House on the freeway now in Caltrans\’ hands

By the time the 20-foot-wide structure reached downtown, the wheels reportedly were coming loose from the trailer. Richardson made emergency repairs and lumbered onward, only to come to a halt again in Hollywood.

That\’s where his house, built in 1950, struck the 14-foot, 10-inch Western Avenue bridge. The impact sheared off the top of the roof. A SigAlert was called when it took hours to free the house from the bridge. The house was eventually parked 3 1/2 miles up the road near Barham Boulevard, where the shoulder was wide enough for the structure to be out of traffic lanes.

I love how there\’s already graffitti on it. There\’s probably a stack of phonebooks on the porch, a landscaping flyer hanging from the doorknob and a Pennysaver in the mailbox too.