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    The Four Level Interchange in Los Angeles, officially known as the Bill Keene Memorial Interchange, was completed in 1949 as the world's first stack interchange. It connects US Route 101 with State Route 110, allowing all possible movements between the two highways. The complex interchange displaced over 4,000 residents during construction and was the most expensive half-mile of highway built at the time, costing $5.5 million. Its distinctive stacked design became a symbol of Los Angeles' post-World War II expansion.

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    The Four Level Interchange in Los Angeles, officially known as the Bill Keene Memorial Interchange, was completed in 1949 as the world's first stack interchange. It connects US Route 101 with State Route 110, allowing all possible movements between the two highways. The complex interchange displaced over 4,000 residents during construction and was the most expensive half-mile of highway built at the time, costing $5.5 million. Its distinctive stacked design became a symbol of Los Angeles' post-World War II expansion.

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    The Four Level Interchange in Los Angeles, officially known as the Bill Keene Memorial Interchange, was completed in 1949 as the world's first stack interchange. It connects US Route 101 with State Route 110, allowing all possible movements between the two highways. The complex interchange displaced over 4,000 residents during construction and was the most expensive half-mile of highway built at the time, costing $5.5 million. Its distinctive stacked design became a symbol of Los Angeles' post-World War II expansion.

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    Four Level Interchange

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    Four Level Interchange

    Bill Keene Memorial Interchange

    Four Level Interchange of Arroyo Seco Parkway, Harbor

    Freeway, Santa Ana Freeway and Hollywood Freeway,

    looking northeast in January 1999

    Location

    Downtown Los Angeles, California

    34.0625N
    Coordinates:
    118.2486WCoordinates: 34.06

    25N 118.2486W

    Roads at US 101

    junction: SR 110

    Construction

    Maintained by: Caltrans

    Map
    The Four Level Interchange (officially the Bill Keene Memorial Interchange) was the
    first stack interchange in the world.[1] Completed in 1949 and fully opened in 1953 at the
    northern edge of Downtown Los Angeles,California, United States, it connects U.S. Route
    101 (Hollywood Freeway and Santa Ana Freeway) to State Route 110 (Harbor
    Freeway and Arroyo Seco Parkway).

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    Description[edit]
    The highway is a stack interchange that connects U.S. Route 101 to State Route 110. All
    movements are possible in this interchange between US 101, which crosses over SR 110, but
    not necessarily with surrounding roads, likeSunset Boulevard, which crosses SR 110 just
    northeast of the interchange. The interchange is located at Exit 3 of US 101 and Exit 24A of SR
    110.
    The four freeway segments ("paths" of travel) from the Four Level Interchange are:

    US 101 north (Hollywood Freeway) Ventura

    US 101 south (Santa Ana Freeway) to I-5 south / I-10 east / SR 60 east

    SR 110 north (Arroyo Seco Parkway) Pasadena


    SR 110 south (Harbor Freeway) to I-110 south San Pedro

    History[edit]
    While the highway oriented eastwest at this intersection has consistently been numbered
    US 101, the numerical designation of road oriented northsouth at this interchange has
    changed over the years. Originally designatedU.S. Route 66 and U.S. Route 6 and later signed
    as State Route 11, all of these designations were eventually removed from the intersection and
    replaced with the current designation of Route 110.
    In July 2006, the freeway interchange was officially named in honor of Bill Keene,
    former KNX and KNXT traffic and weather reporter, although the new name is rarely used.
    Keene referred to the interchange as "The Stacks" and the "4-H Interchange". During the
    1960s, Dick Whittinghill on radio station KMPC sometimes called it the Four Letter Interchange.
    [2]

    The interchange was constructed as a stack interchange because surrounding buildings and
    terrain made construction of a cloverleaf interchange impractical. The construction of the
    interchange displaced over 4000 people from their homes and cost $5.5 million - making it the
    most expensive half-mile of highway ever built at the time.[3] The mainline traffic of US 101 is at
    the top of the interchange, above the ramps, a rarity in stack interchanges (although a similar
    configuration would later be used on the M25 to the south of London, with the M23 passing
    above the ramps).
    Its distinctive architecture has long made it a symbol of Los Angeles' postWorld War
    II development, and it appears on numerous postcards from the 1950s and 1960s.[4]

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