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57-714: One of the longer streets in the city, it runs in a north/south direction for more than 30 miles (48 km) from its southern terminus at Harry Bridges Boulevard in the Wilmington neighborhood to Chevy Chase Drive in the city of La Cañada Flintridge at the north end. From its south end at Harry Bridges Boulevard to Downtown Los Angeles , Figueroa Street runs north parallel to the Harbor Freeway ( Interstate 110 ) in South Los Angeles . The only portion of this segment of Figueroa Street that lies outside Los Angeles city limits

114-532: A Caltrans worker. In that district, Caltrans has three sign crews, each thinking one of the other two crews did the installation. After nine months, at Ankrom's request, the Los Angeles Downtown News broke the story. Prior to Ankrom's work, the only signage directing motorists to the I-5 North off-ramp came at a quarter-mile (0.4 km) before the exit, thus forcing many to merge across multiple lanes in

171-827: A station underneath Interstate 105 at Figueroa Street. Metro Local Line 81 operates on Figueroa Street between Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 105 and Torrance Transit Line 1 between Interstate 105 and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center . The Metro E Line has 5 stations nearby. Two of which are shared with the Metro A Line , one being a major hub connecting to the Metro B and D lines . The Metro J Line runs on Figueroa Street in Gardena and between 23rd and 6th Streets in Downtown: Northbound J line trips to El Monte Bus Station continue north on Figueroa Street to serve

228-715: A part of that same stretch of roadway. After resuming at San Fernando Road, Figueroa continues to run roughly parallel to the Arroyo Seco Parkway until it reaches York Boulevard in Highland Park . Afterwards, it heads north to its terminus near the Scholl Canyon Landfill just past its junction with the Ventura Freeway (State Route 134) in Eagle Rock . A short, unconnected continuation of Figueroa Street runs from

285-594: A residential area just south of Marengo Drive in Glendale to end at Chevy Chase Drive just over the city limit line in La Cañada Flintridge . Early maps produced by the Automobile Club of Southern California measured distances to Los Angeles from the club's headquarters at the intersection of Figueroa Street with Adams Boulevard . The street is named for General José Figueroa (1792 – September 29, 1835),

342-685: A section that had been open since June 19, 1956, from Pacific Coast Highway south to Channel Street. Along with the Vincent Thomas Bridge to Terminal Island , the final piece in San Pedro opened on July 9, 1970, completing the Harbor Freeway to its present length. In December 1978, the Harbor Freeway was approved as an Interstate Highway by the FHWA . In 1981, the SR ;11 designation

399-470: A tract of over 75,000 acres (300 km ) in the area, to retired soldier Juan José Domínguez, for his service with the Portolà expedition into the area over a decade earlier. Phineas Banning acquired the land that would become Wilmington from Manuel Dominguez , grand nephew and heir to Juan José Domínguez, in 1858 to build a harbor for the city of Los Angeles. Known as New San Pedro from 1858 to 1863, it

456-542: A very short distance. The signs were inspected by Caltrans to ensure they would not fall off onto the road below. Ankrom was never charged, despite statements from officials that his actions were illegal. Ankrom referred to his sign project as "Guerilla Public Service". Caltrans later added an additional "5 North" sign over the left northbound lane at the entrance to the Figueroa Street Tunnels, as well as new electric signage, which will note when an additional lane

513-541: Is available for those wishing to transition to northbound I-5 (converting the current single lane transition to dual lanes). In 2009, Caltrans replaced all signage along this segment with newer, more reflective versions. These new signs include Ankrom's original improvements. Despite the increased traffic in Los Angeles, including trucks shipping products from the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, there are no plans to upgrade

570-724: Is in the city of Carson . South of the Los Angeles Financial District, Figueroa Street passes well-known locations including the University of Southern California , the Los Angeles Convention Center , and Crypto.com Arena / L.A. Live . Between Olympic Boulevard and 3rd Street in downtown Los Angeles, Figueroa Street forms a one-way pair with Flower Street, with northbound traffic staying on Figueroa and southbound traffic diverting to Flower. After passing through downtown near Bunker Hill and South Park ,

627-522: Is located at 1008 North Avalon Boulevard. The community of Wilmington is located in the Council District 15 within the City of Los Angeles. The community of Wilmington is represented by one Neighborhood Council, Wilmington Neighborhood Council. Only 5.1% of Wilmington residents aged 25 or older had completed a four-year degree by 2000, a low figure when compared with the city and the county at large, and

