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The '''Hollywood Freeway''' is a named freeway in ] in the ]. It refers to the following two segments:
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|terminus_a={{Jct|state=CA|US|101|SR|110}} in ]
|junction={{Jct|state=CA|US|101|SR|134|SR|170}} in ]
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=CA|I|5}} in ]
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The '''Hollywood Freeway''' is one of the principal ]s of ] (the boundaries of which it does not leave) and one of the busiest in the ]. It is the principal route over the ], the primary shortcut between the ] and the ]. It is considered one of the most important freeways in the history of Los Angeles and instrumental in the development of the San Fernando Valley.<ref name="LAT1">{{cite news |title=Hollywood Freeway Spans Magic and Might of L.A. |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-19/news/mn-10830_1_hollywood-freeway |publisher= '']'' |date= December 19, 1994| author =Simon, Richard }}</ref> It is the second oldest freeway in Los Angeles.<ref name="LAT1"/>


*], from ] (]) to ] (])
==History==
*], from ] to ]
Plans for the Hollywood Freeway officially began in 1924 when Los Angeles voters approved a "stop-free express highway" between ] and the San Fernando Valley.<ref name="LAT1"/> The first segment of the Hollywood Freeway built was a one and a half mile stretch through the ]. That segment opened on June 15, 1940. It was then known as the "Cahuenga Pass Freeway." ] trolleys ran down the center of this freeway until 1952. The next section of the freeway that stretched from the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles opened on April 16, 1954 at a cost of $55 million. The final section, north of the ] to the ] was completed in 1968.<ref name="LAT1"/>


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A year after the Hollywood Freeway opened, it was used by an average of 183,000 vehicles a day, almost double the capacity it was designed to carry. Actor ] called it the "biggest parking lot in the world" in his routine.<ref name="LAT1"/>

The segment through Hollywood was the first to be built through a heavily populated area and requiring the moving or demolition of many buildings, including ]'s house ] which was moved to ]. The freeway was also designed to curve around ] and ].<ref name="LAT1"/> Much of the rubble and debris from the buildings removed for the freeway's construction was dumped into ], the current home to ].<ref name="LAT1"/>

In 1967, the Hollywood Freeway was the first freeway in California that had ].<ref name="LAT1"/>

Near the ] exit, there's a seemingly over-wide center strip now filled with trees. This is where the never-built ] was to merge with the Hollywood Freeway. Plans for the Beverly Hills Freeway were halted in the 1970s.<ref name="LAM1">{{cite news |title=Highways From Hell |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gV0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22hollywood+Freeway%22&hl=en&ei=-bomTIutEobknQeAlaTiBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22hollywood%20Freeway%22&f=false |publisher= '']'' |date= December, 1999| author = }}</ref>

==The route==
The freeway runs from the ] in the ] district of Los Angeles in the ] to the ] in downtown Los Angeles. Between the Golden State Freeway and its intersection with the ] in the southeastern San Fernando Valley (also known as the ]), it is signed as ]; thereafter, it takes on the more famous designation of ].

==Notable Features==
]

The Hollywood Freeway is an expansion of the original '''Cahuenga Parkway''', a short six-lane freeway that ran through the ] between Hollywood and Studio City. The Cahuenga Parkway featured ] "]" tracks in its median, but by the 1950s these tracks were out of service due to radical reductions in Red Car service. The Pacific Electric right-of-way later accommodated an additional lane in each direction.

The intersection of the Hollywood and Pasadena Freeways, known as the ], is one of the major landmarks in Los Angeles and a symbol of the city's post-] development.

==Legal definition==
The Hollywood Freeway is Routes 101 and 170 from Route 110 (]) to Route 5.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/products/Named_Freeways.pdf | title=2007 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California | publisher=] | pages=72 | accessdate=2007-03-28}}</ref>

==Exit list==
:''Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, ]s were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.''

The entire route is in ].
{| class=wikitable
!Location
!]<br><ref name=trucklist>], (]), accessed January 2008</ref><ref name=bridgelog>], , July 2007</ref><ref>], , 2005 and 2006</ref>
!]<ref>], ], and , accessed January 2008</ref><ref>], ], and , accessed January 2008</ref>
!Destinations
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=30|]
|1.57
|
|{{jct|state=CA|US|101|dir1=south|to2=to|I|5|dir2=south|name2=]|I|10|dir3=east|name3=]|SR|60|dir4=east|name4=]}}
|Continuation beyond SR 110
|-
|1.62
|3B
|{{jct|state=CA|SR|110|dir1=north|I|110|dir2=south|name1=]|name2=]|city1=Pasadena|city2=San Pedro}}
|Signed as exit 3 northbound
|-
|2.48
|4A<!--former 4 northbound-->
|], Echo Park Avenue, Union Avenue, Belmont Avenue
|
|-
|2.86
|4B
|{{jct|state=CA|SR|2|dir1=east|name1=Alvarado Street}}
|South end of SR 2 overlap
|-
|3.34
|5A
|Rampart Boulevard, Benton Way
|
|-
|3.76
|5B
|Silver Lake Boulevard
|
|-
|4.40
|6A
|]
|
|-
|4.85
|6B
|], ]
|
|-
|5.55
|7
|{{jct|state=CA|SR|2|dir1=west|name1=]|road=]}}
|North end of SR 2 overlap
|-
|6.25
|8A
|]
|No northbound entrance
|-
|6.52
|8B
|]
|
|-
|6.91
|8C
|]
|
|-
|7.06
|9A
|]
|Southbound exit only
|-
|7.46
|9B
|] &ndash; ]
|No northbound entrance; signed as exit 9A northbound
|-
|7.84
|9C
|] (] south) – ]
|South end of SR 170 overlap; signed as exit 9B northbound
|-
|9.22
|11A
|Barham Boulevard &ndash; ]
|Signed as exit 11 southbound
|-
|9.60
|11B
|Universal Studios Boulevard
|Northbound exit and entrance; serves ]
|-
|10.34
|12A
|] &ndash; ]
|
|-
|10.56
|12B
|]
|No southbound exit
|-
|11.11
|12C
|Vineland Avenue
|Signed as exit 12B southbound
|-
|rowspan=3|''101'' 11.75<br>''170'' R14.50
|
|{{jct|state=CA|US|101|dir1=north|name1=]|city1=Ventura}}
|Northbound exit and southbound entrance
|-
!colspan=3|North end of US 101 overlap
|-
|5B
|{{jct|state=CA|SR|134|dir1=east|name1=]|city1=Pasadena}}
|Northbound exit is via exit 12C
|-
|R14.78
|6A
|]
|Southbound exit and northbound entrance
|-
|R15.37
|6B
|Magnolia Boulevard – ]
|Signed as exit 6 northbound
|-
|R15.99
|7
|Burbank Boulevard
|
|-
|R16.63
|8A
|Oxnard Street
|
|-
|R17.25
|8B
|]
|
|-
|R18.27
|9
|Sherman Way
|
|-
|R19.72
|10
|Roscoe Boulevard
|
|-
|rowspan=2|]
|R20.10
|11A
|Sheldon Street
|Northbound exit and southbound entrance
|-
|R20.55
|11B
|{{Jct|state=CA|I|5|dir1=north|name1=]|city1=Sacramento}}
|Northbound exit and southbound entrance
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{LA Freeways}}


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The Hollywood Freeway is a named freeway in Southern California in the Los Angeles Area. It refers to the following two segments:

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