| Boundaries:
Los Angeles County Service
Planning Area 4-Metro-is located in the geographic center of
the County. It shares boundaries with all but two of the eight
County SPAs (SPA 1-Antelope Valley and SPA 8-South
Bay/Harbor). Its northern border touches the SPA 2 communities
of Glendale and Burbank in an area generally parallel to the
Ventura (134) Freeway. Its southern border runs along
Washington Boulevard-beginning at La Cienega Boulevard-to the
Harbor (110) Freeway, then south to Adams Boulevard and east
to Hooper, and north again to 21st Street and 25th
Street (the northern border of the City of Vernon) to Indiana
Street, which is the Los Angeles City limit.
The SPA’s
eastern boundary abuts SPA 3 and SPA 7, following the Los
Angeles City limit on Indiana Street from the City of Vernon,
separating the community of Boyle Heights from the
unincorporated communities of East Los Angeles and City
Terrace in SPA 7. Proceeding north to Valley Boulevard, the
boundary extends further east to include the campus of
California State University, Los Angeles, adjacent to the Long
Beach (710) and San Bernardino (10) freeways. The border
continues north along the boundaries of the cities of
Alhambra, South Pasadena, and Pasadena.
SPA 4’s western
border is a jagged line that begins in the south on La Cienega
Boulevard at Washington Boulevard, travels north and then east
along the boundary separating the City of Beverly Hills from
the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood, along Wonderland
Avenue and Mulholland Drive, turning a bit east to the
Hollywood (101) Freeway, then north again along Barham
Boulevard-east of Universal Studios-to the city limits of
Burbank. One of the busiest traffic centers of the County is
the four-level freeway interchange in Downtown Los Angeles
that conducts traffic in all directions along the 5, 110, 10,
and 101 Freeways.
SERVICE
PLANNING AREA 4 SUBGROUP BREAKOUT:
Metro
Downtown:
Bordered to the west by the
110 Freeway, to the south by the 10 Freeway, to the north by
the 101 Freeway, and to the east by the Los Angeles River.
Metro
East:
Generally to the north and east of Metro Downtown,
northeast of the 5 Freeway, east of the 110 Pasadena Freeway
and the Los Angeles River, and north of the 101. There is also
a strip of "Metro East" south of the 10 Freeway,
between the 110 and Los Angeles River.
Metro
West: Balance
of SPA 4, west of the 110 Freeway and south of the 5 Freeway. |
