Manhattan Beach Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare in western
Los Angeles County. It begins at a T-intersection with Van Ness Avenue in
Gardena and terminates at the
Manhattan Beach pier, feet from the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...
. It passes under
Interstate 405, but cars cannot enter or exit the freeway at that point (the closest onramp is a block north on Inglewood Boulevard).
The boulevard is one of the five principal roadways in Manhattan Beach (the other four being
Rosecrans Avenue
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, who purchased of ...
,
Sepulveda Boulevard
Sepulveda Boulevard is a major street and transportation corridor in the City of Los Angeles and several other cities in western Los Angeles County, California. The street parallels Interstate 405 for much of its route. Portions of Sepulveda Bou ...
,
Artesia Boulevard
Artesia Boulevard is a west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles County and Orange County.
Route description
Artesia Boulevard begins at the intersection with Pacific Coast Highway. West of this point, Artesia Boulevard becomes Gould Avenue and l ...
, and
Aviation Boulevard), and the intersection between it and Sepulveda is one of the busiest in the city. As implied by its name, Manhattan Beach Boulevard consists of at least six lanes for its entire length, with the exception of between Pacific Avenue and
The Strand, where it is reduced to two lanes.
Manhattan Beach Boulevard provided service with
Metro Local
Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
, there ar ...
line 126, but the line was discontinued.
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Streets in Los Angeles County, California
Manhattan Beach, California
Boulevards in the United States