Main Street (Los Angeles)

Main Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California. It serves as the east-west postal divider for the city and the county as well.[1]

Main Street
Length21 miles
South endLomita Boulevard near Wilmington
Major
junctions
North endMission Road in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles
The San Fernando Building on Main St.
United States Court House at Temple and Main Streets
Farmers & Merchants Bank on Main Street, in 2008
S. Lazard & Co. store on Main St., sometime between 1866-1872

Route

It begins as a continuation of Valley Boulevard west of Mission Road in Lincoln Heights as 'North Main Street'. It ends at the Port of Los Angeles. At 9th Street, it merges with Spring Street in Downtown LA, and between Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and 9th Street, Main Street shares a one-way couplet with Spring Street.

Main Street begins as a continuation of Wilmington Boulevard, a small street in the neighborhood of Wilmington, Los Angeles. Nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) north at the intersection of Lomita Boulevard, it officially becomes Main Street and enters the city of Carson.

Transportation

Main Street carries Metro Local lines: 10, 33, 48, 55, 68, 76, 83, 92, and 355, as well as Metro Rapid line 733; most of those lines run on Main Street in downtown only, while Line 76 serves Main Street in Northeast Los Angeles and Line 48 in South Los Angeles.

Notable landmarks

References
  1. Map showing Main Street downtown




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