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Sepulveda Boulevard
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Sepulveda Boulevard is a street in Los Angeles, California. It stretches some 42.8 miles (about 69 km) from Rinaldi Street at the north end of the San Fernando Valley to the city limits of Hermosa Beach, where it "jumps" 1.3 miles east and continues on to Long Beach. It generally runs north-south, passing under one of the runways of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It is the longest street in the the city and county of Los Angeles.[1]
There is another Sepulveda Boulevard in Sylmar, starting at Roxford Street and ending at San Fernando Road, although this portion is used primarily as a frontage road along Interstate 5. Prior to construction of the San Diego Freeway, the two present-day sections of Sepulveda Boulevard were connected; the Interstate 405 / Interstate 5 freeway interchange was built over the old boulevard between Rinaldi and Roxford streets.
The main portion of Sepulveda Boulevard starts at Rinaldi Street in
Mission Hills and heads south, running parallel to the
San Diego Freeway (
Interstate 405) through
North Hills and
Van Nuys. After intersecting
Ventura Boulevard in
Sherman Oaks, it crosses under the 405 and climbs
Sepulveda Pass in a serpentine fashion, peaking at
Mulholland Drive (although it does not intersect it, rather tunneling beneath it) near the
Skirball Cultural Center. It once again parallels Interstate 405 through a small canyon in
Bel Air before flattening out in
Brentwood. Sepulveda Boulevard functions as a primary thoroughfare through
West Los Angeles and upon entering
Culver City, it merges with Jefferson Boulevard before heading directly south through
Westchester. After the merge with
Lincoln Boulevard, it becomes signed as
California State Route 1, passing under the runways at LAX and the western terminus of
Interstate 105 in
El Segundo. Sepulveda Boulevard cuts through
Manhattan Beach and once enters
Hermosa Beach, becoming Pacific Coast Highway, where it continues its southern journey.
Sepulveda Boulevard is named after the Sepulveda family of San Pedro. The termination of Sepulveda Boulevard is on a part of the Sepulveda family ranch, Rancho Palos Verdes, which consisted of 31,619 acres of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The original grantee of the King of Spain was Jose Delores Sepulveda. When he was killed in an Indian uprising just above Santa Barbara in 1824, the rancho went to his oldest son, Juan Capistrano Sepulveda.
Sepulveda Boulevard in the media
Sepulveda Boulevard was featured in a 1992 episode of "Tiny Toon Adventures" by the same name, spoofing the 1950 Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard.
Sepulveda Boulevard was also mentioned in Strong Bad Email #141, entitled "Death Metal." It is given as an example of the sorts of phrases blond singers sing at the top of their lungs.
The 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda" by Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra was frequently featured on
Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show.
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On HBO's Entourage, episode 1 of Season 3, Ari mentions Vincent's "West of Sepulveda Skanks" to bring to the premiere of "Aquaman".
References
- ^ "The Long and the Short of the Southland's Street Names", by Cecilia Rasmussen, Los Angeles Times, December 10 2006, B2
