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25-644: Running from State Route 90 , Imperial Highway, in Brea to State Route 71 in Chino Hills, SR 142 is a popular shortcut from the business centers of Brea and surrounding Orange County to the Inland Empire . The road has multiple tight curves, so travel is not recommended for long vehicles, such as big rigs . SR 142 begins in the city of Brea as Valencia Avenue at a junction with SR 90 . The road heads northeast to an intersection with Carbon Canyon Road, which assumes

50-454: A correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column. California State Route 90 State Route 90 ( SR 90 )

75-817: A few intersections before becoming the Marina Freeway. It then continues eastward approximately along the border between the Del Rey and Westchester neighborhoods of the city of Los Angeles before terminating in Slauson Avenue in southern Culver City to just past Culver Boulevard . The eastern portion of SR 90 runs along Imperial Highway between Beach Boulevard ( State Route 39 ) in La Habra and State Route 91 in Anaheim Hills , also passing through Fullerton , Brea , Placentia , and Yorba Linda . The entire portion of

100-592: A letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines;

125-517: A new tree-lined barrier, new LED street and traffic lights and metro local bus benches. The project was officially completed in May 2017. Rapper Ermias Asghedom (1985–2019), professionally known as Nipsey Hussle , was from Los Angeles. He frequently referred to Crenshaw and Slauson Avenue in his music, and was nicknamed Neighborhood Nip for that reason. He owned the Marathon Clothing Store on

150-486: A traffic signal at Alla Road (just west of Culver Boulevard.). After the end of the freeway, a pair of frontage roads operating as an expressway continues as Route 90 up to Route 1 (Lincoln Boulevard). Signalized intersections occur at Mindanao Way and Lincoln Boulevard, which is the end of the expressway in Marina del Rey. The reason for the extension is to relieve traffic congestion on surface streets. Except where prefixed with

175-613: Is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that consists of two unconnected pieces in Greater Los Angeles . Most of the western portion of SR 90 is the Marina Freeway , a short freeway in southwestern Los Angeles and the nearby suburbs, linking Marina del Rey to the rest of Greater Los Angeles. SR 90 begins at Lincoln Boulevard ( State Route 1 ) near Marina del Rey as the Marina Expressway . It then goes past

200-464: Is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation . In 1933, a road from Brea to Chino was added to the state highway system. It was designated as Route 177 in 1935. In the 1964 state highway renumbering , this became part of SR 142. A routing from Chino to Upland was added to the state highway system as Route 274 in 1959, and was added to SR 142 in

225-879: Is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System , and is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . Legislative Route 221 (the Slauson Freeway, now the Marina Freeway) was defined in 1947 to run from pre-1964 Legislative Route 60 (now State Route 1 ) east to pre-1964 Legislative Route 165 (now Interstate 110 ). A 1959 extension took it east to pre-1964 Legislative Route 170 (now Interstate 605 ). To

250-657: The Del Rey district of Los Angeles. It heads east along the Marina Expressway, past several intersections, and becomes the Marina Freeway after crossing Ballona Creek . After two interchanges - with Centinela Avenue and Interstate 405 - SR 90 and the freeway end at Slauson Avenue . The east segment begins at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Beach Boulevard ( State Route 39 ) in La Habra. It heads east and southeast on Imperial Highway, ending at State Route 91 about 1 ⁄ 4 mile (400 m) after crossing

275-634: The Santa Ana River from Yorba Linda into Anaheim . A portion of the road in Yorba Linda is built to freeway standards; it is now known as the Richard M. Nixon Parkway . Caltrans relinquished the entire portion of the route through the City of Yorba Linda in 2002. However, the same state law that authorized relinquishment required the city to "maintain signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 90". SR 90

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300-705: The Slauson Station of the Metro A Line and the Hyde Park Station on the Metro K Line . Slauson/I-110 Station of the Metro J Line is elevated in the median of Interstate 110 freeway. Metro Local line 108 operates on Slauson Avenue. The eastern terminus of the State Route 90, the Marina Freeway , is at Slauson Avenue. In Los Angeles, the street is south of Washington Boulevard and Vernon Avenue , but north of Gage Avenue and Florence Avenue . Slauson Avenue

325-418: The 1964 renumbering from SR 71 to SR 30 (later SR 210), but no highway has been built along that route. Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to

350-627: The Marina Del Rey area. Strong opposition, the acquisition of surrounding properties, and potentially infringing on a public park along Admiralty, which contains a section of the Marvin Braude Bike Trail killed the proposal. In 2002, the City of Yorba Linda assumed responsibility for Imperial Highway to complete various construction projects within city limits when the State Assembly passed AB 887; it lost its state route designation in

