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| Maintained by | Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW |
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| Length | 23 miles (37 km) |
| Nearest metro station |  : |
| Coordinates | 33°57′36″N118°17′30″W / 33.96000°N 118.29167°W /33.96000; -118.29167 |
| South end | Palos Verdes Drive North, Anaheim andGaffey Streets nearSan Pedro |
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| North end | Griffith Park |
Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north–southstreets inCity of Los Angeles andLos 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 inSan Pedro and south ofDowntown Los Angeles, it runs parallel to the west of theHarbor Freeway (I-110).
Vermont Avenue's southern point is just north ofSan Pedro at a five-point intersection with Anaheim Street, Gaffey Street andPalos Verdes Drive. After a short distance,Normandie Avenue branches off due north while Vermont turns northeast towards its intersection withPacific Coast Highway (PCH). Afterwards, it travels roughly in a straight line north for 22 miles (35 km), parallel to theHarbor Freeway (I-110) to the east. North of PCH, it passes through the unincorporated area ofWest Carson before crossing theSan Diego Freeway (I-405).
Between a point south of the intersection withArtesia Boulevard/western end of theGardena Freeway (SR 91), andEl Segundo Boulevard, Vermont marks the eastern boundary of theCity 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. North of Gage, Vermont thins down to 4 lanes.
Vermont Avenue then passes at the western end of theUniversity of Southern California andExposition Park inSouth Los Angeles. In August 2012, the City of Los Angeles designated a portion of Vermont Avenue inPico-Union as the "El Salvador Community Corridor."[1]
Between theSanta Monica Freeway (I-10) and theHollywood Freeway (US 101), Vermont Avenue crossesWilshire Boulevard and passes throughKoreatown. It then forms the eastern boundary of theEast Hollywood district ofHollywood as it passes throughLittle Armenia. It intersectsSunset Boulevard, next to theChildren's Hospital Los Angeles, andHollywood Boulevard, to the east of theBarnsdall Art Park. At the intersection with Los Feliz Boulevard, it becomes a divided road with one lane in each direction as it heads toGriffith Park. Entering the park, it then becomes signed asVermont Canyon Road before it passes by theGreek Theatre. The road then ends at the intersection with Observatory Road, the main route to theGriffith Observatory.
Vermont Avenue has the mostMetro Rail stations of any street in theMetrosubway andlight rail system,[citation needed] that include:
Metro lines 204 and 754 use 60-foot (18 m)NABI &New Flyer buses (9500-9594) & (8700-8834)
Metro is planning to rebuild the roadway between theSunset B Line station and 120th Street. Initial plans call for abus rapid transit line to operate along the corridor. In the future,Measure M funding is expected to become available for an extension of theB Line subway down Vermont Avenue at least as far as the neighborhood ofAthens (just south of the105 Freeway), possibly as a combination of both underground and elevated heavy rail.[2][3] Bus rapid transit implementation is expected as part of theTwenty-eight by '28 initiative, in anticipation of the2028 Summer Olympics. Rail funding is planned for 2067. The service was dubbed theR Line in 2018,[4] though line names are tentative until opening.
Until 1963, Vermont Avenue was served by severalLos Angeles Railway Yellow Carstreetcar lines: theF,R,S,U, andV. After streetcars ceased running under theLos Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, tracks were torn up and service replaced by buses.
