Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive is a well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway.

The mostly two-lane, minor arterial road loosely follows the ridgeline of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills, connecting two sections of the U.S. Route 101, and crossing Sepulveda Boulevard, Beverly Glen Boulevard, Coldwater Canyon Drive, and Laurel Canyon Boulevard. It offers views of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.

The eastern terminus of Mulholland Drive is at its intersection with Cahuenga Boulevard at the Cahuenga Pass over the Santa Monica Mountains (at this point Cahuenga Boulevard runs parallel to the 101). The road continues to the west offering vistas of downtown Los Angeles and then Burbank, Universal City and the rest of the San Fernando Valley.

The road winds along the top of the mountains until a few miles west of the 405 Freeway. At this point (the intersection with Encino Hills Drive) the drive becomes an unpaved route not open to motor vehicles. It is popular with hikers, horseback riders, and mountain bikers, and offers connections to other unpaved fire roads and mountain bike trails as well as a decommissioned Project Nike command post that has been turned into a Cold War memorial park .

The paved road begins again just east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Shortly thereafter, Mulholland Drive splits into Mulholland Drive and Mulholland Highway. Mullholland Drive terminates at the 101 where it becomes Valley Circle Boulevard. Mullholland Highway continues to the southwest until it terminates at California State Route 1 in Leo Carillo State Beach near the Pacific Ocean and the border of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.

The main portion of the road, from the Cahuenga Pass in Hollywood westward for past the Sepulveda Pass was originally called Mulholland Highway and was opened in 1924. It was built by a consortium of Hollywood Hills landowners hoping to make money by bringing development to the Hollywood Hills.


Map of Mulholland Drive (orange) and
Mulholland Highway (brown) in Los Angeles
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