Dominguez Channel

Dominguez Channel
Dominguez Channel
Origin Hawthorne, California
Mouth East Basin, Port of Los Angeles, California
Basin countries United States
Basin area Dominguez Watershed
110 sq mi (280 km2)

Dominguez Channel is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km)[1] stream in southern Los Angeles County, California that drains the Dominguez Watershed of 110 square miles (280 km2). The watershed area is 96% developed, largely residential, and artificially bounded by a system of storm drains and flood control channels.[2]

The stream begins just south of 116th Street in Hawthorne and travels through Gardena, Alondra Park, Torrance, Harbor Gateway, Carson, Wilmington, and empties into the East Basin of the Port of Los Angeles on the Pacific Ocean.

Crossings

From mouth to source (year built in parentheses)[3]:

  • South Western Avenue (1960)
  • State Route 91 - Artesia Boulevard (1958)
  • Gramercy Place (1959)
  • Van Ness Avenue (1960)
  • Crenshaw Boulevard (1960)
  • Cherry Avenue (1960)
  • West Redondo Beach Boulevard (1960)
  • Parking lot of El Camino College
  • Manhattan Beach Boulevard (1961)
  • Marine Avenue (1961)
  • West 147th Street (1974)
  • Crenshaw Boulevard (1962)
  • West Rosecrans Avenue (1962)
  • West 135th Street (1961)
  • West El Segundo Avenue (1966)
  • Railroad
  • Entrance 17
  • Private road
  • West 120th Street
  • Crenshaw Boulevard (1990)
  • Crenshaw Station Park & Ride (1994)
  • Ramps to Interstate 105
  • Interstate 105 - and Metro Green Line (1992)

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 16, 2011
  2. ^ "Dominguez Watershed Current Conditions". Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. http://www.ladpw.org/wmd/watershed/dc/current_cond.cfm. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  3. ^ "National Bridge Inventory Database". http://www.nationalbridges.com/. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 

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