glendora Line.[2]
Huntington Drive begins atSoto Street in Lincoln Heights. South of Soto Street the road isMission Road. The street heads north but quickly heads northeast throughEl Sereno, Los Angeles and then intoSouth Pasadena, California. In South Pasadena, Huntington Drive intersects withFair Oaks Avenue. The portion from Soto Street to Fair Oaks was part of the original routing for US 66. Past South Pasadena, Huntington continues throughSan Marino, California and passes just south of theHuntington Library. The road then goes throughEast San Gabriel, California and thenArcadia, California where it merges withColorado Boulevard nearSanta Anita Park. At this junction, Huntington Drive becomes another portion of US 66, passing throughMonrovia, California andDuarte, California until Irwindale where it continues asFoothill Boulevard.
Huntington Drive was the major route between Los Angeles and Pasadena in the early 1900s until the opening of theArroyo Seco Parkway. The median contained theMonrovia–Glendora Line of the Pacific Electric Railway which was owned by the street's namesake, Henry Huntington. When the line discontinued service in 1951, the large median became a large lawn with trees, and the roadways either side of the median were reconfigured frombidirectional traffic toone-way traffic. Additionally, the main roadway between Soto Street and Eastern Avenue was shifted to the former rail right-of-way, with the former north and south roadways relegated tofrontage road or side street status.
In the 1930s, traveling on Huntington would have drove you by the Cawston Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena and in Monrovia a hot dog stand, the first restaurant opened by theMcDonald brothers who would later create the fast-food restaurantMcDonald's. Huntington Drive between Soto Street and Fair Oaks Avenue was the original alignment of US 66 from 1926 until around 1936 when it was re-routed to eventually the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Between Colorado Boulevard east to the Irwindale city limit it was signed as US 66 until it was decommissioned. The city ofDuarte stenciled Route 66 logos onto the street in 2017 to commemorate the city's 60th anniversary.[3]
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mission Road /Soto Street | Western terminus | |
| Los Angeles–Alhambra line | 2.6– 2.8 | 4.2– 4.5 | Main Street | ||
| South Pasadena | 3.5 | 5.6 | Fair Oaks Avenue | ||
| San Marino–Alhambra line | 4.4 | 7.1 | Garfield Avenue | ||
| 4.4 | 7.1 | Atlantic Boulevard | |||
| East Pasadena–East San Gabriel line | 8.4 | 13.5 | Rosemead Boulevard (SR 164) | ||
| Arcadia | 2.8 | 4.5 | Colorado Place west toColorado Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| Monrovia | 11.9 | 19.2 |  I-210 (Foothill Freeway) –Pasadena,San Bernardino | I-210 exit 33 | |
| Irwindale | 15.4 | 24.8 |    I-605 south (San Gabriel River Freeway) toI-210 (Foothill Freeway) | Northern terminus of I-605; I-605 exit 27C | |
| Azusa–Irwindale line | 16.4 | 26.4 | Foothill Boulevard east (Historic US 66 east) | Eastern terminus; road continues eastward as Foothill Boulevard; formerUS 66 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||