Rosecrans Avenue

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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 Union General William S. Rosecrans, who spent his later years in Southern California.

Route

Rosecrans Avenue begins at Ocean Avenue in Manhattan Beach. On its route it crosses through Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Alondra Park, Gardena, Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, Willowbrook, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Paramount, Bellflower, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada, and Fullerton. The eastern terminus of Rosecrans Avenue is at the intersection with Euclid Street in Fullerton.

Termini

Western terminus, Manhattan Beach: 33°54′02″N 118°25′10″W / 33.900518°N 118.41955°W / 33.900518; -118.41955
Eastern terminus, Fullerton: 33°53′37″N 117°56′40″W / 33.8935°N 117.9445°W / 33.8935; -117.9445

Transportation

Beach Cities Transit line 109 (between Highland Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard), Metro Local line 125 (between Sepulveda Boulevard and Norwalk Station) and Norwalk Transit line 5 (east of Norwalk Station) operate on Rosecrans Avenue. The Metro Silver Line Rosecrans/I-110 station on the Harbor Transitway is located above Interstate 110. At Douglas Street, the Metro Green Line serves a station.

v t e Streets in Los Angeles and the metropolitan area

Numbered streets	1–10 1st 3rd 11–40 41–250 Avenues

North-south streets	Alameda Alvarado Avalon Blvd. Aviation Blvd. Beverly Dr. Broadway Cahuenga Blvd. Central Ave. Crenshaw Blvd. Doheny Dr. Fairfax Ave. Figueroa Garfield Ave. Glendale Blvd./Brand Blvd. Gower Grand Avenue Highland Ave. Hill Hoover La Brea Ave./Hawthorne Blvd. La Cienega Blvd. Laurel Canyon Blvd./Crescent Heights Blvd. Lincoln Blvd. Los Angeles Main Normandie Ave. Ocean Ave. Robertson Blvd. San Fernando Rd. San Pedro Sawtelle Blvd. Sepulveda Blvd. Soto/Huntington Dr. Pacific Blvd./Long Beach Blvd. Vermont Ave. Vine Western Ave. Westwood Blvd.

East-west streets	Adams Blvd. Alondra Blvd. Arrow Hwy. Artesia Blvd. Bandini Blvd. Beverly Blvd. Carroll Ave. Carson Century Blvd. Compton Blvd./Marine Ave. Del Amo Blvd. El Segundo Blvd. Florence Ave. Franklin Ave. Garvey Ave. Hollywood Blvd. Imperial Hwy. Jefferson Blvd. Lomita Blvd. Los Feliz Blvd. Manchester Ave./Firestone Blvd. Manhattan Beach Blvd. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Melrose Ave. Montana Ave. Mulholland Dr. Nadeau Olympic Blvd. Pico Blvd. Rosecrans Ave. Santa Monica Blvd. Slauson Ave. Sunset Blvd./Cesar Chavez Ave. Temple Valley Blvd. Vernon Ave. Venice Blvd. Washington Blvd. Whittier Blvd. Wilshire Blvd.

The Valleys	Arrow Hwy. Balboa Blvd. Beverly Glen Blvd. Cahuenga Blvd. Colorado Blvd. Foothill Blvd. Glenoaks Blvd. Huntington Dr. Lankershim Blvd. Laurel Canyon Blvd. Mulholland Dr. Reseda Blvd. Riverside Dr. San Fernando Rd. Sepulveda Blvd. Sunland Blvd./Vineland Ave. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Valley Blvd. Van Nuys Blvd. Ventura Blvd. Victory Blvd.

Diagonal streets	Centinela Ave./Bundy Dr. San Vicente Blvd. California Incline

Streets in San Pedro	Gaffey Western Ave.

Alleyways	Olvera Santee Alley

All un-suffixed roads are streets unless otherwise noted.

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