 State Route 187 | ||||
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| Venice Boulevard | ||||
 Map of Los Angeles County in southern California with SR 187 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byCaltrans | ||||
| Length | 0.22 mi[1] (350 m) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Comey Avenue nearCulver City (State Maintenance)[2] | |||
| East end |  I-10 near Culver City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | Los Angeles | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 187 (SR 187) is astate highway in theU.S. state ofCalifornia that runs alongVenice Boulevard inLos Angeles. Though some maps and signs may mark SR 187 as continuous betweenLincoln Boulevard (State Route 1) in theVenice district toInterstate 10 in theSouth Robertson district, control of the highway have been relinquished in piecemeal segments to the City of Los Angeles since 2015, with the goal of decommissioning SR 187 as a state highway. As of 2025[update], only the portion surrounding the Interstate 10 interchange between Comey Avenue and Cadillac Avenue officially remains under state control.[2]
Proceeding easterly, Venice Boulevard assumes the designation California State Route 187 at Lincoln Boulevard (State Route 1). The route then passes through theMar Vista neighborhood. Further east, it briefly forms the boundary betweenPalms andCulver City and passes nearSony Pictures Studios. Continuing northeast into theSouth Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles, the SR 187 designation terminates at the intersection with Cadillac Avenue and the ramp carrying traffic from westboundI-10.[3]
SR 187 is part of theNational Highway System,[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by theFederal Highway Administration.[5]
Route 163 was defined in 1961 as a route from the ocean in Santa Monica to Route 173, routed along Pacific Avenue and Venice Boulevard.[6] This was redefined as SR 187 in the1964 state highway renumbering.[7] In 1988, the part of SR 187 in Santa Monica was removed from the state highway system.[8] The part of the route from the southern boundary of Santa Monica to Lincoln Boulevard was removed in 1994.[9]
TheCalifornia State Legislature passed AB 810 in 2015, amending the California Streets and Highways Code defining Route 187 to allow the state to relinquish the entire length of the state highway to the City of Los Angeles.[10] Segments have since been relinquished in piecemeal segments; as of 2025[update], only the portion surrounding the I-10 interchange between Comey Avenue and Cadillac Avenue remain under state control.[2] Once that is also relinquished, the state highway will cease to exist.[10]
Except where prefixed with a letter,postmiles were measured on the road as it was in1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, seeCalifornia postmile § Official postmile definitions).[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is inLos Angeles,Los Angeles County.
| Postmile [1][11][12] | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.50 | Venice Boulevard –Venice Beach | Continuation beyond SR 1 | |||
 SR 1 (Lincoln Boulevard) | FormerUS 101 Alt.; west end of SR 187 | ||||
| 4.78 | Centinela Avenue | ||||
| 5.83 |  I-405 (San Diego Freeway) –Long Beach,Santa Monica | Interchange; I-405 exit 52; formerSR 7 | |||
| 5.91 | Sepulveda Boulevard | ||||
| 6.62 | Overland Avenue | ||||
| 7.63 | Culver Boulevard | ||||
| 8.64 | La Cienega Boulevard | ||||
| 8.69 | Comey Avenue | West end of state maintenance[2] | |||
| 8.80 | I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) | Interchange; I-10 exit 7A (as La Cienega Boulevard eastbound); east end of SR 187 | |||
| 8.91 | Cadillac Avenue,Venice Boulevard | Continuation beyond I-10 | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Agasoline pipeline explosion occurred June 16, 1976 on the street with a death of toll seven and twenty-one people with injuries requiring hospitalization.
RapperSnoop Dogg posed in front of a SR 187 sign in 1993, as a reference toSection 187 of theCalifornia Penal Code that defines the crime ofmurder and thesong withDr. Dre that he collaborated with (the shield has since been removed).[13][14]
