Stretch of SoCal freeway officially named after former President Barack Obama

Friday, December 21, 2018
PASADENA, Calif. -- A portion of the 134 Freeway has officially been renamed after former U.S. President Barack Obama.

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The signs were posted Thursday, renaming a stretch of the 134 from State Route 2 in Glendale, through Eagle Rock, to Interstate 210 in Pasadena as the President Barack H. Obama Highway.
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The designation was authorized last year.

The former president attended Occidental College in Eagle Rock from 1979 to 1981 and lived in Pasadena.
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Obama was the country's 44th president.

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