Useful historical information on Route 33 found on the California Highways website: https://www.cahighways.org/ROUTE033.html
There was once a consideration for having the freeway go through to Ojai.
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๐ซ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ [๐๐๐ 253.3] ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ 101 ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ 1959. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ช.”
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Also, for more information on Route 33:ย “California State Routeย 33 and legacy of US Routeย 399 on the Maricopa-Ventura Highway“, August 2021 (Source: Gribblenation Blog (Tom Fearer),