California highway renamed for Hollywood icon who died in fiery crash

Fuente: New York Post

A portion of a major California highway has been renamed after Hollywood icon James Dean 71 years after he died in a fiery crash on the road while driving to a race in Salinas. Caltrans officials were joined by representatives of the late star in the town of Cholame on Wednesday where a segment of Highway 46—which connects the coast with the Central Valley—officially became the James Dean Memorial Highway. “Yesterday’s ceremony marked 71 years since Dean’s tragic crash, and local leaders, CHP, and community advocates came together with one message: safer roads save lives,” the announcement read, referring to the designation near the site of Dean’s fatal 1955 crash.