375-571: The border of Chino Hills and Chino , near the California Institution for Men , a state prison . SR 142 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System , and is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . SR 142 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System , but it

400-588: The connecting LR 174 to the west. The piece of LR 176 between I-605 and SR 39 was reassigned to SR 90 in 1965, and the rest east to SR 91 became part of SR 90 in 1968 (at the same time as SR 42 became Interstate 105 ). Originally planned as the Slauson Freeway , Route 90 was slated to extend across southern Los Angeles County and northern Orange County , ending at the Riverside Freeway in eastern Anaheim , mostly parallel to Slauson Avenue . The full route

425-525: The designation of SR 142 and continues east through Carbon Canyon Regional Park . SR 142 continues into the community of Olinda before crossing into the Sleepy Hollow area of the city of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County . SR 142 continues northeast through Chino Hills to an intersection, where it continues eastbound on Chino Hills Parkway. The highway ends at an interchange with SR 71 on

450-540: The east, Legislative Route 176 (the Yorba Linda Freeway, now also the Marina Freeway) was defined in 1939 from pre-1964 Legislative Route 62 (now State Route 39 ) east and southeast to pre-1964 Legislative Route 43 (now State Route 91 ). A 1959 extension took it west to pre-1964 Legislative Route 174 (later State Route 42 ) near Norwalk . In the 1964 renumbering , LR 221 was assigned State Route 90, but LR 176 all became part of State Route 42 , along with

475-471: The intersection. The intersection was named Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom Square in April 2019 to honor him. The music video for Dr. Dre 's 1993 song " Let Me Ride " was shot on location on Slauson Avenue. One of Dr. Dre's lyrics in the song also references the avenue: " The sun went down when I hit Slauson, On my way to the strip, now I'm just flossin' ". The avenue became well known to non-Angelenos around

500-433: The process and is now called the Richard M. Nixon Parkway within the city. By 2005, construction on the western end of the Marina Freeway began, to extend the freeway terminus from Culver Boulevard to approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) west of Culver Boulevard by building a full interchange at Culver. The freeway extension was completed in early 2007. The freeway extension also allows Route 90 drivers to avoid

525-505: The route through the city of Yorba Linda was relinquished to the city in 2002 and a portion of it, between Esparanza Road and Yorba Linda Boulevard is built to freeway standards. The city renamed it the Richard M. Nixon Freeway in honor of the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon , who was born in Yorba Linda less than half a mile away from the road. The west segment of SR 90 begins at Lincoln Boulevard ( State Route 1 ) in

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550-989: The start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column. Slauson Avenue Slauson Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare traversing the central part of Los Angeles County, California . It was named for the land developer and Los Angeles Board of Education member J. S. Slauson . It passes through Culver City , Ladera Heights , View Park-Windsor Hills , South Los Angeles , Huntington Park , Maywood , Commerce , Montebello , Pico Rivera , Whittier , and Santa Fe Springs . The street runs 20.9 miles (33.6 km) from McDonald Street in Culver City and to Santa Fe Springs Road, where it becomes Mulberry Drive in Whittier. Mulberry Drive ends at Scott Avenue in South Whittier . There are three major transit stations (two light rail) on Slauson Avenue. They include

575-470: Was added to the California Freeway and Expressway System in 1959. By the 1960s, community opposition had reduced it to what is effectively a minor spur of I-405 to Marina Del Rey (derisively dubbed the " Slauson Cutoff " by comedian Johnny Carson). It was renamed the Richard M. Nixon Freeway for a brief period in the early 1970s, but after Nixon's resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal , its name

600-564: Was changed to the current appellation. From I-405 west to Centinela Avenue, the Marina Freeway is 8 lanes wide, before it quickly narrows to 4 lanes at the Culver Boulevard exit. The freeway ends approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) west of Culver Boulevard, and continues as an expressway. There was talk of extending the Marina Expressway slightly west of Lincoln Boulevard (Route 1) to Admiralty Way (approximately 1 ⁄ 4 mile [400 m]) to accommodate ongoing expansion of

625-601: Was noted for a former Bethlehem Steel mill on the 3300 block. At one time Slauson Avenue was a center for urban heavy industry in Los Angeles; the ATSF Harbor Subdivision once ran along Slauson Avenue. It is also known for the Simply Wholesome Vegetarian restaurant and Health food store , as well as the historic Jet Inn motor hotel . Portions of Slauson Avenue have been revitalized with

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