Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California, United States. Stretching from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades to Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, it is a major thoroughfare in the cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, as well as several districts in Los Angeles itself.
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Geography
Approximately 23.6 miles (38 km) in length, the boulevard roughly traces the arc of mountains that form part of the northern boundary of the Los Angeles Basin. It follows the path of a 1780s cattle trail from the Pueblo de Los Ángeles to the ocean.
From Downtown Los Angeles, the boulevard heads northwest, to Hollywood, through which it travels due west for several miles before it bends southwest towards the ocean. It passes through or near Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Holmby Hills. In West Hollywood, where it is informally known as the Sunset Strip, it is roughly coincident with the western part of the Hollywood fault. In Bel Air, it runs along the northern boundary of UCLA's Westwood campus.
Continuing through Brentwood to Pacific Palisades, the boulevard terminates at its intersection with the Pacific Coast Highway. It has curvaceous winding stretches and can be treacherous for unalert drivers in some sections. Along its entire route, it is at least four lanes wide. It is frequently congested with traffic loads beyond its design capacity.