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aaroadsthai · Site Admin Joined: 05 Jun 2009 Posts: 364

This mileage sign along northbound U.S. 101/westbound California 2 provides the distance to the next two exits: Exit 6A, Vermont Avenue and Exit 6B, Melrose Avenue/Normandie Avenue. Photo taken 12/23/04.

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aaroadsthai · Site Admin Joined: 05 Jun 2009 Posts: 364

A roadside sign for Exit 6A, Vermont Avenue is posted shortly thereafter. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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U.S. 101 widens out to have a much larger median; this median is in place for the once-proposed but never constructed California 2/Beverly Hills Freeway. As noted earlier, that freeway is very unlikely to ever be constructed. Photo taken 12/23/04.

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Northbound U.S. 101/Westbound California 2 reaches Exit 6A, Vermont Avenue. Vermont Avenue is a major north-south street leading north to Los Feliz and Griffith Park. Heading south, Vermont Avenue bisects Wilshire Center from Westlake, then passes Interstate 10 and the University of Southern California before entering South-Central Los Angeles. The next exit is Exit 6B, Melrose Avenue/Normandie Avenue, 0.25 mile. Photo taken 12/23/04.

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Another view of the extra-wide median that was left in place to accommodate a freeway-to-freeway interchange between U.S. 101 and California 2. Photo taken 02/15/04.

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This mileage sign along U.S. 101 north and California 2 west (Hollywood Freeway) provides the distance to the next two interchanges: Exit 6B, Melrose Avenue and Normandie Avenue and Exit 7, Junction California 2/Santa Monica Boulevard west (Historic U.S. 66). Note the unusual font used on the last entry on this sign. It is certainly showing its age. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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Normandie Avenue leads south to Wilshire Center, then south into Koreatown. Melrose Avenue leads east to Hoover Street and west into Hollywood, passing by Paramount Studios en route toward Santa Monica. Misha Schutt writes that Melrose Avenue "ends as it runs into the southwest-angled Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, between Robertson and Doheny, just east of the Beverly Hills city line." Photo taken 12/23/04.

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Northbound U.S. 101/Hollywood Freeway and westbound California 2 reach Exit 6B, Melrose Avenue/Normandie Avenue. The next exit is for westbound California 2. Again, these are some old signs! Photo taken 12/23/04.

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A U.S. 101 north and California 2 west reassurance shield assembly is posted after the onramp from Melrose Avenue and Normandie Avenue. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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This mileage sign along northbound U.S. 101 and westbound California 2 provides the distance to the next three exits: Exit 7, Junction California 2 west/Santa Monica Boulevard (Historic U.S. 66); Exit 8A, Sunset Boulevard; and Exit 8B, Hollywood Boulevard. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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Use Santa Monica Boulevard west to the cities of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. California 2 was proposed as a freeway corridor through these cities and western Los Angeles, but that plan has since been scuttled. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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Northbound U.S. 101 splits from westbound California 2 here at Exit 7; California 2 meanders west toward the coast, following old U.S. 66/Santa Monica Boulevard. In addition, Santa Monica Boulevard west leads to Western Avenue, which heads north to Los Feliz Boulevard and south along the western edges of Wilshire Center and Koreatown. Prior to the construction of freeways in Los Angeles, U.S. 66 followed Figueroa Street south into downtown (along with then-California 11), turned northwest on Sunset Boulevard along with U.S. 101, then turned west along Santa Monica Boulevard toward West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles, and Santa Monica. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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Now on the offramp to Exit 7, a California 2 trailblazer shield is posted prior to the intersection with Santa Monica Boulevard. Photo taken 07/01/07.

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Turn left (west) on California 2/Santa Monica Boulevard to Western Avenue and the city of West Hollywood. Photo taken 07/01/07.

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U.S. 101/Hollywood Freeway north

Back on the mainline, the next exit along northbound is Exit 8A, Sunset Boulevard, 0.75 mile. A mileage sign provides the distance to the next three exits. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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U.S. 101 passes under Western Avenue, and La Mirada Avenue intersects Western Avenue at this point, thus forming an intersection above the freeway. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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The next overpass carries Fountain Avenue across the U.S. 101 freeway. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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Northbound U.S. 101/Hollywood Freeway reaches Exit 8A, Sunset Boulevard; after passing under Sunset Boulevard (bridge in background), the offramp loops back to Sunset Boulevard. The next exit is Exit 8B, Hollywood Boulevard. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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Immediately thereafter, northbound U.S. 101 reaches Exit 8B, Hollywood Boulevard. Prior to the construction of the U.S. 101 freeway, U.S. 101 used to follow east-west Hollywood Boulevard. Between downtown Los Angeles and Cahuenga Pass, U.S. 101 used to follow Cesar Chavez Street (former Macy Street) northwest, Sunset Boulevard northwest, Hollywood Boulevard west, and Highland Avenue north. Photo taken 06/28/06.

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This mileage sign along northbound U.S. 101 provides the distance to the next three exits: Exit 8C, Gower Street; Exit 9A, Cahuenga Boulevard; and Exit 9B, Highland Avenue/Hollywood Bowl. Welcome to Hollywood, a community of the city of Los Angeles. With a population of 167,664 as of the 2000 Census, Hollywood is defined as the section of Los Angeles east of the cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood; south of Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon, Cahuenga Boulevard, and Barham Boulevard, and the cities of Burbank and Glendale; north of Melrose Avenue; and west of Interstate 5/Golden State Freeway and Hyperion Avenue (which includes Griffith Park). Photo taken 06/28/06.

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