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| Part of |  SR 2 fromCentinela Avenue toUS 101 inLos Angeles |
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| Length | 14.3 mi (23.0 km)[1] |
| Location | Los Angeles County, California, United States |
| Nearest metro station |   Vermont/Santa Monica |
| West end | Ocean Avenue inSanta Monica |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Mantanita Street / Sanborn Avenue /Sunset Boulevard atSunset Junction inSilver Lake |
Santa Monica Boulevard is a major west–east thoroughfare inLos Angeles County, California, United States. It runs fromOcean Avenue inSanta Monica near thePacific Ocean toSunset Boulevard atSunset Junction inLos Angeles. It passes throughBeverly Hills andWest Hollywood. A portion of it is designated asState Route 2 (SR 2), while the full avenue wasHistoric Route 66.
The western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard is at Ocean Avenue near the Pacific Ocean. From there untilInterstate 405 (I-405), Santa Monica Boulevard is a densely urban commercial street. From Centinela Avenue, Santa Monica Boulevard heads northeast through the wealthy areas ofWest Los Angeles,Westwood,Century City, andBeverly Hills before entering the decidedly urbanWest Hollywood. Santa Monica Boulevard, being a major street, is for most of its length at least four lanes wide.[2] Most of theWestside car dealerships are located on Santa Monica Boulevard.
AfterSepulveda Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard passes by Century City andits shopping center and intersects withWilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. After intersecting with Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Boulevard continues northeast towards West Hollywood, spanningBeverly Boulevard andMelrose Avenue. At Holloway Drive, in the middle of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, now north ofMelrose Avenue turns to run east. In West Hollywood, betweenDoheny Drive andFairfax Avenue along Santa Monica Boulevard, bronze name plaques are embedded in the sidewalks as part of theWest Hollywood Memorial Walk. The original southern end ofSR 170 was at the intersection withHighland Avenue. Santa Monica Boulevard merges on its eastern end withSunset Boulevard in the Sunset Junction neighborhood ofSilver Lake.
The south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard, often called Little Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, runs parallel to the state highway (north) roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard from the city's west limit to Rexford Drive. After Rexford Drive, Little Santa Monica turns east, becoming Burton Way. Burton Way merges intoSan Vicente Boulevard at its intersection withLa Cienega Boulevard. It is noted that the south roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills is a city street while the north roadway of Santa Monica Boulevard is a California state highway, each roadway handling bi-directional traffic.[1]
On May 31, 2020, local protests following themurder of George Floyd turned into riots which saw numerous buildings vandalized, looted and burned along Santa Monica Boulevard, with the most visible destruction being at the site of the popular Japanese-themed restaurant Sake House.[3] Wexler's Deli co-owner Mike Kassar stated toEater that "Basically every food and beverage establishment for ten blocks got trashed".[3]
Metro Local line 4 andSanta Monica Transit Line 1 serve Santa Monica Boulevard, with the latter serving the boulevard in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica. A portion of West Hollywood-operatedThe PickUp operates on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. TheMetro B Line servesan underground station on Santa Monica Boulevard at its intersection withVermont Avenue.[citation needed]
ThePacific Electric operated Red Carinterurban trains and streetcars over Santa Monica Boulevard until 1953. The street hosted the company'sSouth Hollywood–Sherman Line andSawtelle Line as well as theOwensmouth Line andSan Fernando Line which served theSan Fernando Valley.[4]
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica | 0.0 | 0.0 | Ocean Avenue | Western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard | |||
| 0.5 | 0.80 |   Historic US 66 west (Lincoln Boulevard) | Western end of Historic US 66 concurrency; connects toI-10 andSR 1; former SR 2 west | ||||
| Santa Monica–Los Angeles line | 2.4 | 3.9 | Western terminus ofSR 2 Centinela Avenue | Western end of SR 2 concurrency | |||
| SeeSR 2 (LA 2.31–12.74) | |||||||
| Los Angeles | 12.7– 12.8 | 20.4– 20.6 |    Western Avenue toUS 101 north (Hollywood Freeway) –Ventura  US 101 south /SR 2 east (Hollywood Freeway) –Los Angeles | Eastern end of SR 2 concurrency; US 101 exit 7 | |||
| 13.7 | 22.0 | Vermont Avenue | |||||
| 14.2– 14.4 | 22.9– 23.2 | Mantanita Street / Sanborn Avenue /Sunset Boulevard (Historic US 66 east) | Sunset Junction; eastern terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard; eastern end of Historic US 66 concurrency | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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