Mulholland Drive (street)
The Mulholland Drive is a 34-kilometer-long scenic road in Los Angeles County . It is named after the engineer William Mulholland , who organized the drinking water supply for the city of Los Angeles at the beginning of the 20th century and thus made the city's rise possible.
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An eastern section of Mulholland Drive runs on the grounds of Griffith Park in the Hollywood Hills . It is an unpaved dirt road between Mt. Hollywood Drive in the east and Mt. Lee Drive in the west. The path is closed to public vehicles.
The actual Mulholland Drive runs through the eastern Santa Monica Mountains as a two-lane, winding road. It begins in the east on US Highway 101 in the Hollywood Hills and the first section offers a spectacular view of Los Angeles. Some of the most valuable mansions in the greater Southern California area are located here and celebrities primarily from the film industry live here. The road runs through the hills past loosely built residential areas and several public parks, crosses Interstate 405 at Sepulveda Pass, and continues west in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to San Vincence Mountain Park . Today there is a non-asphalted hiking and mountain bike path that is closed to motorized traffic and opens up the popular local recreation area. To the west of the park, Mulholland Drive becomes a street again and it also ends on Highway 101 at Calabasas .
Shortly before the western end of Mulholland Drive, the Mulholland Highway branches off , which also leads in two lanes through the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in the central Santa Monica Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and ends a few kilometers west of Malibu on the coastal highway California State Route 1 .
The largest section of today's road was opened to traffic in 1924. The construction involved a land development project that was intended to develop a higher quality of life, fresher air and the view of the low mountain range from the Hollywood Freeway to the Pacific coast. The consistently two-lane road essentially follows the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains and is of little importance in terms of traffic today due to its intersecting and winding course. It serves to develop the luxury residential areas and leisure traffic.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Torsten Meyer: Journey through the city of angels , ISBN 978-3-7386-2083-2
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Coordinates: 34 ° 8 ′ 56.1 ″ N , 118 ° 36 ′ 43.2 ″ W.