El Segundo Boulevard is a west-east thoroughfare in

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. It has a total length of . At one time, it was named Ballona Avenue.

Geography

El Segundo Boulevard begins as a minor street in Lynwood. When it runs through Compton, Willowbrook, Gardena,

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, and El Segundo, it is in the same position 128th Street would be for much of its existence. It intersects with most of the major north-south boulevards south of Los Angeles, including

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, Western Avenue,

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, and

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History

El Segundo Boulevard was widened to accommodate six lanes of traffic, with paved shoulders, curbs, and gutters, in the late 1950s, to better serve

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and the aerospace corporations based near there. The intersection of Compton Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard was reconstructed and widened, with medians and traffic signal improvements, in the early 1970s.

Transportation

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Line 5 runs along El Segundo Boulevard. The Metro K Line serves a

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at its intersection with Nash Street.

References

{{Streets in Los Angeles Streets in Los Angeles County, California Compton, California El Segundo, California Gardena, California Hawthorne, California Willowbrook, California