Sepulveda Pass

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Sepulveda Pass
Elevation	1130 ft. / 334 m
Location	California, United States
Range	Santa Monica Mountains
Traversed by	San Diego Freeway

Sepulveda Pass (el. 1130 ft. / 334 m.) is a mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. It is often called Poop-Out Pass, a phrase once used by now-deceased traffic reporter Bill Keene.

It connects the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley via the San Diego Freeway (I-405) and Sepulveda Boulevard and experiences heavy traffic (over 330,000 cars a day ^[1]) on a regular basis, commonly experiencing major traffic slowdowns and jams.^[2]

The Sepulveda pass on Interstate 405 begins just south of Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, climbing to just south of Mulholland Drive, then descending to just north of Sunset Boulevard, where I-405 and Sepulveda Boulevard enter the Brentwood and Westwood areas of West Los Angeles. Northbound I-405 has five lanes (plus a sixth as the Ventura exit is approached), while Southbound I-405 has four lanes plus a carpool lane (although on the ascending portion there is a climbing lane).

Sepulveda Boulevard has two lanes in each direction and runs west of I-405 until the middle of the pass, where it crosses under and runs east of the freeway.

Sepulveda Pass is home to the Skirball Cultural Center, Getty Center, American Jewish University and Milken Community High School.

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