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1940
The Arroyo Seco Parkway is dedicated, connecting Pasadena with downtown Los Angeles. It is the first “freeway” designed with no intersections. [Source: California by Kevin Starr.] It will later be renamed the Pasadena Freeway.

1965
California becomes the largest state in population.