Sunset Boulevard, Boulevard in Los Angeles, United States

Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard about 23.6 miles (38 km) long, running from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades. It passes through Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, and is at least four lanes wide along its entire route.

The road follows an 18th-century cattle trail that connected Spanish missions. In 1877 Horace Wilcox subdivided his land along the route, laying the groundwork for the creation of Hollywood.

The western section called The Strip housed clubs where The Doors and other bands performed during the 1960s. Today billboards, neon signs and restaurants line this stretch, drawing locals and visitors in the evenings.

Several Metro bus lines run along the road, connecting downtown with western neighborhoods to the ocean. Traffic gets heavy during the day, especially in busy sections near Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

The intersection with Vine Street became Radio Row in the 1940s, where national radio networks set up their studios. Programs broadcast here reached audiences across America before television transformed the industry.