California State Route 187

State Route 187
State Route 187
Venice Boulevard
	Map of Los Angeles County in southern California with SR 187 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Caltrans
Length	5.405 mi (8.699 km)
Major junctions
West end	SR 1 in Venice
	I-405 near Culver City
East end	I-10 near Culver City
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Los Angeles
Highway system
	State highways in California; Interstate; US; State; Scenic; History; Pre‑1964; Unconstructed; Deleted; Freeways;

State Route 187 (SR 187) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs along Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles from Lincoln Boulevard (State Route 1) in Venice to Interstate 10 in the South Robertson district.

Route description

Proceeding easterly, Venice Boulevard assumes the designation California State Route 187 at Lincoln Boulevard (State Route 1). The route then passes through the Mar Vista neighborhood. Further east, it briefly forms the boundary between Palms and Culver City and passes near Sony Pictures Studios. Continuing northeast into the South Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles, the SR 187 designation terminates at the intersection with Cadillac Avenue and the ramp carrying traffic from westbound I-10.^[2]

SR 187 is part of the National Highway System,^[3] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.^[4]

History

Route 163 was defined in 1961 as a route from the ocean in Santa Monica to Route 173, routed along Pacific Avenue and Venice Boulevard.^[5] This was redefined as SR 187 in the 1964 state highway renumbering.^[6] In 1988, the part of SR 187 in Santa Monica was removed from the state highway system.^[7] The part of the route from the southern boundary of Santa Monica to Lincoln Boulevard was removed in 1994.^[8]

Future

According to Section 487 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the entire length of Route 187 is eligible for relinquishment to the City of Los Angeles. If a relinquishment occurs, the state highway will cease to exist.

In popular culture

Rapper Snoop Dogg posed in front of a SR 187 sign in 1993, as a reference to Section 187 of the California Penal Code that defines the crime of murder and the song with Dr. Dre that he collaborated with (the shield has since been removed). ^[9]^[10]

Major intersections

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions).^[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The entire route is in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

Postmile ^[1]^[11]^[12]	Destinations	Notes
3.50	Venice Boulevard – Venice Beach	Continuation beyond SR 1
3.50	SR 1 (Lincoln Boulevard)	Former US 101 Alt.; west end of SR 187
4.78	Centinela Avenue
5.83	I-405 (San Diego Freeway) – Long Beach, Santa Monica	Interchange; I-405 exit 52; former SR 7
5.91	Sepulveda Boulevard
6.62	Overland Avenue
7.63	Culver Boulevard
8.64	La Cienega Boulevard
8.80	I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway)	Interchange; I-10 exit 7A (as La Cienega Boulevard eastbound); east end of SR 187
8.91	Cadillac Avenue, Venice Boulevard	Continuation beyond I-10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi