Sepulveda Boulevard

'''Sepulveda Boulevard''' is a [[street]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], which stretches some 42.8 miles (about 69 km) from Rinaldi Street at the north end of the [[San Fernando Valley]] to the city limits of [[Hermosa Beach, California|Hermosa Beach]], where it "jumps" {{convert|1.3|mi|km}} east and continues on to [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]. It generally runs north-south, passing underneath two of the runways of [[Los Angeles International Airport]] (LAX). It is the longest street in the city and county of Los Angeles. ==History== Sepulveda Boulevard is named for the Sepulveda family of [[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California|San Pedro, California]]. The termination of Sepulveda is on a part of the Sepulveda family ranch, [[Rancho Palos Verdes]], which consisted of {{convert|31619|acre|km2}} of the [[Palos Verdes Peninsula]]. The original grantee of the [[Monarchy of Spain|King of Spain]] was [[Francisco_Xavier_Sepulveda#Jose_Dolores_Sepulveda|Jose Dolores Sepulveda]]. When he was killed in an Indian uprising just above [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] in 1824, the rancho went to his oldest son, Juan Capistrano Sepulveda. ==Route== There is a Sepulveda Boulevard in [[Sylmar, Los Angeles, California|Sylmar]], in the [[San Fernando Valley]], starting at [[San Fernando Road]] and ending at Roxford Street, which is now used primarily as a service road along the [[Interstate 5 in California|Golden State Freeway]] ([[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]]). Prior to the construction of the [[Interstate 405 (California)|San Diego Freeway]] ([[Interstate 405 (California)|Interstate 405]]), the two present-day sections of Sepulveda Boulevard were connected; the Interstate 5 / Interstate 405 interchange was built over the old boulevard between Roxford and Rinaldi streets. The main portion of Sepulveda Boulevard now begins at Rinaldi Street in [[Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California|Mission Hills]] and heads south, running parallel to the 405 through [[North Hills, Los Angeles, California|North Hills]] and [[Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California|Van Nuys]]. After intersecting [[Ventura Boulevard]] in [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California|Sherman Oaks]], it crosses under the 405 and climbs the [[Sepulveda Pass]] in a serpentine fashion, peaking at [[Mulholland Drive]] (although it does not intersect it, rather tunneling beneath it) near the [[Skirball Cultural Center]]. It once again parallels the 405 through a small canyon in [[Bel Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel Air]] before flattening out in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles, California|Brentwood]], into the [[Los Angeles Basin]]. Sepulveda Boulevard functions as a primary thoroughfare through [[West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California|West Los Angeles]] and upon entering [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] it merges with [[Jefferson Boulevard]] just north of [[Slauson Avenue]]. Heading directly south through [[Westchester, Los Angeles, California|Westchester]], Sepulveda merges with [[Lincoln Boulevard (Southern California)|Lincoln Boulevard]] on the north side of [[Los Angeles International Airport]] (LAX). After the merge with Lincoln, it becomes signed as [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]]. It then tunnels under the runways of LAX and the western terminus of [[Interstate 105 (California)|Interstate 105]] into [[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]] and the [[South Bay, Los Angeles|South Bay]]. In the South Bay, Sepulveda Boulevard runs from El Segundo through [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]] and enters [[Hermosa Beach, California|Hermosa Beach]], where it becomes [[California State Route 1|Pacific Coast Highway]] (PCH), at [[California State Route 91|Artesia Boulevard]], and continues its southern journey. At Torrance Boulevard (formerly Opal Street) in [[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]], the road turns east a few blocks to Camino Real, then south by southeast to [[Torrance, California|Torrance]], where Sepulveda begins again. (That is because originally PCH was Camino Real in Redondo, and it cut and curved directly through to the Camino Real of today.) The roadway is part of [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]], with [[El Camino Real (California)#Bells|historic bells]] along the street to indicate this. Sepulveda Boulevard runs southeast through Torrance, [[Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California|Harbor Gateway]] (from [[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]] to [[Normandie Avenue]]) and the [[unincorporated area]] of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] known as [[West Carson, California|West Carson]] (from Normandie to the [[Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)|Harbor Freeway]] ([[Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)|Interstate 110]]). It then continues eastward through [[Carson, California|Carson]] to [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], where the name changes to Willow Street. ==Public transportation== [[Public transit]] along Sepulveda Boulevard is provided by several different bus lines. The north south-part provides bus service in the San Fernando Valley by [[Metro Local]] line 234 and [[Metro Rapid]] line 734, through the [[Sepulveda Pass]] by Metro Local line 233 and Metro Rapid line 761, through West Los Angeles, Culver City and LAX by [[Culver City Transit]] Line 6 and Rapid 6, and through El Segundo and Manhattan Beach by Metro Local line 232. The west-east portion of Sepulveda Boulevard provides bus service by [[Torrance Transit]] line 7. The [[Metro Orange Line (LACMTA)|Orange Line]] serves a [[Sepulveda (LACMTA station)|station]] a block west of Sepulveda Boulevard in Van Nuys. The [[Expo Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Expo Line]] is proposed to operate [[Sepulveda/Expo (Los Angeles Metro station)|a rail station]] at Exposition Boulevard, beginning in 2015. ==Major intersections== :''Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, [[postmile]]s were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The entire route is in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]].'' {| class=wikitable !Location !Destinations !Notes |- |[[San Fernando, California|San Fernando]] |{{Jct|state=CA|I|5|I|405|name1=[[Golden State Freeway]]|name2=[[Interstate 405 (California)|San Diego Freeway]]}} |North end of arterial |- |[[Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California|Mission Hills]] |{{Jct|state=CA|SR|118|name1=[[Ronald Reagan Freeway]]}} | |- |[[Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California|Van Nuys]] |{{jct|state=CA|US|101|name1=[[Ventura Freeway]]}} | |- |[[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California|Sherman Oaks]] |Former ([[Business route|BUS]]) {{jct|state=CA|US|101}} ([[Ventura Boulevard]]) | |- |[[West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California|West Los Angeles]] |{{Jct|state=CA|SR|2|name1=[[California_State_Route_2#SR-1_to_the_southeast_junction_with_US-101|Santa Monica Boulevard]]}}
{{Jct|state=CA|I|10|name1=[[Santa Monica Freeway]]}} | |- |[[Venice Boulevard]] |Former {{Jct|state=CA|SR|187}} | |- |[[Culver City, CA|Culver City]] |{{Jct|state=CA|SR|90|name1=[[Marina Freeway]]}} | |- |[[Westchester, Los Angeles, California|Westchester]] |Former {{Jct|state=CA|SR|42|name1=[[Manchester Boulevard]]}} |Beginning of {{Jct|state=CA|SR|1}} overlapping |- |[[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]] |{{Jct|state=CA|I|105|name1=[[Century Freeway]]}} | |- |[[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]] | | |- |[[Artesia Boulevard]] |Former {{Jct|state=CA|SR|91}} | |- |[[Hermosa Beach, California|Hermosa Beach]] | | |- |[[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]] |Torrance Boulevard
Ending of {{Jct|state=CA|SR|1}} overlapping |Ending of [[Metro Green Line (LACMTA)|Metro Green Line]] (at Marine Avenue) |- |[[Torrance, California|Torrance]] |Former {{Jct|state=CA|SR|107|name1=[[Hawthorne Boulevard]]}} | |- |[[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]] |Former {{Jct|state=CA|SR|213}} | |- |[[Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California|Harbor Gateway]] | | |- |[[West Carson, California|West Carson]] |{{jct|state=CA|I|110|name1=[[Harbor Freeway]]}} | |- |[[Carson, California|Carson]] | | |- |[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] |Name changes to Willow Street |South end of arterial |} ==External links== *[http://www.placesearth.com/roadtrip/code/sepulvd0.shtml Illustrated tour of Sepulveda Boulevard] {{Streets in Los Angeles}} {{coord missing|Los Angeles County, California}}