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684-400: Is not considered very diverse ethnically, with a diversity index of 0.245. In 2000, Latinos made up 86.6% of the population, while non-Hispanic whites were at 6.4%, Asians at 4.8%, blacks at 2.6% and others at 1.7%. Mexico and Guatemala were the most common places of birth for the 44.5% of the residents who were born abroad, considered a high percentage of foreign-born when compared with

741-620: Is now Wilmington was inhabited by the Tongva people of Native Americans . Archeological work in the nearby Chowigna excavation show evidence of inhabitants as far back as 7,100 years ago. The Spanish Empire expanded into this area when the Viceroy of New Spain commissioned Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo to explore the Pacific Ocean in 1542–1543. In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro ,

798-456: Is taken up by oil refineries — roughly 3.5 times more area than is dedicated to open and accessible green spaces. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilmington had one of the highest death rates in all of Los Angeles County, exacerbated by elevated levels of industrial pollution. It is the site of Banning High School , and ten other primary and secondary schools. Wilmington has six parks. Wilmington

855-803: Is the Harbor Freeway , and SR 110 north from US 101 to Pasadena is the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway , the first freeway in the western United States. Route 110 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 . The Harbor Freeway, signed as I-110, begins at Gaffey Street in San Pedro , where it then travels mostly due north to

912-662: Is the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange , which contains the most elaborate network of direct HOV/HOT connectors in Los Angeles County . It includes a seven-story ramp that connects the Century Freeway 's HOV lanes to the Harbor Freeway's northbound HOT lanes and offers splendid views of the entire Los Angeles Basin and the San Gabriel Mountains . The interchange with SR 91 (formally known as

969-544: The 7th Street / Metro Center and finally turn right on 6th street, leaving Figueroa Street. Southbound J Line trips to Harbor Gateway Transit Center or San Pedro run south on Flower Street from 5th Street to the Harbor Transitway. There are 6 J Line street stops located on Figueroa Street: Figueroa/190th/Victoria; Northbound only: Figueroa/23rd, Figueroa/Washington, Figueroa/Pico, Figueroa/Olympic, and Figueroa/7th . In addition, there are 7 Metro J Line Stations served on

1026-463: The Arroyo Seco Parkway which had been added to the state highway system in 1935 as Route 205, in early 1941, providing a faster route between SR 11 at Avenue 26 and Pasadena. US 66 was moved to the new route, while SR 11 remained on Figueroa Street and Linda Vista Avenue, the former also becoming a new US Route 66 Alternate . Construction of a freeway to San Pedro

1083-638: The BMO Stadium and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art ), the University of Southern California , Crypto.com Arena , L.A. Live , Los Angeles Convention Center , the skyline of Downtown Los Angeles ; and Chinatown . The Harbor Freeway is noted for its elaborate high-occupancy toll lane feature, with the HOT lanes elevated above the rest of traffic in many areas, constructed in 1994 by C.C. Myers, Inc. as HOV lanes and converted to HOT lanes in 2012. Of particular note

1140-611: The Colorado Street Bridge ) to Route 9 (now I-210 ) at the Devil's Gate Reservoir . The entire length of Route 165 became Sign Route 11 in 1934. US Route 6 was also assigned to the portion between SR 1 and Avenue 26 in 1937, and, at about the same time, US 66 was moved from Eagle Rock Boulevard to Figueroa Street, overlapping SR 11 between Sunset Boulevard ( US 101 ) and Colorado Street ( SR 134 ). The state completed

1197-778: The Crypto.com Arena , the home to the Los Angeles Lakers who Bryant played with throughout his entire 20-year career and is dubbed the "House that Kobe built". In October 21, 2020, the vote to consider the proposal was delayed by the council, and a new date has yet to be stated as of June 2021. The Figueroa Corridor Streetscape project is a city led effort to beautify and improve the boulevard by adding pedestrian friendly amenities. The beautification project began on 7th street in Downtown Los Angeles, by Crypto.com Arena and terminates at Exposition Park at USC. The project began in 2017 and

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1254-509: The Guinness Book of Records deemed Figueroa to be the longest street in the world. At the request of writer Jay Myers, it was supplanted by Yonge Street in Toronto. On April 2, 2011, a portion of Figueroa Street at Jefferson Boulevard was blocked off for the "Orange Carpet" and the grandstand for the broadcasting of the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards . In South Los Angeles , Figueroa Street has

