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The '''Hollywood Freeway''' is a named freeway in [[Southern California]] in the [[Greater Los Angeles Area|Los Angeles Area]]. It refers to the following two segments: |
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|marker_image=[[Image:US 101 (CA).svg|88x70px]][[Image:California 170.svg|88x70px]] |
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|name=Hollywood Freeway |
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|maint=[[California Department of Transportation|Caltrans]] |
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|map=Hollywood Freeway.svg |
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|direction_a=South |
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|terminus_a={{Jct|state=CA|US|101|SR|110}} in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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|junction={{Jct|state=CA|US|101|SR|134|SR|170}} in [[North Hollywood, California|North Hollywood]] |
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|direction_b=North |
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|terminus_b={{Jct|state=CA|I|5}} in [[Sun Valley, California|Sun Valley]] |
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|system=[[Southern California freeways|Southern California Freeway System]] |
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The '''Hollywood Freeway''' is one of the principal [[freeway]]s of [[Los Angeles, California]] (the boundaries of which it does not leave) and one of the busiest in the [[United States]]. It is the principal route over the [[Cahuenga Pass]], the primary shortcut between the [[Los Angeles Basin]] and the [[San Fernando Valley]]. It is considered one of the most important freeways in the history of Los Angeles and instrumental in the development of the San Fernando Valley.<ref name="LAT1">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Freeway Spans Magic and Might of L.A. |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-19/news/mn-10830_1_hollywood-freeway |publisher= ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |date= December 19, 1994| author =Simon, Richard }}</ref> It is the second oldest freeway in Los Angeles.<ref name="LAT1"/> |
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==History== |
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*[[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]], from [[Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)|Interstate 110 and State Route 110]] ([[Four Level Interchange]]) to [[California State Route 134]] ([[Hollywood Split]]) |
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Plans for the Hollywood Freeway officially began in 1924 when Los Angeles voters approved a "stop-free express highway" between [[Downtown Los Angeles]] and the San Fernando Valley.<ref name="LAT1"/> The first segment of the Hollywood Freeway built was a one and a half mile stretch through the [[Cahuenga Pass]]. That segment opened on June 15, 1940. It was then known as the "Cahuenga Pass Freeway." [[Pacific Electric Railway]] trolleys ran down the center of this freeway until 1952. The next section of the freeway that stretched from the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles opened on April 16, 1954 at a cost of $55 million. The final section, north of the [[Ventura Freeway]] to the [[Golden State Freeway]] was completed in 1968.<ref name="LAT1"/> |
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*[[California State Route 170]], from [[California State Route 134]] to [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]] |
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A year after the Hollywood Freeway opened, it was used by an average of 183,000 vehicles a day, almost double the capacity it was designed to carry. Actor [[Bob Hope]] called it the "biggest parking lot in the world" in his routine.<ref name="LAT1"/> |
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The segment through Hollywood was the first to be built through a heavily populated area and requiring the moving or demolition of many buildings, including [[Rudolph Valentino]]'s house [[Falcon's Lair]] which was moved to [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]. The freeway was also designed to curve around [[Metromedia Square|KTTV Studios]] and [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood (Hollywood, California)|Hollywood Presbyterian Church]].<ref name="LAT1"/> Much of the rubble and debris from the buildings removed for the freeway's construction was dumped into [[Chávez Ravine]], the current home to [[Dodger Stadium]].<ref name="LAT1"/> |
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In 1967, the Hollywood Freeway was the first freeway in California that had [[ramp meters]].<ref name="LAT1"/> |
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Near the [[Vermont Avenue]] exit, there's a seemingly over-wide center strip now filled with trees. This is where the never-built [[Beverly Hills Freeway]] was to merge with the Hollywood Freeway. Plans for the Beverly Hills Freeway were halted in the 1970s.<ref name="LAM1">{{cite news |title=Highways From Hell |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gV0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22hollywood+Freeway%22&hl=en&ei=-bomTIutEobknQeAlaTiBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22hollywood%20Freeway%22&f=false |publisher= ''[[Los Angeles Magazine]]'' |date= December, 1999| author = }}</ref> |
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==The route== |
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The freeway runs from the [[Golden State Freeway]] in the [[Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California|Sun Valley]] district of Los Angeles in the [[San Fernando Valley]] to the [[Four Level Interchange]] in downtown Los Angeles. Between the Golden State Freeway and its intersection with the [[Ventura Freeway]] in the southeastern San Fernando Valley (also known as the [[Hollywood split|Hollywood Split]]), it is signed as [[California State Route 170|State Route 170]]; thereafter, it takes on the more famous designation of [[U.S. Route 101 (California)|U.S. Route 101]]. |
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==Notable Features== |
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[[Image:LosAngeles04.jpg|Hollywood Freeway at night with Downtown L.A. in the background.|thumb|100px|right]] |
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The Hollywood Freeway is an expansion of the original '''Cahuenga Parkway''', a short six-lane freeway that ran through the [[Cahuenga Pass]] between Hollywood and Studio City. The Cahuenga Parkway featured [[Pacific Electric Railway]] "[[Red Car]]" tracks in its median, but by the 1950s these tracks were out of service due to radical reductions in Red Car service. The Pacific Electric right-of-way later accommodated an additional lane in each direction. |
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The intersection of the Hollywood and Pasadena Freeways, known as the [[Four Level Interchange]], is one of the major landmarks in Los Angeles and a symbol of the city's post-[[World War II]] development. |
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==Legal definition== |
