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This is a route-map template for the Pacific Electric Trail, a trail in San Bernardino County, California, the United States. For a key to symbols, see {{ trails legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
The route begins at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California, the historic terminus of US 66.It travels through Los Angeles and the Inland Empire on local streets and part of the Pacific Electric Trail before turning north to follow Interstate 215 and Interstate 15 towards the San Bernardino Mountains.
Pacific Electric spent $1,424,000 ($43.3 million in 2023 adjusted for inflation) to bring service to San Bernardino. [8] A cutoff bypassing Pomona was completed on November 4, 1914. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] A branch line to Azusa was built in 1917, [ 10 ] though the commencement of San Bernardino trains relegated other endpoints to secondary status along ...
Another important antecedent to Route 66 was the National Old Trails Road, cobbled together in 1910 and spanning 3,096 miles from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.
Pacific Electric Inland Empire Trail, Fontana Car #1734 served as the Red Car Museum between 1981 and 2021, [51] [52] at the corner of Main Street and Electric Avenue in Seal Beach, California. The Pacific Electric Trail is a 21-mile (34 km) rail trail that has been constructed along the former Upland–San Bernardino Line .
The last alignment of National Old Trails Road in California (and the first alignment of U.S. Route 66) followed a distinct course from the modern-day route between Daggett and Essex, California, and now survives only as a series of now-disconnected jeep trails and abandoned tracks in various stages of decay. The modern-day Route 66 in ...
The right-of-way was established as an interurban route for the Pacific Electric Railway. Grading of the route began on September 30, 1904, [3] and service commenced in 1905. The line was double-tracked for its length except for single track bridges. One set of tracks was removed in 1941. [4] Service was truncated to Bellflower in 1950, and ...
Huntington Drive was the major route between Los Angeles and Pasadena in the early 1900s until the opening of the Arroyo Seco Parkway.The median contained the Monrovia–Glendora Line of the Pacific Electric Railway which was owned by the street's namesake, Henry Huntington.