Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles (44.3 km).
The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans
Rosecrans Avenue begins at the beach near El Porto in Manhattan Beach.
On its route, it crosses through Manhattan Beach, El Segundo (northside of street only), Hawthorne, Lawndale, Alondra Park, Gardena, Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, Willowbrook, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Paramount, Downey (for one block between Century Blvd and Lakewood Blvd/SR-19), Bellflower, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada, Buena Park (southside of street only; Fullerton and La Mirada connect on the northside near Beach Blvd/SR-39), and Fullerton.
It intersects the 405, 110, 710, 605, and 5 freeways (all Interstates).
Rosecrans is mostly a straight road until the intersection with Clark Avenue in Bellflower and again at Valley View Avenue in La Mirada when it starts to curve through the West Coyote Hills.
Rosecrans enters the cities of Fullerton and Buena Park and crosses into Orange County after the intersection with Beach Boulevard.
Rosecrans Avenue enters Buena Park at Ralph B. Clark Regional Park before entering Fullerton (no signs indicate where La Mirada ends and Buena Park begins/ends; there is one for where Fullerton begins on the southside of street).
The eastern terminus of Rosecrans Avenue is at the intersection with Euclid Street in Fullerton.
From Lakewood Boulevard in Downey/Bellflower to Valley View Avenue in Santa Fe Springs/La Mirada, Rosecrans is about one mile south of, and runs parallel to Imperial Highway.
In popular culture
Rosecrans Avenue is well-known among hip hop culture for its reputation for violence and crime.
The thoroughfare is commonly associated with Compton native Kendrick Lamar, as he often mentions it in numerous songs from his second studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city, most notably "m.A.A.d city" and "Compton".
The street is mentioned by Tupac Shakur in "California Love", as well as "Genocide" by Dr. Dre.
Rosecrans is an album by DJ Quik and Problem named after Rosecrans Avenue.
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Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles (44.3 km).
The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans
Rosecrans Avenue begins at the beach near El Porto in Manhattan Beach.
On its route, it crosses through Manhattan Beach, El Segundo (northside of street only), Hawthorne, Lawndale, Alondra Park, Gardena, Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, Willowbrook, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Paramount, Downey (for one block between Century Blvd and Lakewood Blvd/SR-19), Bellflower, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada, Buena Park (southside of street only; Fullerton and La Mirada connect on the northside near Beach Blvd/SR-39), and Fullerton.
It intersects the 405, 110, 710, 605, and 5 freeways (all Interstates).
Rosecrans is mostly a straight road until the intersection with Clark Avenue in Bellflower and again at Valley View Avenue in La Mirada when it starts to curve through the West Coyote Hills.
Rosecrans enters the cities of Fullerton and Buena Park and crosses into Orange County after the intersection with Beach Boulevard.
Rosecrans Avenue enters Buena Park at Ralph B. Clark Regional Park before entering Fullerton (no signs indicate where La Mirada ends and Buena Park begins/ends; there is one for where Fullerton begins on the southside of street).
The eastern terminus of Rosecrans Avenue is at the intersection with Euclid Street in Fullerton.
From Lakewood Boulevard in Downey/Bellflower to Valley View Avenue in Santa Fe Springs/La Mirada, Rosecrans is about one mile south of, and runs parallel to Imperial Highway.
In popular culture
Rosecrans Avenue is well-known among hip hop culture for its reputation for violence and crime.
The thoroughfare is commonly associated with Compton native Kendrick Lamar, as he often mentions it in numerous songs from his second studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city, most notably "m.A.A.d city" and "Compton".
The street is mentioned by Tupac Shakur in "California Love", as well as "Genocide" by Dr. Dre.
Rosecrans is an album by DJ Quik and Problem named after Rosecrans Avenue.
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![[4K] Driving on San Gabriel Canyon Road in Azuza, California, USA. Elevation: 5,000 Feet](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sH6w_6JAN1Y/mqdefault.jpg "[4K] Driving on San Gabriel Canyon Road in Azuza, California, USA. Elevation: 5,000 Feet
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Driving tour of San Gabriel Canyon Road in Azusa, California, USA
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At the north limit of Azusa, adopted Route 39 begins again as San Gabriel Canyon Road. Route 39 winds through the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest for 22.6 miles (36.4 km) until it reaches a gate barring the road 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of Crystal Lake Road in the Crystal Lake Recreation Area.
The last six miles of the route, including the connection to Route 2, are closed to public highway traffic, as the roadbed has been closed since 1978, due to major rock slides that year and again in 2005 which damaged more of the remaining roadbed.
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![Driving on Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles [4K] October, 2020](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sWJV-Bati1E/mqdefault.jpg "Driving on Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles [4K] October, 2020
Driving on Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles from East to West, end to end.
Complete Santa Monica Boulevard driving.
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Santa Monica Boulevard is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles County.
It runs from Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica near the Pacific Ocean to Sunset Boulevard at Sunset Junction in Los Angeles.
It passes through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.
A portion of it is designated as California State Route 2.
The western terminus of Santa Monica Boulevard is at Ocean Avenue near the Pacific Ocean. From there until the San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405), Santa Monica Boulevard is a densely urban commercial street.
The portion between Centinela Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica was also originally part of California State Route 2.
From Centinela Avenue, Santa Monica Boulevard heads northeast through the wealthy areas of West Los Angeles, Westwood, Century City, and Beverly Hills before entering the decidedly urban West Hollywood.
Santa Monica Boulevard, being a major street, is for most of its length at least four lanes wide.
Most of the Westside car dealerships are located on Santa Monica Boulevard.
After Sepulveda Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard passes by Century City and its shopping center, and intersects with Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
After intersecting with Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Boulevard continues northeast towards West Hollywood, spanning Beverly Boulevard and Melrose Avenue.
At Holloway Drive, in the middle of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, now north of Melrose Avenue turns to run east.
In West Hollywood, between Doheny Drive and Fairfax Avenue along Santa Monica Boulevard, bronze name plaques are embedded in the sidewalks as part of the West Hollywood Memorial Walk.
The original southern end of California State Route 170 was at the intersection with Highland Avenue. Santa Monica Boulevard merges on its eastern end with Sunset Boulevard in the Sunset Junction neighborhood of Silver 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 citys west limit to Rexford Drive.
After Rexford Drive, Little Santa Monica turns east, becoming Burton Way.
Burton Way merges into San Vicente Boulevard at its intersection with La 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.
Due to the length of its name, Santa Monica Boulevard is often abbreviated to Sta Mon Blvd. for mailing purposes, specifically by the United States Postal Service.
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