Washington Boulevard

Interactive map of Washington Boulevard
Maintained by	Local jurisdictions
Location	Los Angeles County, California, United States
Nearest metro station	: Culver City Grand/LATTC San Pedro St Washington
West end	Pacific Avenue inLos Angeles
Major junctions	SR 1 in Los Angeles I-10 in Los Angeles I-710 inCommerce I-5 in Commerce I-605 inWest Whittier-Los Nietos
East end	Whittier Boulevard inWhittier

Washington Boulevard is an east-westarterial road inLos Angeles County, California spanning a total of 27.4 miles (44 km).

Its western terminus is thePacific Ocean just west of Pacific Avenue and straddling the border of theVenice Beach andMarina Peninsula neighborhoods ofLos Angeles. The Boulevard extends eastbound to the city ofWhittier, atWhittier Boulevard. It is south ofVenice Boulevard for most of its length. At Wade Street, Washington Place is formed adjacent and parallel and lasts until just east ofSepulveda Boulevard, where it merges back into Washington Boulevard. Washington merges intoCulver Boulevard briefly, but forms back into its own street at Canfield Avenue.

Washington Boulevard, which is primarily four lanes but has some six-lane sections, passes through locations in the mid-southern portion of Los Angeles County. The communities to the west include affluent areas such asMarina del Rey andLadera Heights. Further east it passes betweenCrestview andCulver City and throughMid City,Arlington Heights,Pico Union,City of Commerce,Montebello,Pico Rivera,Los Nietos andWhittier.

In early days the western portion of Washington was known as theBallona Road.^[1] The far eastern end was known as the Los Angeles and Anaheim Telegraph Road.^[2][3]

In 1905, it boasted the headquarters of the localhorse driving club, for a mile west ofWestern Avenue. "The road is not of the best," reported theLos Angeles Times, "and automobiles are usurping it . . . but it is the nearest approach to aspeedway the reinsmen have, and they therefore make the most of it." MayorOwen McAleer "has set aside that stretch of the highway to those drivers who delight in vying with each other off theracetrack, and policemen have been given to understand that some latitude is to be allowed horsemen there."^[4]

Washington Boulevard provides bus service between Venice Beach and West LA Transit Center byCulver City Transit line 1, between West LA Transit Center and Downtown byMetro Local line 35, and east of Downtown byMontebello Transit line 50. A portion of theMetro A Line runs along Washington Boulevard (serving theGrand/LATTC,San Pedro andWashington stations), from Flower Street to Long Beach Avenue, while theMetro E Line servesa rail station near the intersection with National Boulevard.

The entire route is inLos Angeles County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Los Angeles	0	0.0	Pacific Avenue	Western terminus of Washington Boulevard
	1.3	2.1	SR 1 (Lincoln Boulevard, Pacific Coast Highway) –Santa Monica,Long Beach
Culver City	3.7	6.0	Sepulveda Boulevard
	5.1	8.2	Culver Boulevard	Overlap with Culver Boulevard for 0.25 miles (0.40 km)
	6.5	10.5	La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles	6.8	10.9	Fairfax Avenue
	6.9	11.1	I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) –Santa Monica,San Bernardino
	8.5	13.7	La Brea Avenue
	9.5	15.3	Crenshaw Boulevard
	10.2	16.4	Arlington Avenue
	10.7	17.2	Western Avenue
	11.2	18.0	Normandie Avenue
	11.7	18.8	Vermont Avenue
	12.9	20.8	Figueroa Street
	13.4	21.6	Main Street
	13.9	22.4	San Pedro Street
	14.4	23.2	Central Avenue
	15.1	24.3	Alameda Street
	15.6	25.1	Santa Fe Avenue
	16.3	26.2	Soto Street
Commerce	19.2	30.9	I-710 (Long Beach Freeway) /Valley Boulevard –Long Beach
	19.5	31.4	Atlantic Boulevard/Avenue
	20.0	32.2	Eastern Avenue
	20.9	33.6	I-5 (Santa Ana Freeway) –Los Angeles,Santa Ana	Northbound entrance and exit via Telegraph Road
	21.0	33.8	Telegraph Road
	21.7	34.9	Garfield Avenue
Montebello	22.6	36.4	Greenwood Avenue
Pico Rivera	23.6	38.0	Paramount Boulevard
	24.2	38.9	SR 19 (Rosemead Boulevard) –Long Beach,Pasadena
West Whittier	25.3	40.7	I-605 (San Gabriel River Freeway)	Northbound entrance and exit via Pioneer Boulevard
	25.4	40.9	Pioneer Boulevard
West Whittier–Santa Fe Springs line	25.7	41.4	Norwalk Boulevard
Whittier	27.2	43.8	Lambert Road	Western terminus of Lambert Road; toChino Hills, California
	27.6	44.4	SR 72 (Whittier Boulevard) / Pickering Avenue / Santa Fe Springs Road –La Habra,Pico Rivera	Eastern terminus of Washington Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

• Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
• LA Trade Tech College is located at Grand Avenue near theA Line station of the same name.
• The RPM International building (Ray Charles Enterprises) is located on the corner of Westmorland Blvd. and Washington Blvd., which is also dedicated as the "Ray Charles Square".
• The Ray Charles Post Office atLa Brea Avenue.^[5]
• Government center named afterDavid S. Cunningham, Jr., City Council member, 1973–87
• West Adams Preparatory High School is located onVermont Avenue and Washington Blvd.^[6]

• Streets in Los Angeles
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• Culver City, California
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• Marina del Rey, California
• Mid-City, Los Angeles
• Montebello, California
• Pico Rivera, California
• Pico-Union, Los Angeles
• Venice, Los Angeles
• Whittier, California
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