Mulholland Drive

The Mulholland Drive is a road in Los Angeles County. It is named after engineer William Mulholland, who organized the drinking water supply of the city of Los Angeles in the early 20th century and so only made ​​the rise of the city possible.

The actual Mulholland Drive runs through the eastern Santa Monica Mountains as a two-lane, winding road. It begins in the east on U.S. Highway 101 north of West Hollywood and the first section offers a spectacular view of Los Angeles. Here are some of the most valuable mansions of Greater Southern California and live mainly celebrities of the film industry. The road runs through the hills past the densely built residential areas and several public parks, crossed the Interstate 405 at the Sepulveda Pass and sits further west in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to the San Vincence Mountain Park. There, now runs on the original course of the road and an unpaved blocked to motorized traffic for hiking and mountain biking trail that provides access to the popular recreational area. To the west of the park is the Mulholland Drive back to the road and he also ends on Highway 101 in Calabasas.

Shortly before the western end of Mulholland Drive branches off of Mulholland Highway, the two-lane also leads through the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in the central Santa Monica Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and a few kilometers west of Malibu Coast Highway ends at California State Route 1.

The largest section of today's road was opened to traffic in 1924. During construction it was a land development project, the higher quality of life, fresher air and views of the central mountain chain from the Hollywood Freeway to the Pacific coast should open up. The consistently two-lane road essentially follows the spine of the Santa Monica Mountains and today due to their rich and intricate history crossing a traffic- low interest. It serves the development of luxury residential and leisure traffic.