Mulholland Drive
Bureau of Street Services, City of L.A. DPW | |
| Length | 21 mi (34 km)[1] |
|---|---|
| West end |  US 101 (Ventura Fwy) in Woodland Hills |
| Major junctions |
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| East end | US 101 (Hollywood Fwy)/Cahuenga Blvd in the Hollywood Hills |
Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is named after pioneering Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is named Mulholland Highway. The road is featured in a significant number of films, songs, and novels. David Lynch, who wrote and directed a film named after Mulholland Drive, has said that one can feel "the history of Hollywood" on it. Jack Nicholson has lived on Mulholland Drive for many years, and still did so as of 2009[update].[2]
History
The main portion of the road, from Cahuenga Pass in Hollywood westward past Sepulveda Pass, was originally called Mulholland Highway and was opened in 1924.[3] It was built by a consortium of developers investing in the Hollywood Hills.[4] DeWitt Reaburn, the construction engineer responsible for the project, said while it was being built, "The Mulholland Highway is destined to be one of the heaviest traveled and one of the best known scenic roads in the United States."
The street has experienced multiple closures throughout the years due to mudslides and storm damage, with the latest one being in 2024. [5]
Geography
The 21-mile (34 km) long
The road offers views of the Los Angeles Basin, the San Fernando Valley, Downtown Los Angeles and the Hollywood Sign.[6]
Mulholland Drive has some of the most exclusive and expensive homes in the world, housing mainly Hollywood celebrities.
Route
The eastern terminus of Mulholland Drive is at its intersection with
The road winds along the top of the mountains until a few miles west of the San Diego/Interstate 405 Freeway. Just west of the intersection with Encino Hills Drive, it becomes an unpaved road not open to motor vehicles. This part is known by many as "Dirt Mulholland". This portion connects with other unpaved roads and bike trails and allows access to a decommissioned Project Nike command post that is now a Cold War memorial park. (This portion of Mulholland Drive was open to through traffic as late as the 1990s before being permanently closed to motor vehicles so that they would no longer interfere with the natural beauty and wilderness of the area.)
The road opens again east of
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-26189-0. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-74196-235-2. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Mulholland Scenic Parkway and Corridor". LA Mountains. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- JSTOR 25147359.
- ^ "TRAFFIC CLOSURE ALERT: Mulholland Drive Remains Closed to Traffic between Laurel Canyon Blvd and Coldwater Canyon Drive". LADOT. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ISBN 978-0-85170-532-3. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
External links
Media related to Mulholland Drive and Highway at Wikimedia Commons
