| State Route 107 | ||||
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| Hawthorne Boulevard | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Defined by S&HC § 407 | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length: | 4.801 mi[1][2] (7.726 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | SR 1 in Torrance | |||
| North end: | I-405 in Lawndale | |||
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State highways in California(list • pre-1964)
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State Route 107 (SR 107) runs from State Route 1 to Redondo Beach Boulevard at Lawndale via Hawthorne Boulevard in Torrance.
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This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.[3]
Route 107 begins at State Route 1 in south Torrance and runs north along Hawthorne Boulevard in its entirety. (Hawthorne Boulevard continues south of Route 1 as Los Angeles County Route N-7.) The route is a principal arterial surface road in its entirety with grade crossings and maintains a wide right-of-way, often having as many as eight lanes and maintaining a 40 mph (60 km/h) speed limit. Route 107 goes through light and medium industrial areas and office towers. It also comes in contact with two malls: The South Bay Galleria and the Del Amo Fashion Center. It only met one other route along the way: State Route 91 at Artesia Boulevard, which has since been deleted.
In 1964, Route 107 was defined to run past Interstate 405 along Hawthorne Boulevard, which renamed itself La Brea Avenue upon entering Inglewood at Century Boulevard, then turned west on Centinela Avenue to meet Interstate 405 again in Culver City. In 1965, the portion from Route 405 in Lawndale to Route 405 in Culver City was deleted. It was to have been upgraded to a freeway and was tentatively named the "Torrance Freeway."
Until 1998, Route 107 continued further north to Interstate 405. In 1998, state law was changed to allow the relinquishment of Route 107 to the City of Lawndale. In 2003, the legislative definition was updated to eliminate the portion in Lawndale. The route currently ends at Redondo Beach Boulevard at the city limits of Lawndale.
The entire route is in Los Angeles County.
| Location | Postmile [1][4][5] |
Destinations | Notes | |
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| Torrance | 0.00 | CR N7 (Hawthorne Boulevard) – Palos Verdes Peninsula | Continuation beyond SR 1 | |
| 0.00 | SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) – Long Beach, Santa Monica | |||
| 0.74 | Lomita Boulevard | |||
| 1.41 | Sepulveda Boulevard | |||
| 2.25 | Torrance Boulevard | |||
| 3.68 | 190th Street | |||
| 4.70 | Artesia Boulevard (SR 91) | No left turn from Artesia Boulevard east | ||
| 4.79 | Redondo Beach Boulevard | North end of SR 107 | ||
| Lawndale | ||||
| 5.62 | 162nd Street | |||
| 5.62 | I-405 (San Diego Freeway) – Long Beach, Santa Monica | Interchange; former SR 7 | ||
| 5.62 | Hawthorne Boulevard | Continuation beyond I-405 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||