Western Avenue (Los Angeles) facts for kids

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Western Avenue is a major four-lane street in the city of Los Angeles (west of Downtown) and through the center portion of Los Angeles County, California. It is one of the longest north–south streets in Los Angeles city and county, apart from Sepulveda Boulevard. It is about 29 miles (47 km) long. The name of the street is derived from its history as the westernmost border of Los Angeles in the 19th century, before annexations in the early 20th century expanded the city westward.

Public transit

Metro subway and at-grade stations

Western Avenue is served by three metro Los Angeles Metro Rail stations:

  1. Hollywood Boulevard on the Red Line
  2. Wilshire Boulevard on the Purple Line
  3. Exposition Boulevard on the Expo Line

Metro Local

  • Metro Local lines 205 and 207, in addition to Metro Rapid line 757 and Gardena Transit line 2 operate on Western Avenue.
  • Metro local lines 207 and 757 run between Hollywood Boulevard and Imperial Highway.
  • Gardena line 2 between Imperial Highway and Pacific Coast Highway
  • Metro line 205 south of Pacific Coast Highway
Streets in Los Angeles and the metropolitan area
Numbered streets
  • 1–10
    • 1st
    • 3rd
  • 11–40
  • 41–250
  • Avenues
North–south streets
  • Alameda
  • Alvarado
  • Atlantic Blvd./Atlantic Ave.
  • Avalon Blvd.
  • Aviation Blvd.
  • Beverly Dr.
  • Broadway
  • Cahuenga Blvd.
  • Central Ave.
  • Crenshaw Blvd.
  • Doheny Dr.
  • Fairfax Ave.
  • Figueroa
  • Garfield Ave.
  • Glendale Blvd./Brand Blvd.
  • Gower
  • Grand Avenue
  • Highland Ave.
  • Hill
  • Hoover
  • La Brea Ave./Hawthorne Blvd.
  • La Cienega Blvd.
  • Laurel Canyon Blvd./Crescent Heights Blvd.
  • Lincoln Blvd.
  • Los Angeles
  • Main
  • Normandie Ave.
  • Ocean Ave.
  • Robertson Blvd.
  • Rosemead Blvd./Lakewood Blvd.
  • San Fernando Rd.
  • San Pedro
  • Sawtelle Blvd.
  • Sepulveda Blvd.
  • Soto/Huntington Dr.
  • Pacific Blvd./Long Beach Blvd.
  • Vermont Ave.
  • Vine
  • Western Ave.
  • Westwood Blvd.
  • Wilcox Avenue
East–west streets
  • Adams Blvd.
  • Alondra Blvd.
  • Arrow Hwy.
  • Artesia Blvd.
  • Bandini Blvd.
  • Beverly Blvd.
  • Carroll Ave.
  • Carson
  • Century Blvd.
  • Compton Blvd./Marine Ave.
  • Del Amo Blvd.
  • El Segundo Blvd.
  • Florence Ave.
  • Franklin Ave.
  • Garvey Ave.
  • Hollywood Blvd.
  • Imperial Hwy.
  • Jefferson Blvd.
  • Las Tunas Dr.
  • Lomita Blvd.
  • Los Feliz Blvd.
  • Manchester Ave./Firestone Blvd.
  • Manhattan Beach Blvd.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
  • Melrose Ave.
  • Montana Ave.
  • Mulholland Dr.
  • Nadeau
  • Olympic Blvd.
  • Pico Blvd.
  • Rosecrans Ave.
  • Santa Monica Blvd.
  • Slauson Ave.
  • Sunset Blvd./Cesar Chavez Ave.
  • Temple
  • Valley Blvd.
  • Vernon Ave.
  • Venice Blvd.
  • Washington Blvd.
  • Whittier Blvd.
  • Wilshire Blvd.
The Valleys
  • Arrow Hwy.
  • Balboa Blvd.
  • Beverly Glen Blvd.
  • Cahuenga Blvd.
  • Coldwater Canyon Ave.
  • Colorado Blvd.
  • Foothill Blvd.
  • Glenoaks Blvd.
  • Huntington Dr.
  • Lankershim Blvd.
  • Laurel Canyon Blvd.
  • Mulholland Dr.
  • Reseda Blvd.
  • Riverside Dr.
  • San Fernando Rd.
  • Sepulveda Blvd.
  • Sunland Blvd./Vineland Ave.
  • Topanga Canyon Blvd.
  • Valley Blvd.
  • Van Nuys Blvd.
  • Ventura Blvd.
  • Victory Blvd.
Intersections and
traffic circles
Diagonal streets
  • Centinela Ave./Bundy Dr.
  • San Vicente Blvd.
  • California Incline
Streets in San Pedro
  • Gaffey
  • Western Ave.
Alleyways
  • Olvera
  • Santee Alley
In popular culture
  • 77 Sunset Strip
  • "All I Wanna Do"
  • "Blue Jay Way"
  • "Dead Man's Curve"
  • "Down Rodeo"
  • "I Love L.A."
  • Mulholland Drive
  • "Pico and Sepulveda"
  • "LA Devotee"
  • Sunset Boulevard (film, musical)
All un-suffixed roads are streets unless otherwise noted.

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