Imperial Highway is a road in Orange

Orange County, California

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 and Los Angeles

Los Angeles County, California

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 counties in California

California

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. It begins at the Anaheim

Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

-Orange

Orange, California

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 boundary and runs through several cities until it stops at Dockweiler State Beach

Dockweiler State Beach

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 in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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 near the Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport

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. For much of the way, Imperial Highway is signed as State Route 90

California State Route 90

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. A de facto

De facto

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freeway portion of the route in Yorba Linda

Yorba Linda, California

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 is also known as the Richard M. Nixon Parkway. Total length of Imperial Highway is approximately 41 miles (66 km), of which 14 miles (22.5 km) run through Orange County and 27 miles (43.5 km) through Los Angeles County. East to west, the highway passes through the towns of Anaheim

Anaheim, California

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, Yorba Linda

Yorba Linda, California

Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately northeast of Downtown Santa Ana, and southeast of Downtown Los Angeles....

, Placentia

Placentia, California

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, Brea

Brea, California

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, Fullerton

Fullerton, California

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, La Habra

La Habra, California

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, La Mirada

La Mirada, California

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, Santa Fe Springs

Santa Fe Springs, California

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, Norwalk

Norwalk, California

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, Downey

Downey, California

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, Paramount

Paramount, California

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, South Gate

South Gate, California

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, Lynwood

Lynwood, California

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, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, Inglewood

Inglewood, California

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, Hawthorne

Hawthorne, California

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, and El Segundo

El Segundo, California

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.

Transportation

Metro Local

Metro Local

Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...

 lines 120 and 625 run through Imperial Highway, as well as Norwalk Transit

Norwalk Transit (California)

Norwalk Transit is a municipal transit company providing fixed-route and paratransit bus transit services in Norwalk, California, United States, and also operates in portions of Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, La Mirada and Whittier in Southeast Los Angeles County.Norwalk Transit receives its...

 line 4 and OCTA

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 line 20; Metro line 625 runs between Pershing Drive and Aviation Boulevard, Metro line 120 between Aviation Boulevard and Norwalk Station

Norwalk (LACMTA station)

Norwalk is a Los Angeles County Metro Rail station on the Green Line. Located in Norwalk, California, it is the eastern terminus of the Green Line...

, Norwalk line 4 between Norwalk Station and Beach Boulevard, and Orange County line 20 east of Beach Boulevard. Imperial intersects with the Blue Line and the Green Line at Wilmington Avenue at the Imperial/Wilmington Station.

Western terminus coordinates (El Segundo): 33°55′50.91"N 118°26′5.42"W

Eastern terminus coordinates (Anaheim): 33°50′7.76"N 117°47′43.32"W

Other uses

There are a handful of other Imperial Highways in the United States, including one in San Diego (better known as Imperial Avenue) and in the Detroit suburbs of Redford Township, Michigan

Redford Township, Michigan

The U.S. Census Bureau also defined Redford Township as a census-designated place in the 2000 Census so that the community would appear on the list of places as well on the list of county subdivisions...

 and Westland, Michigan

Westland, Michigan

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. Despite the name, Westland's version is hardly a highway and anything but imperial: it runs just two blocks, northeast from Hambleton Street, across John Hauk Road and stopping at Pardo Street. (At one time, it continued another block to Ford Road, but this portion is now taken up by a hardware store

Hardware store

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 parking lot

Parking lot

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.) Why this tiny street (which has all of six houses) should have such a grand name is unknown; many residents believe it was given the moniker as a joke. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Imperial+Highway,+Westland,+MI&sll=32.706504,-117.138178&sspn=0.002045,0.003428&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Imperial+Hwy,+Westland,+Wayne,+Michigan+48185&ll=42.322144,-83.386542&spn=0,0.010943&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.322168,-83.386396&panoid=xcvHccJy7Gbja4RDzaOn-Q&cbp=12,56.41,,0,5