Sepulveda Boulevard

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highway_name=Sepulveda Boulevard
maint=Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW;
Co. of L.A. DPW and Caltrans (for the SR 1 portion)
length_mi=42.8
length_ref=
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=CA|CA|103 in Long Beach
junction=jct|state=CA|I|105 near LAX Airport
jct|state=CA|SR|2 near Santa Monica
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=CA|I|5 in San Fernando
system=Streets in Los Angeles

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, where it "jumps" 1.3 miles east and continues on to 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. ["The Long and the Short of the Southland's Street Names", by Cecilia Rasmussen, "Los Angeles Times", December 10 2006, B2] It is named after Jose Dolores Sepulveda and his family who settled in the San Pedro district.

Route

There is another Sepulveda Boulevard in Sylmar, starting at Roxford Street and ending at San Fernando Road, although this portion is used primarily as a service road along Interstate 5. Prior to the construction of the San Diego Freeway, the two present-day sections of Sepulveda Boulevard were connected; the Interstate 405 / Interstate 5 freeway interchange was built over the old boulevard between Rinaldi and Roxford streets.

The main portion of Sepulveda Boulevard starts at Rinaldi Street in Mission Hills and heads south, running parallel to the San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) through North Hills and Van Nuys. After intersecting Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, it crosses under the 405 and climbs 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 Interstate 405 through a small canyon in Bel Air before flattening out in Brentwood. Sepulveda Boulevard functions as a primary thoroughfare through West Los Angeles and upon entering Culver City, it merges with Jefferson Boulevard before heading directly south through Westchester. After the merge with Lincoln Boulevard, it becomes signed as State Route 1, passing under the runways at LAX and the western terminus of Interstate 105 in El Segundo. Sepulveda Boulevard cuts through Manhattan Beach and enters Hermosa Beach, becoming Pacific Coast Highway, where it continues its southern journey.

In Torrance, an arterial street named Sepulveda Boulevard starts at the western city limits, exiting Redondo Beach as Camino Real. It continues as Sepulveda eastward through Carson and into Long Beach, where its name changes to Willow Street.

Sepulveda Boulevard is named after the Sepulveda family of San Pedro. The termination of Sepulveda Boulevard is on a part of the Sepulveda family ranch, Rancho Palos Verdes, which consisted of 31,619 acres of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The original grantee of the King of Spain was Jose Delores Sepulveda. When he was killed in an Indian uprising just above Santa Barbara in 1824, the rancho went to his oldest son, Juan Capistrano Sepulveda.

epulveda Boulevard in the media

Sepulveda Boulevard was featured in a 1992 episode of "Tiny Toon Adventures" by the same name, spoofing the 1950 Billy Wilder film "Sunset Boulevard".

The 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda" by Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra was frequently featured on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show. [ [http://themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=283 Pico and Sepulveda by Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra ] ]

Sepulveda Boulevard was also mentioned in Strong Bad Email #141, entitled "Death Metal." It is given as an example of the sorts of phrases blond singers sing at the top of their lungs.

On HBO's Entourage, episode 1 of Season 3, Ari mentions Vincent's "West of Sepulveda Skanks" to bring to the premiere of "Aquaman".

On Beverly Hills 90210 (episode- "Confession")- A bouncer tells Noah outside of the After Dark that he does some street racing on Sepulveda and that Noah should come check it out.

Major Intersections

:"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."

References

*cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-1242006-placenames-a,1,4858861.acrobat?coll=la-util-news-local|title=A landscape of names|work=Los Angeles Times|format=PDF|accessdate=January 27|accessyear=2006
* [http://www.placesearth.com/roadtrip/code/sepulvd0.shtml Sepulveda Boulevard Roadtrip]

External links

* [http://www.placesearth.com/roadtrip/code/sepulvd0.shtml Illustrated tour of Sepulveda Boulevard]