California State Route 134
State Route 134 is a major east–west freeway connector from North Hollywood to Pasadena. It runs from U.S. Route 101 and State Route 170 in North Hollywood to Interstate 210 and State Route 710 in Pasadena.
State Route 134 | ||||
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SR 134 highlighted in red; US 101 in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length | 14 mi[1] (23 km) | |||
| Existed | 1957–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 101 / SR 170 in North Hollywood | |||
 I-5 in Los Angeles SR 2 in Glendale | ||||
| East end |  I-210 in Pasadena | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| County | Ventura | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
Continuing eastward from the Hollywood Split as SR 134, the Ventura Freeway, now signed as east-west, skirts the northern edge of Griffith Park before intersecting the Golden State Freeway (I-5) and crossing the Los Angeles River. After passing through Downtown Glendale south of the Verdugo Mountains, it continues along the southern slope of the San Rafael Hills between Glendale and Eagle Rock before entering Pasadena near the Arroyo Seco and terminating at the Foothill Freeway (I-210).
The road is the main connector from the San Fernando Valley and points north to the San Gabriel Valley and points east. The future I-710 dead-ends at California Blvd and is signed as SR 710. Residents of South Pasadena have blocked efforts to extend I-710 north to California Boulevard from its current end at Valley Boulevard north of I-10 near the Alhambra/Los Angeles city limit. Signs on SR 134 and I-210 refer to the SR 710 stub in Pasadena as TO SR 110, because exiting left from the SR 710 stub onto California Blvd and turning right on Arroyo Parkway leads directly to SR 110, which is Pasadena's only direct freeway link to Downtown Los Angeles.
SR 134 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[2] and is part of the National Highway System,[3] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[4] The official Ventura Freeway designation is Routes 101 and 134 from Route 5 to the Santa Barbara County line.[5] This does not include the portion of Route 134 between Route 5 and Route 210 even though local usage extends the name over this portion of freeway. At the freeway's eastern terminus with Interstate 210 in Pasadena, highway signs indicate "Ventura" as the destination direction for Route 134.
The interchange of SR 134 and I-5 is officially the "Gene Autry Memorial Interchange", after the singing cowboy superstar Gene Autry. Autry's Museum of the American West is located near the interchange in Griffith Park. The California Legislature passed a resolution in 2017 to designate the easternmost segment of the SR 134 freeway between SR 2 and its terminus at I-210 as the "President Barack H. Obama Highway", in honor of the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama, who had attended Occidental College in Eagle Rock from 1979 to 1981.[6] Signs were posted on December 20, 2018.[7]
History
A pre-freeway alignment of State Route 134 originated at U.S. Route 101 (Ventura Boulevard) and Fulton Avenue in Los Angeles, then along Fulton, Moorpark Street, Riverside Drive and Alameda Avenue before meeting up with U.S. 6/99 (San Fernando Road) in Burbank. It traveled along San Fernando Road to Colorado Street, then ran along Colorado Street (portions of which have been renamed Eagle Vista Drive) through Glendale, Eagle Rock and Pasadena before terminating at U.S. Route 66. The alignment was later cut back to terminate in Studio City at Lankershim and Ventura.
The Interstate 5 off-ramp at Colorado Street is actually a former routing of SR 134, and there are still mileposts that refer to it as such. Old SR 134 followed Colorado Street through Glendale and Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock to the ramp connecting Colorado Boulevard and Figueroa Street to the Ventura Freeway. Old SR 134 continued onto the ramp and then onto what is presently the Ventura Freeway to Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena. The Colorado Boulevard/Figueroa Street ramps plus the segment of freeway between the ramps and just east of Orange Grove Boulevard were previously known as the Colorado Freeway.
From 1964 to 1992, the Colorado Boulevard portions of Route 134 were renumbered as California State Route 248.
Exit list
The entire route is in Los Angeles County.
| Location | mi [1][8] | km | Exit [8] | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |  US 101 south (Hollywood Freeway) – Los Angeles | East/southbound exit and west/northbound entrance; SR 134 east follows US 101 south exit 13B; west/north end of Hollywood Split |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 1B |  SR 170 north (Hollywood Freeway) – Sacramento | West/northbound exit and east/southbound entrance; signed as exit 13 on US 101 north; SR 170 south exit 5B; east/south end of Hollywood Split | |
| 0.51 | 0.82 | 1C |  Lankershim Boulevard to US 101 south – North Hollywood | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 0.86 | 1.38 | 1D | Cahuenga Boulevard – Hollywood | Signed as exit 1 eastbound; no westbound entrance | |
| Burbank | 1.82 | 2.93 | 2 | Pass Avenue – Burbank | Eastbound exit only |
| 2.11 | 3.40 | Hollywood Way | No eastbound exit | ||
| 2.90 | 4.67 | 3 | Bob Hope Drive, Buena Vista Street | ||
| Los Angeles | 3.81 | 6.13 | 4 | Forest Lawn Drive | |
| 4.81 | 7.74 | 5A |   Victory Boulevard to I-5 north | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 5.47 | 8.80 | 5B |  I-5 south (Golden State Freeway) – Los Angeles | Signed as exit 5 westbound; I-5 north exit 144A-B | |
| 5.47 | 8.80 | 5 |  I-5 north (Golden State Freeway) – Sacramento, Burbank Airport | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-5 south exit 144 | |
| Glendale | 6.18 | 9.95 | 6 | San Fernando Road | Former US 6 / US 99 |
| 6.57 | 10.57 | 7A | Pacific Avenue | ||
| 6.96 | 11.20 | 7B | Central Avenue, Brand Boulevard | ||
| 7.87 | 12.67 | 8 | Glendale Avenue | ||
| 8.81 | 14.18 | 9A | Harvey Drive | Signed as exit 9B eastbound | |
| Los Angeles–Glendale line | 8.96 | 14.42 | 9B | SR 2 (Glendale Freeway) | Signed as exit 9A eastbound; SR 2 north exits 17A-B, south exit 17B |
| Los Angeles | 11.44 | 18.41 | 11 | Figueroa Street, Colorado Boulevard | Figueroa Street was former US 66 Alt. west / SR 159 south; Colorado Boulevard was former US 66 Alt. east / SR 248 east; westbound exit and eastbound entrance for Colorado Boulevard only connected via 0.7 mile flyover ramps, formerly part of SR 134 west |
| Pasadena | 12.36 | 19.89 | 12 | San Rafael Avenue, Linda Vista Avenue | Linda Vista Avenue was former SR 159 north |
| 12.97 | 20.87 | 13A | Colorado Boulevard, Orange Grove Boulevard | Former SR 248 | |
| 13.34 | 21.47 | 13B |    I-210 west (Foothill Freeway) to SR 110 / Del Mar Boulevard / California Boulevard (SR 710) – San Fernando | I-210 east exits 25A–B | |
| — | Fair Oaks Avenue, Marengo Avenue | Westbound exit is part of exits 25A–B on I-210 west | |||
| — |  I-210 east (Foothill Freeway) – San Bernardino | Eastern terminus of SR 134 and Ventura Freeway; I-210 west exit 26A | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: Los Angeles, CA (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: Oxnard, CA (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2017. - ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ^ California Department of Transportation; California State Transportation Agency (January 2022). 2021 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF). Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Legislature passes resolution naming portion of 134 the Barack H. Obama Freeway". Pasadena Weekly. September 14, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ "Los Angeles-area freeway named for Barack Obama". ABC News. Associated Press. December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Saif, Faizah (October 12, 2018). "State Route 134 Freeway Interchanges" (PDF). California Numbered Exit Uniform System. California Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 13, 2024.