1311-407: The Harbor Gateway Transit Center . Each vehicle using the HOT lanes is required to carry a FasTrak Flex transponder, with its switch set to indicate the number of the vehicle's occupants (1, 2, or 3 or more), regardless of whether they qualify for free. In the 1924 Major Street Traffic Plan for Los Angeles, a widening of Figueroa Street to San Pedro as a good road to the Port of Los Angeles

1368-592: The Harbor Transitway and Harbor Freeway close to Figueroa Street: 37th Street/USC , Slauson , Manchester , Harbor Freeway (with C Line connection), Rosecrans , Carson , and Pacific Coast Hwy . The Harbor Transitway is located on the I-110 freeway, between Figueroa Street and Broadway. There are also three other Metro A Line stations near Figueroa Street: Lincoln/Cypress (at Avenue 26 ), Southwest Museum , and Highland Park (at Avenue 57 ). The Figueroa corridor

1425-627: The Los Angeles metropolitan area of the US state of California . The entire route connects San Pedro and the Port of Los Angeles with Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena . The southern segment from San Pedro to I-10 in downtown Los Angeles is signed as I-110, while the northern segment to Pasadena is signed as SR 110. The entire length of I-110, as well as SR 110 south of the Four Level Interchange with US Route 101 (US 101),

1482-606: The Mexican governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835, who oversaw the secularization of the Spanish missions in California . Figueroa Street was originally called Calle de los Chapules , which translates to "Street of the Grasshoppers". Chapules is the plural of "chapul" , which is not the standard Spanish word for grasshopper (that being "saltamonte" ), but rather a word from

1539-471: The Mississippi . Los Angeles annexed Wilmington in 1909, and today it and neighboring San Pedro form the waterfront of one of the world's largest import/export centers. Citizens of Wilmington were dubious that annexation would be in their best interests, fearing that it would shift economic activity out of their city and towards Los Angeles. Because the city government of Los Angeles so strongly wanted to have

1596-510: The Nahuatl of Durango and Nayarit (also known as Mexicanero ). Later in the 1880s it became known as "Pearl Street". Figueroa Street originally was a few blocks west of Pearl but joined Pearl Street further south. Pearl Street was changed to Figueroa and the northern portion of the old Figueroa Street was renamed Boylston. The section of what is now Figueroa in Highland Park above Avenue 39

1653-507: The Port of Los Angeles with the rest the city. North of I-10, the freeway continues as SR 110 through Downtown Los Angeles to its junction with US 101 at the Four Level Interchange . The Harbor Freeway, along with the Long Beach Freeway ( I-710 ), are the principal means for freight from the Port of Los Angeles to railyards and warehouses further inland. Its interchange with

1710-584: The Santa Monica Freeway ( I-10 ) at a point south of downtown Los Angeles , where it becomes signed as SR 110. I-110 is primarily within the city limits of Los Angeles, running right along the South Los Angeles region and the Harbor Gateway , a two-mile (3.2 km) wide north–south corridor that was annexed by the city of Los Angeles specifically to connect San Pedro, Wilmington , and

1767-479: The 3-mile (4.8 km) segment of Figueroa Street between Olympic Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as Kobe Bryant Boulevard. It would be renamed in honor of professional basketball player Kobe Bryant , who along with his daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020. The segment of Figueroa between Olympic and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard passes by

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1824-604: The Edmond J. Russ Interchange) is also fairly large. SR 110 continues north as the Arroyo Seco Parkway from US 101 to Pasadena . From downtown, it passes through Elysian Park , where the northbound lanes pass through the four Figueroa Street Tunnels and the higher southbound lanes pass through a cut and over low areas on bridges. Then after crossing the Los Angeles River and the Golden State Freeway ( I-5 ),

1881-615: The Santa Monica Freeway is notoriously busy and congested, and the portions bordering Bunker Hill in northwest Downtown Los Angeles are choked with traffic at peak travel times. Notable landmarks and attractions near the Harbor Freeway include the Los Angeles Harbor College , California State University, Dominguez Hills , Watts Towers , Exposition Park (including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ,

1938-460: The city and the county as a whole. The $ 40,627 median household income in 2008 dollars was average for the city. Renters occupied 61.5% of the housing units, with homeowners occupying the rest. In 2000 there were 1,524 military veterans, or 4.6% of the population, relatively low in comparison to the city and county as a whole. There is a Mexican-American community in Wilmington. The area that

1995-430: The growing port inside the city limits, it made a number of promises to Wilmington and also to the equally-dubious citizens of the-then independent city of San Pedro. Among these promises were that $ 10 million would be invested in improvements to the port and that as much would be spent inside the city on public works as was collected in taxes. In the 1920s, William Wrigley Jr. built innovative housing in Wilmington that

2052-680: The highest number of prostitution-related arrests in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lakers , the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Rams have used Figueroa as the parade route for their respective championships in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010 for the Lakers, 2012 and 2014 for the Kings and in 2022 for the Rams. On " Mamba Day ", August 24, 2020, then-Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson and then council member Curren Price announced plans to rename

2109-525: The highway was extended to 42nd Street, and on April 24, 1957, it reached temporary ramps at 88th Place. Further extensions were made to Century Boulevard on July 31, 1958, 124th Street on September 24, 1958, Alondra Boulevard (which the county widened to carry the load) on May 2, 1960, 190th Street on July 15, 1960, Torrance Boulevard on August 28, 1962, and finally Pacific Coast Highway ( SR 1 ) on September 26, 1962. There it connected with

2166-458: The overhead signs on the freeway just before the Four Level Interchange ( 34°03′21″N 118°15′22″W  /  34.055759°N 118.256181°W  / 34.055759; -118.256181 ). Using official government sign specifications , Ankrom fabricated two sign pieces, one being an I-5 marker shield and the other with the word "NORTH", and affixed them to the left side of the sign. He performed his modifications in broad daylight, disguised as

2223-454: The parkway runs alongside the Arroyo Seco seasonal river towards Pasadena. The Harbor Transitway is a grade-separated, shared-use express bus and high-occupancy toll (HOT) corridor, running in the median of I-110, between SR 91 ( Gardena Freeway ) and Adams Boulevard in the south side of Downtown Los Angeles. Southbound buses exit the HOT lanes at dedicated ramps connecting to

2280-537: The percentage of those residents with less than a high school diploma was high for the county. Wilmington is home to Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy, ranked the top high school in the city of Los Angeles and the fourth-best school in California. Wilmington is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District . The area is in Board District 7. As of September 2009, the leadership of District 7

2337-419: The present-day South Bay communities, Compton , western Long Beach , parts of Rattlesnake Island and Mormon Island which later evolved into Terminal Island . Census records report a population of 942 in 1870. The township had been named San Pedro Township in 1860. Wilson College, precursor to the University of Southern California , opened in Wilmington in 1874 as the first coeducational college west of

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2394-548: The rest of I-110 from I-10 to Pasadena to Interstate standards. Instead, Caltrans has pushed for a protected status alternative to preserve the Arroyo Seco Parkway as a historic landmark. The state legislature designated the original section, north of the Figueroa Street Viaduct, as a "California Historic Parkway" (part of the State Scenic Highway System reserved for freeways built before 1945) in 1993;

2451-445: The south and west and Harbor City to the northwest. A total of 53,815 people were living within Wilmington's 9.14 square miles, according to the 2010 U.S. census —averaging 5,887 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities in the city as a whole. The median age was 28. The percentages of people from birth through age 34 were among the county's highest. Population was estimated at 54,512 in 2008. Wilmington

2508-529: The southern portion of Figueroa Street ends near the overcrossing of Sunset Boulevard over the Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR 110) in Chinatown . The northern portion of the street resumes at San Fernando Road in Cypress Park. An early routing of Figueroa Street in this area was originally part of U.S. Route 66 , today a part of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (State Route 110) . The noted Figueroa Street Tunnels were once

2565-436: Was completed by the end of 2018. It aimed to improve transit and pedestrian access, protected bike lanes totally protected by physical barriers, a more organized and efficient street by adding better signalization and signage, high-visibility crosswalks, transit platforms, more street trees, public art and wider sidewalks. The $ 20 million Figueroa Corridor Streetscape project was funded by a Proposition 1C grant. After delays, work

2622-662: Was controlled by the San Francisco Port of Embarkation from its inception in 1942 until late 1943 when it became autonomous. The California Shipbuilding Corporation , known for building victory ships during the war (although usually associated with Terminal Island ), operated in Wilmington as well. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Torrance Health Center in Harbor Gateway , Los Angeles, near Torrance and serving Wilmington. The United States Postal Service Wilmington Post Office

