Hollywood Freeway 467438 225283038 2008-07-12T21:42:33Z Splat5572 7432294 /* Exit list */ {{Infobox road |marker_image=[[Image:US 101 (CA).svg|88x70px]][[Image:California 170.svg|88x70px]] |state=CA |highway_name= |name_notes= |type=Freeway |route=Hollywood |maint=[[California Department of Transportation|Caltrans]] |map=Hollywood Freeway.svg |direction_a=South |starting_terminus=[[Image:California 110.svg|25x20px]] [[Image:US 101 (CA).svg|25x20px]] [[California State Route 110|SR 110]]/[[U.S. Route 101 in California|US 101]] ([[Four Level Interchange]]) |junction=[[Image:California 134.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 101 (CA).svg|25x20px]] [[Image:California 170.svg|25x20px]] [[California State Route 134|SR 134]]/US 101/[[California State Route 170|SR 170]] ([[Hollywood Split]]) |direction_b=North |ending_terminus=[[Image:I-5 (CA).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 5 in California|I-5]] in [[Sun Valley, California|Sun Valley]] |system=[[Southern California freeways|Southern California Freeway System]] }} 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]]. ==The Route== 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]]. ==Notable Features== [[Image:LosAngeles04.jpg|Hollywood Freeway at night with Downtown L.A. in the background.|thumb|100px|right]] 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.<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> ==Exit list== :''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 ![[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> ![[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> !Destinations !Notes |- |rowspan=9|[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |1.57 | |{{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]]}} |Continuation beyond SR 110 |- |1.57 |3B |{{jct|state=CA|SR|110|dir1=north|I|110|dir2=south|name1=[[Pasadena Freeway]]|name2=[[Harbor Freeway]]|city1=Pasadena|city2=San Pedro}} |Southbound exit and northbound entrance |- |2.48 |4A<!--former 4 northbound--> |[[Glendale Boulevard]], Echo Park Avenue, Union Avenue | |- |2.86 |4B |{{jct|state=CA|SR|2|dir1=east|name1=Alvarado Street}} |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-<br>4.99 |6B |[[Melrose Avenue]], [[Normandie Avenue]] | |- |rowspan=2|5.55-<br>5.81 |rowspan=2|7 |rowspan=2|{{jct|state=CA|SR|2|dir1=west|name1=[[Santa Monica Boulevard]]|road=[[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]]}} |rowspan=2|North end of SR 2 overlap |- |rowspan=7|[[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] |- |6.25 |8A |[[Sunset Boulevard]] |No northbound entrance |- |6.52 |8B |[[Hollywood Boulevard]] | |- |6.91 |8C |[[Gower Street (Hollywood)|Gower Street]] | |- |7.06 |9A |[[Vine Street]] |Southbound exit only |- |7.46 |9B |[[Cahuenga Boulevard]] &ndash; [[Hollywood Bowl]] |No northbound entrance; signed as exit 9A northbound |- |7.84 |9C |[[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]] ([[California State Route 170|SR 170]] south) - [[Hollywood Bowl]] |South end of SR 170 overlap; signed as exit 9B northbound |- |rowspan=15|[[North Hollywood, California|North Hollywood]] |9.22 |11A |Barham Boulevard &ndash; [[Burbank, California|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]] &ndash; [[Universal City, California|Universal City]] | |- |10.56 |12B |[[Ventura Boulevard]] |No southbound exit |- |11.11 |12C |Vineland Avenue |Signed as exit 12B southbound |- |rowspan=3|''101'' 11.75<br>''170'' R14.50 | |{{jct|state=CA|US|101|dir1=north|name1=[[Ventura Freeway]]|city1=Ventura}} |Northbound exit and southbound entrance |- !colspan=3|North end of US 101 overlap |- |5B |{{jct|state=CA|SR|134|dir1=east|name1=[[Ventura Freeway]]|city1=Pasadena}} |Northbound exit is via exit 12C |- |R14.78 |6A |[[Riverside Drive (Los Angeles, California)|Riverside Drive]] |Southbound exit and northbound entrance |- |R15.37 |6B |Magnolia Boulevard - [[North Hollywood, California|North Hollywood]] |Signed as exit 6 northbound |- |R15.99 |7 |Burbank Boulevard | |- |R16.63 |8A |Oxnard Street | |- |R17.25 |8B |[[Victory Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Victory Boulevard]] | |- |R18.27 |9 |Sherman Way | |- |R19.72 |10 |Roscoe Boulevard | |- |rowspan=2|[[Sun Valley, California|Sun Valley]] |R20.10 |11A |Sheldon Street |Northbound exit and southbound entrance |- |R20.55 |11B |{{Jct|state=CA|I|5|dir1=north|name1=[[Golden State Freeway]]|city1=Sacramento}} |Northbound exit and southbound entrance |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{LA Freeways}} [[Category:Southern California freeways]] [[Category:U.S. Route 101]] [[Category:Transportation in the San Fernando Valley]]