- Imperial Highway
Imperial Highway is a road in Orange and Los Angeles counties in
California . It begins at the Anaheim-Orange boundary and runs through several cities until it stops atDockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles near theLos Angeles International Airport . For much of the way, Imperial Highway is signed as State Route 90. A "de facto " freeway portion of the route in Yorba Linda is also known as theRichard M. Nixon Parkway . Total length of Imperial Highway is approximately 41 miles, of which 14 miles run through Orange County and 27 miles through Los Angeles County. East to west, the highway passes through the towns of Anaheim, Yorba Linda, Placentia, Brea, Fullerton, La Habra, La Mirada, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk, Downey, Paramount, South Gate, Lynwood, Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne, and El Segundo.The road has one of the most diverse routes in Southern California. It travels through the poorest areas of
South Los Angeles like Watts and Lynwood to the wealthiest places in Orange County, Villa Park and Anaheim Hills.The road is featured in
Randy Newman 's song "I Love L.A. ".Western terminus coordinates (El Segundo): coord|33|55|50.91|N|118|26|5.42|W|type:landmark|display=inline
Eastern terminus coordinates (Anaheim): coord|33|50|7.76|N|117|47|43.32|W|type:landmark|display=inline
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