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Balboa Boulevard was named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer who with his crew was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.Several of the San Fernando Valley's north-south streets were originally named after historic explorers, including Balboa, De Soto, Alvarado, Cabrillo, Cortez, and Diaz, but Balboa Boulevard and De Soto Avenue are the only street names ...
De Soto Avenue was named after Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition into the southeastern United States.Several of the San Fernando Valley's north–south streets were originally named after historic explorers, including De Soto, Balboa, Alvarado, Cabrillo, Cortez, and Diaz, but De Soto Avenue and Balboa Boulevard are the only street names that remain.
The peninsula acts as a jetty enclosing the Newport Harbor and Newport Beach's eight islands. The Peninsula is connected from the land via Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1) at Balboa Boulevard, via Bridge at Newport Boulevard from SR 1 (and from Via Lido which connects via bridge to Lido Isle, via Bridge from Newport Island, via Bridge from Bay Isle and via Balboa Island Ferry from Balboa Boulevard ...
Balboa station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. [4] It is named after adjacent Balboa Boulevard, which travels north–south and crosses the east–west transitway route. The station is in the Lake Balboa district of Los Angeles, in the central San Fernando Valley.
Lake Balboa is flanked on the north by Northridge, on the east by Van Nuys, on the south by the Sepulveda Basin and on the west by Reseda. [3] Its street and other boundaries are Roscoe Boulevard on the north, Balboa Place, the Van Nuys Airport, Hayvenhurst Avenue and Odessa Avenue on the east, Victory Boulevard on the south and White Oak Avenue on the west.
Ventura Boulevard follows an ancient pre-Columbian trading trail that served the Tataviam and Tongva village of Siutcanga, which is at least 4,000 years old. [1] [2]Due to natural springs in the area, one of the first inhabited areas of the San Fernando Valley was the land around what is now known as Los Encinos State Historic Park, at the corner of Balboa and Ventura boulevards, which was ...
Balboa: 6th & Main: Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW, Electric Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Balboa Boulevard Balboa: June 9, 1940 (cut back to Newport Beach) Orange County Transportation Authority Lines 1, 71 S Long Beach: 6th & Main: Long Beach Avenue, Willowbrook Avenue, private ROW, Long Beach Boulevard Long Beach: April ...
Van Nuys Boulevard: 1952: Service Bridge: Kester Avenue: 1972: Sepulveda Boulevard: 1928: I-405 (San Diego Freeway), includes 1 separate freeway interchange ramp crossing (upstream of mainline bridge) 1958: Sepulveda Dam: Los Angeles (Encino) Burbank Boulevard (twin bridges) 1974: Balboa Boulevard (twin bridges) 1941 and 1964: Busway: Metro G ...