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The Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge (also the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge and officially named the Pacific Electric Railway-El Prado Bridge) is a historic double-tracked arch bridge in Torrance, California, U.S. It spans Torrance Boulevard at Bow Avenue, a short distance west of Western Avenue.
California Pacific, a subsidiary of the Los Angeles Traction Company, began interurban service to San Pedro over a narrow-gauge line in 1903. [1] [2] By 1908, Los Angeles Inter-Urban's San Pedro Line linked downtown Los Angeles to San Pedro, starting at Main and 3rd and running on 3rd, Hill, 16th, Burlington, Hoover, 24th, Vermont, then on a largely private right of way to San Pedro.
Fullerton's redevelopment agency moved the station next to the Santa Fe depot in 1980 to preserve it. [8] Now it is occupied by an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant. [13] Pacific Electric constructed an interurban railway to Fullerton in 1917, terminating just north of the Santa Fe station and provided a transfer point to their system. [15]
Most Commuter Express serve Downtown Los Angeles, with others to jobs centers in Pasadena, El Segundo, Century City, and Long Beach. DASH operates over 30 shuttle routes in Downtown Los Angeles and other neighborhoods within the city, complementing Metro's longer bus routes, rail lines and bus rapid transit corridors.
Henry Gaylord Wilshire was born June 7, 1861, in Cincinnati, Ohio. [1] He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1884. [2]In 1895 he began developing 35 acres (140,000 m 2) stretching westward from Westlake Park for an elite residential subdivision.
California's 43rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is currently represented by Democrat Maxine Waters.The district is centered in the southern part of Los Angeles County, and includes portions of the cities of Los Angeles (including LAX) and Torrance.
I-405 in Torrance I-110 in Los Angeles SR 47 in Compton I-710 in Long Beach ... Artesia Avenue terminates at Gilbert Street in Fullerton near the Fullerton Airport.
The International Printing Museum has one of the largest collections of antique printing presses in the United States. It offers educational programs for school groups at the museum, and also has a Ben-Franklin-type printing press on a trailer that travels to schools and public events for living history programs.