The award for most creative 405 photo goes to...

By Kevin Roderick | July 18, 2011 10:52 PM

Amanda Corrigan, her husband Matt and their friend Barry Neely set up early Sunday morning on the closed southbound side of the 405 freeway in Sherman Oaks. Jesse Glucksman took the photo. NBC 4, Jalopnik

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