California State Route 52 (SR 52) is a state highway in San Diego County, California, that extends from La Jolla Parkway at Interstate 5 (I-5) in La Jolla, San Diego, to SR 67 in Santee. A freeway for its entire length, it serves as a major east–west route through the northern part of the city of San Diego and connects the major north–south freeways of the county. SR 52 passes north of the Rose Canyon Fault before traversing Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar). East of Santo Road and west of SR 125, the highway goes through Mission Trails Regional Park, a large open preserve. Plans for a route between La Jolla and Santee date from 1959, and SR 52 was officially designated in the 1964 state highway renumbering. Construction of the freeway east of Santo Road encountered delays from environmentalists over the endangered Least Bell's Vireo songbird, which faced habitat destruction, as well as those concerned with the destruction of homes and businesses. The extension to Mission Gorge Road opened in 1993, but funding issues delayed the completion of the entire route to Santee until 2011, more than fifty years after construction began.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1676:

Puritans and their Native American allies killed Wampanoag sachem Metacomet (known as "King Philip"), essentially ending King Philip's War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War

1883:

The last known quagga (pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga

1952:

Thirteen Jewish poets in Moscow were executed for espionage based on false confessions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Murdered_Poets

1969:

Riots erupted in the Bogside area of Derry and spread across much of Northern Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bogside

2000:

The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy exploded and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_explosion

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

repechage: (sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/repechage

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