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Southern California Quarterly

Building Mulholland Highway: The Road to Mulholland Drive
Part II. Construction
Barry Read
South Calif Quart, Vol. 99 No. 2, Summer 2017; (pp. 184-226) DOI: 10.1525/scq.2017.99.2.184
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A sequel to the author’s article in the preceding issue on the origins, purpose, and planners of Los Angeles’s scenic Mulholland Drive, this article traces the phenomenal accomplishment of the 24-mile mountain road’s construction in one year and under budget. It details the supervision and problem-solving by construction engineer DeWitt L. Reaburn, the bureaucratic streamlining, the use of the latest 1920s road-building technology, and the efficient manpower logistics that made this possible.

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  • Mulholland Drive
  • street construction
  • scenic highways
  • 1920s road-building
  • Los Angeles Bureau of Public Works
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Southern California Quarterly: 99 (2)
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South Calif Quart, Vol. 99 No. 2, Summer 2017; (pp. 184-226) DOI: 10.1525/scq.2017.99.2.184
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