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The Hollywood Freeway is Routes 101 and 170 from Route 110 ([[Four Level Interchange]]) to Route 5.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/products/Named_Freeways.pdf | title=2007 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California | publisher=[[California Department of Transportation|Caltrans]] | pages=72 | accessdate=2007-03-28}}</ref> |
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==Exit list== |
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:''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.'' |
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The entire route is in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]]. |
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!Location |
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![[Postmile]]<br><ref name=trucklist>[[California Department of Transportation]], [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/truckmap/truck-route-list.xls State Truck Route List] ([[XLS file]]), accessed January 2008</ref><ref name=bridgelog>[[California Department of Transportation]], [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/structur/strmaint/brlog2.htm Log of Bridges on State Highways], July 2007</ref><ref>[[California Department of Transportation]], [http://traffic-counts.dot.ca.gov/ All Traffic Volumes on CSHS], 2005 and 2006</ref> |
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![[exit number|#]]<ref>[[California Department of Transportation]], [[California Numbered Exit Uniform System]], [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/calnexus/pdf/oneoonenorth.pdf US-101 Northbound] and [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/calnexus/pdf/oneoonesouth.pdf US-101 Southbound], accessed January 2008</ref><ref>[[California Department of Transportation]], [[California Numbered Exit Uniform System]], [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/calnexus/pdf/oneseventynorth.pdf SR-170 Northbound] and [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/signtech/calnexus/pdf/oneseventysouth.pdf SR-170 Southbound], accessed January 2008</ref> |
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!Destinations |
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!Notes |
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|rowspan=30|[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
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|1.57 |
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|{{jct|state=CA|US|101|dir1=south|to2=to|I|5|dir2=south|name2=[[Santa Ana Freeway]]|I|10|dir3=east|name3=[[San Bernardino Freeway]]|SR|60|dir4=east|name4=[[Pomona Freeway]]}} |
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|Continuation beyond SR 110 |
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|1.62 |
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|3B |
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|{{jct|state=CA|SR|110|dir1=north|I|110|dir2=south|name1=[[Pasadena Freeway]]|name2=[[Harbor Freeway]]|city1=Pasadena|city2=San Pedro}} |
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|Signed as exit 3 northbound |
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|2.48 |
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|4A<!--former 4 northbound--> |
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|[[Glendale Boulevard]], Echo Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Belmont Avenue |
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|2.86 |
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|4B |
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|{{jct|state=CA|SR|2|dir1=east|name1=Alvarado Street}} |
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|South end of SR 2 overlap |
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|3.34 |
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|5A |
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|Rampart Boulevard, Benton Way |
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|3.76 |
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|5B |
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|Silver Lake Boulevard |
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|4.40 |
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|6A |
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|[[Vermont Avenue]] |
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|4.85 |
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|6B |
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|[[Melrose Avenue]], [[Normandie Avenue]] |
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|5.55 |
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|7 |
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|{{jct|state=CA|SR|2|dir1=west|name1=[[Santa Monica Boulevard]]|road=[[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]]}} |
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|North end of SR 2 overlap |
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|6.25 |
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|8A |
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|[[Sunset Boulevard]] |
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|No northbound entrance |
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|6.52 |
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|8B |
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|[[Hollywood Boulevard]] |
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|6.91 |
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|8C |
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|[[Gower Street (Hollywood)|Gower Street]] |
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|7.06 |
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|9A |
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|[[Vine Street]] |
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|Southbound exit only |
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|7.46 |
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|9B |
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|[[Cahuenga Boulevard]] – [[Hollywood Bowl]] |
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|No northbound entrance; signed as exit 9A northbound |
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|7.84 |
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|9C |
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|[[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]] ([[California State Route 170|SR 170]] south) – [[Hollywood Bowl]] |
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|South end of SR 170 overlap; signed as exit 9B northbound |
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|9.22 |
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|11A |
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|Barham Boulevard – [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] |
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|Signed as exit 11 southbound |
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|9.60 |
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|11B |
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|Universal Studios Boulevard |
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|Northbound exit and entrance; serves [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] |
