Rosecrans Avenue

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Coordinates: 33°54′13″N 118°11′00″W / 33.903643°N 118.183414°W / 33.903643; -118.183414

Rosecrans Avenue
Namesake William Rosecrans
Maintained by Local jurisdictions
West end The Strand in Manhattan Beach
Major
junctions		 SR 1 in Manhattan Beach
I-405 in Hawthorne
I-110 in Los Angeles
I-710 in Paramount
SR 19 in Bellflower
I-605 in Norwalk
I-5 in Norwalk
CR N8 in La Mirada
SR 39 in La Mirada
East end Euclid Street in Fullerton
A map with Rosecrans Avenue highlighted in blue

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 U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans, who purchased 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) of Rancho Sausal Redondo southwest of Los Angeles in 1869.[1][2] Rosecrans Avenue was originally named Drexel Avenue, and ran through the Rosecrans Rancho which is part of modern-day Gardena.

Route description[]

Rosecrans Avenue in Gardena, California

Rosecrans Avenue begins at the beach near El Porto in Manhattan Beach. On its route, it crosses through Manhattan Beach, El Segundo (northside of street only), Hawthorne, Lawndale, Gardena, Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, Willowbrook, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Paramount, Downey (for one block between Century Blvd and Lakewood Blvd/SR-19), Bellflower, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada, Buena Park (southside of street only; Fullerton and La Mirada connect on the northside near Beach Blvd/SR-39), and Fullerton where the road ends at Euclid Street (eastern terminus). It intersects the 405, 110, 710, 605, and 5 freeways (all Interstates). Rosecrans is mostly a straight road until the intersection with Clark Avenue in Bellflower and again at Valley View Avenue in La Mirada when it starts to curve through the West Coyote Hills. Rosecrans enters the cities of Fullerton and Buena Park crossing into Orange County after the intersection with Beach Boulevard. Rosecrans Avenue enters Buena Park approaching Ralph B. Clark Regional Park before entering Fullerton halfway the park (no signs indicate where La Mirada ends and Buena Park begins/ends; there is one for where Fullerton begins on the southside of street).

From Lakewood Boulevard in Downey/Bellflower to Valley View Avenue in Santa Fe Springs/La Mirada, Rosecrans is about one mile south of, and runs parallel to Imperial Highway.

Rosecrans at Maquardt Avenue in Santa Fe Springs has been considered the most hazardous railroad grade crossing in California.[3][4]

Termini[]

Transportation[]

Rosecrans Silver Line Station

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 J Line Rosecrans/I-110 station on the Harbor Transitway is located on Interstate 110 below Rosecrans Avenue. At Douglas Street, the Metro C Line serves a station.

In popular culture[]

Rosecrans Avenue is well-known among hip hop culture for its reputation for violence and crime. The thoroughfare is commonly associated with Compton native Kendrick Lamar, as he often mentions it in numerous songs from his second studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city, in the songs "m.A.A.d city," "The Art of Peer Pressure," and "Compton."

The street is mentioned by Tupac Shakur in "California Love",[5] as well as "Genocide" by Dr. Dre.

Rosecrans is an album by DJ Quik and Problem named after Rosecrans Avenue. [6]

References[]

  1. ^ "General Rosecrans | South Bay History". blogs.dailybreeze.com.
  2. ^ Duke, Donald (1996). "Rosecrans: The Story of a General, a Boom Housing Tract, and a Railroad" (PDF). lawesterners.org. Retrieved 2021-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Sprague, Mike (2019-02-20). "Even without the high-speed train, state's most dangerous crossing in Santa Fe Springs will get fixed". Whittier Daily News. Retrieved 2021-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Linton, Joe (2021-12-07). "Metro Moving Forward with Rosecrans/Marquardt Grade Separation". Streetsblog Los Angeles. Retrieved 2021-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "2Pac (Ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman) – California Love" – via genius.com.
  6. ^ Baker, Soren (April 20, 2016). "DJ Quik & Problem "Rosecrans" EP Stream, Cover Art & Tracklist". hiphopdx.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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