La Cienega Boulevard is a major north–south
arterial road that runs between El Segundo Boulevard in
El Segundo, California on the south and the
Sunset Strip/
Sunset Boulevard in
West Hollywood.
It is unusual among most
Southern California roadways in that part of it was built to
freeway standards in the late 1940s as part of the proposed
Laurel Canyon Freeway, part of
State Route 170. The SR 170 freeway was never completed south of
U.S. Route 101, and the stretch of La Cienega from just north of Fairview Blvd in
Inglewood, through the
Baldwin Hills and along the
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area to Rodeo Road in
Los Angeles is a divided, limited access highway with few
traffic signals. As such, emergency
call boxes like those found along the area's
freeways were installed along that stretch in the 1970s.
Route description
From south of Fairview and from north of Rodeo, La Cienega Boulevard is a regular surface street and one of Hollywood's major thoroughfares. Offices for
A&E Network,
The History Channel and the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are located on La CiƩnega as are the studios of
Citadel Broadcasting flagships
KABC and
KLOS, two of Los Angeles' biggest radio stations. A portion of La Cienega in and adjacent to
Beverly Hills is known as "
Restaurant Row" for its large number of upscale
restaurants. South of Olympic, La Cienega is known for its large number of automotive-related business including several used car...
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