Legendary Number 42 gets name on the 210

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A resolution to name a stretch of the Foothill (210)
Freeway after Jackie Robinson was approved today by the Assembly.
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 197 would create the “Jackie Robinson
Memorial Highway” on the Foothill Freeway between the Glendale (2) Freeway and
Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena, a commonly used route to Dodger Stadium for
fans coming from the eastern Los Angeles County.
Robinson was raised in Pasadena, attending John Muir High School,
Pasadena City College and UCLA before breaking baseball’s color line with the
Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
The 76-0 vote sends the resolution to the Senate.
Robinson’s successful integration of Major League Baseball is credited
with helping change Americans’ attitudes toward blacks and being a catalyst
toward later civil rights advances.
“It’s only fitting to honor Jackie Robinson by naming this stretch of
highway near the home he grew up and lived in,” said Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-
Los Angeles, who co-authored the resolution with Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-
Pasadena.