Airport Tunnel (Los Angeles)

In a move to allow Sepulveda Boulevard to return to its original straight-line path, Airport Tunnel was created.An opening ceremony, held on April 21, 1953, was officiated by Mayor Fletcher Bowron and the first 100 motorists to pass through the tunnel received souvenirs.Two ventilation houses with four fans each to both push fresh air into the tunnel and pull out exhaust fumes, a power substation was built to supply energy to the thousands of vapor lights in the tunnel and the eight fans.[4] The road has six lanes (three in each direction) along with six turnouts, each large enough to hold three cars, for vehicles that break down in the tunnel.[5] Media related to Airport Tunnel (Los Angeles) at Wikimedia Commons This California road–related article is a stub.
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