Frontage roads flank either side of the toll road to Shoreline Drive.
So the race distance was 79 1/2 laps, and the parade lap went from the pits to the start on Shoreline Drive rather than completing a whole lap.
Planning for Shoreline Drive and a cloverleaf connection to the new Magnolia Bridge was the excuse to demolish the Cyclone Racer in 1968.
It is visible from Shoreline Drive and the La Mesa Park pedestrian bridge.
It is particularly noted for its last section, which sees a hairpin turn followed by a long, slightly curved front straightaway which runs the length of Shoreline Drive.
Many car chase and crash scenes have been filmed on stretches of road near the Long Beach harbor and along the city's Shoreline Drive.
The cars made their way around for the start on Shoreline Drive, and, as they approached the grid markings, pole-sitter Villeneuve drove right past his starting position!
Coastal landfill continued, the beach filled in, then Shoreline Drive and Shoreline Village were built upon the fill.
When Watson got by Lauda at the end of Shoreline Drive, he was 20 seconds behind the two leaders.
On May 6, 1999, the company opened "Whataburger by the Bay" on Shoreline Drive in Corpus Christi.