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|10.34 |
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|12A |
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|[[Lankershim Boulevard]] – [[Universal City, California|Universal City]] |
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|10.56 |
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|12B |
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|[[Ventura Boulevard]] |
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|No southbound exit |
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|11.11 |
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|12C |
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|Vineland Avenue |
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|Signed as exit 12B southbound |
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|rowspan=3|''101'' 11.75<br>''170'' R14.50 |
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|{{jct|state=CA|US|101|dir1=north|name1=[[Ventura Freeway]]|city1=Ventura}} |
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|Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
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!colspan=3|North end of US 101 overlap |
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|5B |
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|{{jct|state=CA|SR|134|dir1=east|name1=[[Ventura Freeway]]|city1=Pasadena}} |
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|Northbound exit is via exit 12C |
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|R14.78 |
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|6A |
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|[[Riverside Drive (Los Angeles, California)|Riverside Drive]] |
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|Southbound exit and northbound entrance |
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|R15.37 |
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|6B |
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|Magnolia Boulevard – [[North Hollywood, California|North Hollywood]] |
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|Signed as exit 6 northbound |
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|R15.99 |
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|7 |
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|Burbank Boulevard |
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|R16.63 |
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|8A |
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|Oxnard Street |
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|R17.25 |
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|8B |
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|[[Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Victory Boulevard]] |
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|R18.27 |
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|9 |
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|Sherman Way |
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|R19.72 |
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|10 |
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|Roscoe Boulevard |
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|rowspan=2|[[Sun Valley, California|Sun Valley]] |
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|R20.10 |
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|11A |
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|Sheldon Street |
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|Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
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|R20.55 |
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|11B |
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|{{Jct|state=CA|I|5|dir1=north|name1=[[Golden State Freeway]]|city1=Sacramento}} |
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|Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{LA Freeways}} |
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[[es:Hollywood Freeway]] |
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[[Category:Southern California freeways]] |
[[Category:Southern California freeways]] |
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[[Category:U.S. Route 101]] |
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[[Category:Transportation in the San Fernando Valley]] |
Revision as of 01:25, 3 April 2011
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Southern California Freeway System |
The Hollywood Freeway is one of the principal freeways of Los Angeles, California (the boundaries of which it does not leave) and one of the busiest in the United States. It is the principal route over the Cahuenga Pass, the primary shortcut between the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley. It is considered one of the most important freeways in the history of Los Angeles and instrumental in the development of the San Fernando Valley.[1] It is the second oldest freeway in Los Angeles.[1]
History
Plans for the Hollywood Freeway officially began in 1924 when Los Angeles voters approved a "stop-free express highway" between Downtown Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.[1] The first segment of the Hollywood Freeway built was a one and a half mile stretch through the Cahuenga Pass. That segment opened on June 15, 1940. It was then known as the "Cahuenga Pass Freeway." Pacific Electric Railway trolleys ran down the center of this freeway until 1952. The next section of the freeway that stretched from the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles opened on April 16, 1954 at a cost of $55 million. The final section, north of the Ventura Freeway to the Golden State Freeway was completed in 1968.[1]
A year after the Hollywood Freeway opened, it was used by an average of 183,000 vehicles a day, almost double the capacity it was designed to carry. Actor Bob Hope called it the "biggest parking lot in the world" in his routine.[1]
The segment through Hollywood was the first to be built through a heavily populated area and requiring the moving or demolition of many buildings, including Rudolph Valentino's house Falcon's Lair which was moved to Beverly Hills. The freeway was also designed to curve around KTTV Studios and Hollywood Presbyterian Church.[1] Much of the rubble and debris from the buildings removed for the freeway's construction was dumped into Chávez Ravine, the current home to Dodger Stadium.[1]
In 1967, the Hollywood Freeway was the first freeway in California that had ramp meters.[1]
Near the Vermont Avenue exit, there's a seemingly over-wide center strip now filled with trees. This is where the never-built Beverly Hills Freeway was to merge with the Hollywood Freeway. Plans for the Beverly Hills Freeway were halted in the 1970s.[2]
The route
The freeway runs from the Golden State Freeway in the Sun Valley district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley to the Four Level Interchange in downtown Los Angeles. Between the Golden State Freeway and its intersection with the Ventura Freeway in the southeastern San Fernando Valley (also known as the Hollywood Split), it is signed as State Route 170; thereafter, it takes on the more famous designation of U.S. Route 101.
