HOLLYWOOD FREEWAY

The 'Hollywood Freeway' is one of the principal freeways 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 principal shortcut between the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley.

Contents

The Route

Notable Features

Legal definition

Control cities

Communities Served

Major Intersections

References

The Route

The freeway runs from the Golden State Freeway in the 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), it is signed as California State Highway 170; thereafter, it takes on the more famous designation of U.S. Route 101.

Notable Features

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.^[1]

Control cities

'Northbound'

★ Ventura - between the Four Level Interchange and the Hollywood Split

★ Sacramento - between the Hollywood Split and I-5
'Southbound'

★ Hollywood - between I-5 and Highland Avenue

★ Los Angeles - between the Hollywood Split and the Four Level Interchange.

Communities Served

Districts along the Hollywood Freeway include:

★ Sun Valley

★ North Hollywood

★ Universal City

★ Hollywood

★ Silver Lake

★ Echo Park

Major Intersections

County	Location	Road(s)[2]
25x20px US-101 Hollywood Freeway becomes 25x20px I-10 San Bernardino Freeway.
Los Angeles	Downtown Los Angeles	24x20px CA-110 Harbor/Pasadena Freeway
	Hollywood	24x20px CA-2 Alvardo Street /Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles	Universal City	24x20px CA-134 Ventura Freeway/Hollywood Split continues on 24x20px CA-170
	Hollywood Freeway continues along 24x20px Golden State Freeway

References

1. 2006 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California, , , , Caltrans, ,
2. January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways