Everything about Figueroa Street totally explained
Figueroa Street is a street in
Los Angeles County, California named for General
José Figueroa (1792 – 9 September 1835), governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835, who oversaw the secularization of the missions of California. It runs in a north/south direction for a length of more than 30
miles (48
km) between the Los Angeles communities of
Eagle Rock and
Wilmington. Termini are at
Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington and just north of the
Ventura Freeway west of
Pasadena, with a break between
San Fernando Road in
Highland Park and College Street in
Chinatown. Just north of the
Golden State Freeway, the street turns roughly northwest and runs parallel to the freeway into
Griffith Park; from there it continues as a loop, with the southern part called Griffith Park Drive and the northern part called Zoo Drive or Crystal Springs Drive. It isn't connected with the Figueroa Street running farther south.
An early routing of Figueroa Street near
downtown Los Angeles was part of
U.S. Route 66, today a part of the
Pasadena Freeway. The famed
Figueroa Street Tunnels were once a part of that same stretch of roadway. Figueroa resumes its course near the overcrossing of
Sunset Boulevard over the
Pasadena Freeway, just north of the "
stack" or four-level
interchange. The road passes through
Downtown Los Angeles near
Bunker Hill and
South Park. South of the Financial District, Figueroa Street services some popular locations including
Staples Center arena, the Los Angeles Convention Center, and the
University of Southern California. For the rest of its southbound journey, Figueroa Street runs parallel to the
Harbor Freeway (
Interstate 110) in
South Los Angeles. The only portion of Figueroa Street that lies outside
Los Angeles city limits is in the city of
Carson, but it soon reenters Los Angeles near Wilmington. The street ends at Harry Bridges Boulevard north of
San Pedro.
Part of the southern terminus was once part of
U.S. Route 6 before its almost total
decommissioning through California in 1964; indeed, Figueroa Street at Pacific Coast Highway was the actual western terminus of that highway, although maps show that US 6 went as far east as
Atlantic Avenue in
Long Beach.
The MTA bus route 81 serves most of Figueroa Street, except for the portion between 9th Street and the 110 Freeway, and south of Imperial Highway.
Known by residents of Los Angeles as a spot for street prostitution.
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