2679-679: Was dubbed the “Court of Nations.” Wilmington is adjacent to the Wilmington Oil Field , discovered in 1932. It is the third largest oil field in the continental United States. Consequently, there are at least 8 major refineries in the Wilmington area, many of them dating back to the original strike. During World War II the United States Military operated the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation in Wilmington, from which soldiers and sailors were sent abroad to battle zones. The LAPE

2736-509: Was expected to commence in the summer of 2016 and was expected to be completed by March 2017, when the prop 1C grant expired. The Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee plan to use this corridor as a planned "Live Site", an area dedicated as a central pedestrian corridor, linking all of the Downtown LA venues together during the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games. The entire street is in Los Angeles County . The Metro C and J lines operate

2793-603: Was featured by Huell Howser in Road Trip , episode 103. Wilmington, Los Angeles, California Wilmington is a neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California , covering 9.14 square miles (23.7 km ). Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States , this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents. Nearly 20 percent of Wilmington’s total land area

2850-400: Was known as "Pasadena Avenue" until Figueroa was extended through Elysian Park. The portion of what is now Figueroa between the Los Angeles River and Avenue 39 was originally known as Dayton Avenue until the Arroyo Parkway went through. Prior to construction of the Harbor Freeway , Figueroa St. carried U.S. Route 6 to Pacific Coast Highway south from the Four-Level Interchange . Until 1977,

2907-448: Was much slower, despite having been in the earliest plans for an integrated system. Initially, the Harbor Parkway was to split at the merge with the Venice Parkway northeast of the University of Southern California , with the East By-Pass and West By-Pass straddling the Los Angeles Central Business District and rejoining at the split between the Arroyo Seco Parkway and Riverside Parkway south of Dodger Stadium . The West By-Pass

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2964-404: Was part of a 1784 Spanish land grant. It became a separate city in 1863, and it joined the city of Los Angeles in 1909. Places of interest include the headquarters U.S. Army for Southern California and the Drum Barracks built to protect the nascent Los Angeles harbor during the American Civil War . Wilmington shares borders with Carson to the north, Long Beach to the east, San Pedro to

3021-462: Was proposed. Progress was slow, and, in 1933, the state legislature added the entire length to the state highway system as Route 165 , an unsigned designation. This route not only extended from San Pedro north to Los Angeles, but continued through the city-built Figueroa Street Tunnels and along the northern extension of Figueroa Street to Eagle Rock , and then followed Linda Vista Avenue (via an overlap on Route 161 ( SR 134 ) over

3078-426: Was renumbered as I-110 on the Harbor Freeway, and SR 110 on the Pasadena Freeway . The I-110 designation had been previously applied to what is now a spur of I-10 from 1958 to 1968. In 2001, Richard Ankrom, a local artist who got lost trying to get onto I-5 North from northbound SR 110 because there was no clear official signage labeling access to I-5 North, solved his frustration by covertly modifying one of

3135-535: Was soon incorporated into the Harbor Parkway, and the first short piece, by then renamed the Harbor Freeway, opened on July 30, 1952, from the Four Level Interchange south to 3rd Street. (The Arroyo Seco Parkway was completed to the Four Level Interchange on September 22, 1953, and renamed the Pasadena Freeway on November 16, 1954. ) The Harbor Freeway gradually pushed south, opening to Olympic Boulevard on March 23, 1954, and Washington Boulevard on May 14, 1954. On March 27, 1956,

3192-421: Was subsequently renamed Wilmington by Banning, a.k.a. “Father of the Harbor”, after his birthplace, Wilmington, Delaware . In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War , Banning and Benjamin Wilson gave the federal government 60 acres of land to build Drum Barracks to protect the nascent Los Angeles harbor from Confederate attack. Wilmington was a township in the 1870 census. The township consisted of

3249-445: Was under Interim Superintendent Dr. George McKenna . Los Angeles Harbor College is in Wilmington, at 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington, CA 90744. Secondary and primary schools include: Los Angeles Public Library operates the Wilmington Branch . Harbor Freeway Route 110 , consisting of State Route 110 ( SR 110 ) and Interstate 110 ( I-110 ), is a state and auxiliary Interstate Highway in

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