Notable Features
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/LosAngeles04.jpg/100px-LosAngeles04.jpg)
The Hollywood Freeway is an expansion of the original Cahuenga Parkway, a short six-lane freeway that ran through the Cahuenga Pass between Hollywood and Studio City. The Cahuenga Parkway featured Pacific Electric Railway "Red Car" tracks in its median, but by the 1950s these tracks were out of service due to radical reductions in Red Car service. The Pacific Electric right-of-way later accommodated an additional lane in each direction.
The intersection of the Hollywood and Pasadena Freeways, known as the Four Level Interchange, is one of the major landmarks in Los Angeles and a symbol of the city's post-World War II development.
Legal definition
The Hollywood Freeway is Routes 101 and 170 from Route 110 (Four Level Interchange) to Route 5.[3]
Exit list
- Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles 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.
Location | Postmile [4][5][6] |
#[7][8] | Destinations | Notes |
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Los Angeles | 1.57 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Continuation beyond SR 110 | |
1.62 | 3B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Signed as exit 3 northbound | |
2.48 | 4A | Glendale Boulevard, Echo Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Belmont Avenue | ||
2.86 | 4B | ![]() ![]() |
South end of SR 2 overlap | |
3.34 | 5A | Rampart Boulevard, Benton Way | ||
3.76 | 5B | Silver Lake Boulevard | ||
4.40 | 6A | Vermont Avenue | ||
4.85 | 6B | Melrose Avenue, Normandie Avenue | ||
5.55 | 7 | ![]() ![]() |
North end of SR 2 overlap | |
6.25 | 8A | Sunset Boulevard | No northbound entrance | |
6.52 | 8B | Hollywood Boulevard | ||
6.91 | 8C | Gower Street | ||
7.06 | 9A | Vine Street | Southbound exit only | |
7.46 | 9B | Cahuenga Boulevard – Hollywood Bowl | No northbound entrance; signed as exit 9A northbound | |
7.84 | 9C | Highland Avenue (SR 170 south) – Hollywood Bowl | South end of SR 170 overlap; signed as exit 9B northbound | |
9.22 | 11A | Barham Boulevard – Burbank | Signed as exit 11 southbound | |
9.60 | 11B | Universal Studios Boulevard | Northbound exit and entrance; serves Universal Studios Hollywood | |
10.34 | 12A | Lankershim Boulevard – Universal City | ||
10.56 | 12B | Ventura Boulevard | No southbound exit | |
11.11 | 12C | Vineland Avenue | Signed as exit 12B southbound | |
101 11.75 170 R14.50 |
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Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
North end of US 101 overlap | ||||
5B | ![]() ![]() |
Northbound exit is via exit 12C | ||
R14.78 | 6A | Riverside Drive | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
R15.37 | 6B | Magnolia Boulevard – North Hollywood | Signed as exit 6 northbound | |
R15.99 | 7 | Burbank Boulevard | ||
R16.63 | 8A | Oxnard Street | ||
R17.25 | 8B | Victory Boulevard | ||
R18.27 | 9 | Sherman Way | ||
R19.72 | 10 | Roscoe Boulevard | ||
Sun Valley | R20.10 | 11A | Sheldon Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
R20.55 | 11B | ![]() ![]() |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Simon, Richard (December 19, 1994). "Hollywood Freeway Spans Magic and Might of L.A." Los Angeles Times.
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(help) - ^ "Highways From Hell". Los Angeles Magazine. December, 1999.
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(help) - ^ 2007 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF). Caltrans. p. 72. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ^ California Department of Transportation, State Truck Route List (XLS file), accessed January 2008
- ^ California Department of Transportation, Log of Bridges on State Highways, July 2007
- ^ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
- ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, US-101 Northbound and US-101 Southbound, accessed January 2008
- ^ California Department of Transportation, California Numbered Exit Uniform System, SR-170 Northbound and SR-170 Southbound, accessed January 2008