Alondra Boulevard is a west–east thoroughfare in the counties of

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and

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Route description

Alondra Boulevard's western terminus is at

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and 161st Street in the city of Gardena just west of the

city limits. It passes major streets like Long Beach Boulevard, Avalon Boulevard,

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, Atlantic Boulevard,

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and Valley View Avenue. After crossing La Mirada Boulevard ( County Route N8) at the

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–

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line, it continues east, straddling the city limits for a couple residential blocks, before crossing completely into La Mirada and becoming Calverton Drive. The street passes over Interstate 110 and

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but does not have interchanges with them. Previously, Alondra Boulevard had an entrance at Interstate 5, but this was removed in 2014 with the widening of the freeway. Alondra Boulevard also had an interchange with Interstate 110, but this was replaced with the Redondo Beach Boulevard interchange in the 1980s. Compton/Woodley Airport is situated along Alondra Boulevard.

History

The Alondra Avenue concrete

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bridge which crosses over the San Gabriel River in Bellflower was constructed in 1952 and was rehabilitated in 1972.

Incidents

In February 2020, an unnamed man was killed while another was wounded in a car-to-car shooting at the intersection of Alondra Boulevard and Poinsettia Avenue in Compton. On November 16, 2020, a

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was reported at the 12800 block of Alondra Boulevard in a landscaped

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. The corpse was highly decomposed, suggesting that it had already been there for an extended period of time. On November 17, 2020, 19-year-old Carl Lewis, a basketball player for the

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, was shot and killed while sitting in his car parked on Alondra Boulevard in a reportedly

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related incident.

Transportation

Alondra Boulevard is serviced by

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lines 128 and 460.

References

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