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A security guard walking down US Highway 101 where there are towering stacks of hollow iron floats from which the iron antisubmarine nets were suspended to protect the US ports during WWII (lemmy.world)
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[–] hobovision@mander.xyz 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
  1. He's not walking on a highway, these are next to a highway. He's walking on a dirt path.
  2. These are located along the Pacific Coast Highway (CA-1 not US-101) in Seal Beach, CA between Long Beach and Huntington Beach. The route of the PCH shares some portions with 101 now, but at this location they were miles apart. 101 at the time followed approximately where I-5 is now, up near Anaheim instead of down near the coast.
  3. Here's some context for where these were: https://sbfoundersday.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/where-the-buoys-are/