Marina Freeway

The Marina Freeway is a short freeway in southwestern Los Angeles, California and the nearby suburbs. It is the westernmost part of California State Highway 90, and links Marina Del Rey to the rest of Greater Los Angeles. The freeway runs from Slauson Avenue in southern Culver City to Culver Boulevard in Marina Del Rey, although it begins as a highway further west at Lincoln Boulevard.

Related Topics:
Freeway - Los Angeles, California - California State Highway 90 - Marina Del Rey - Greater Los Angeles - Culver City

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Originally planned as the Slauson Freeway, it was slated to extend across southern Los Angeles County and northern Orange County, ending at the Riverside Freeway in eastern Anaheim. However, by the 1960s, community opposition had reduced it to what is effectively a minor spur of the San Diego Freeway (derisively dubbed the "Slauson Cutoff" by comedian Johnny Carson). It was renamed the Richard M. Nixon Freeway for a brief period in the early 1970s, but after Nixon's resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal, its name was changed to the current appellation.

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Los Angeles County - Orange County - Riverside Freeway - Anaheim - San Diego Freeway - Johnny Carson - Richard M. Nixon - Watergate

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In 2005, construction on the western end of the Marina Freeway began, to extend the freeway terminus from Culver Boulevard 1.5 miles west to Lincoln Boulevard in Marina del Rey. The reason for the extension is to relieve traffic congestion on surface streets.

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