Vermont Avenue

Vermont Avenue
Length 23 miles
South end Gaffey Street near San Pedro
Major
junctions
North end Griffith Park
Los Angeles Police Station at 11th Street and Vermont Avenue
West Adams Preparatory High School is located on Vermont Avenue and Washington Blvd.

Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, California. With a length of 23.3 miles (37.5 km), is the third longest of the north/south thoroughfares in the region. For most of its length between its southern end in San Pedro and south of Downtown Los Angeles, it runs parallel to the west of the Harbor Freeway (I-110).

Route

Vermont Avenue begins just north of San Pedro at a five-point intersection with Anaheim Street, Gaffey Street and Palos Verdes Drive. After a short distance, Normandie Avenue branches off due north while Vermont turns northeast towards its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). Afterwards, it travels roughly in a straight line north for 22 miles (35 km), parallel to the Harbor Freeway (I-110) to the east. North of PCH, is passes through the unincorporated area of West Carson before crossing the San Diego Freeway (I-405).

Between a point south of the intersection with Artesia Boulevard/western end of the Gardena Freeway (SR 91), and El Segundo Boulevard, Vermont marks the eastern boundary of the City of Gardena. At 164th Street in Gardena, Vermont widens from a four-lane thoroughfare to a six-lane road with a wide median. From 164th Street, an abandoned railway runs through the median to a point just north of Redondo Beach Boulevard, afterwards the median becomes tree-lined. From 88th Street to Gage Avenue, Vermont Avenue includes adjacent frontage roads.

Vermont Avenue then passes at the western end of the University of Southern California and Exposition Park in South Los Angeles. In August 2012, the City of Los Angeles designated a portion of Vermont Avenue in Pico-Union as the "El Salvador Community Corridor."[1]

Between the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) and the Hollywood Freeway (US 101), Vermont Avenue crosses Wilshire Boulevard and passes through Koreatown. It then forms the eastern boundary of the East Hollywood district of Hollywood as it passes through Little Armenia. It intersects Sunset Boulevard, next to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Hollywood Boulevard, to the east of the Barnsdall Art Park. At the intersection with Los Feliz Boulevard, it becomes a divided road with one lane in each direction as it heads to Griffith Park. Entering the park, it then becomes signed as Vermont Canyon Road before it passes by the Greek Theatre. The road then ends at the intersection with Observatory Road, the main route to the Griffith Observatory.

Public transit

Vermont/Sunset Metro subway station elevator and escalator

Subway and light rail

Vermont Avenue has the most Metro rail stations on it of any street in the Metro subway and light rail system, that include:

Metro is currently proposing a short subway line from Wilshire/Vermont station to Vermont/Expo station.

Buses

Metro lines 204 and 754 use 60-foot (18 m) NABI buses (9230-9599)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shyong, Frank (September 9, 2012) "L.A. Salvadoran Community Sees Hope Along a New Corridor Los Angeles Times
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Coordinates: 34°0′14″N 118°15′14″W / 34.00389°N 118.25389°W / 34.00389; -118.25389

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