Los Angeles: From Foundation to Cityhood with BKK Transport

The abbreviation for Los Angeles is L.A. After New York it is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in United States. It has an area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km2), and is located in Southern California. It was founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood.

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Los Angeles city is covered with a broad network of roads and highways. According to the Texas Transportation Institute’s annual Urban Mobility Report, 2005 ranked Los Angeles Road traffic as the most congested in the United States by high annual delay per traveler. The average traveler in Los Angeles witnessed 72 hours of traffic delay per annum, according to a reliable study. San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta shared the second position with equal hours of delay, which totaled 60 hours. Notwithstanding the congestion, business in Los Angeles auto shipping as well as Los Angeles car transport continues on a positive note as people and businesses endure the traffic. 
Interestingly, the mean time of travel for commuters in Los Angeles is shorter than in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. In 2006, Los Angeles recorded a mean travel time to work at 29.2 minutes, comparable to times in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Los Angeles car shipping solutions make it easy to navigate these busy streets whether you are coming to the city or need to transport your vehicle for other reasons. 

Highways Transportation Route in Los Angeles

Among the major highways that connect LA to the rest of the country include Interstate 5, which operates south through San Diego to Tijuana in Mexico and north through Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle to the Canadian border; Interstate 10, the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States, going to Jacksonville, Florida; and U.S. Route 101, which heads to the California Central Coast, San Francisco, the Redwood Empire, and the Oregon and Washington coasts. Important highways Route details in Los Angeles are given below:

Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean and U.S. Highway 101 along the coastline from Mexico to Canada, California to Washington. It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S. The most southerly point of Interstate 5 is at the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro border crossing, one of the busiest in the world. Beginning at the border in San Ysidro, which is part of the city of San Diego, as the John J. Montgomery Freeway, I-5 goes through the suburbs of National City and Chula Vista before reaching downtown San Diego. It then parallels the Pacific coastline, going through the northern suburbs of San Diego, bisecting the University of California, San Diego campus, and passing the I-805 merge, before passing through the 28 miles (45 km) of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County. Here I-5 is also known as the San Diego Freeway.

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Interstate 5 (I-5)

is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean and U.S. Highway 101 along the coastline from Mexico to Canada, California to Washington. It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S. The most southerly point of Interstate 5 is at the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro border crossing, one of the busiest in the world. Beginning at the border in San Ysidro, which is part of the city of San Diego, as the John J. Montgomery Freeway, I-5 goes through the suburbs of National City and Chula Vista before reaching downtown San Diego. It then parallels the Pacific coastline, going through the northern suburbs of San Diego, bisecting the University of California, San Diego campus, and passing the I-805 merge, before passing through the 28 miles (45 km) of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego County. Here I-5 is also known as the San Diego Freeway.

Interstate 10 (I-10)

is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States which intersects with nine of the 10 primary north–south interstates all except I-85 and also with the major Interstate routes I-8, I-12, I-17, I-19, I-20, I-37, I-49 and I-59. Interstate 10 in New Mexico follows the former path of U.S. Route 80 across the state. Only three cities of significant size are located on the interstate: Lordsburg, Deming, and Las Cruces. Most of I-10 in New Mexico, between Exit 24 and Exit 135, is concurrent with U.S. Route 70.

Interstate 110 (I-110),

is a state highway in the Los Angeles area of the U.S. state of California, mostly built to freeway standards. The entire length of I-110 (which ends at I-10), as well as SR 110 south of the Four Level Interchange with US 101, is the Harbor Freeway, and SR 110 north from US 101 to Pasadena is the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway, the first freeway in the United States. The entire Route 110 connects San Pedro and the Port of Los Angeles with Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena. I-110 is one of two 3 digit interstate designations to appear on opposite coasts. I-280 in California and New Jersey is the only other one.

Interstate 405 (I-405)

is a major north–south Interstate Highway in Southern California. It is a bypass of Interstate 5, running along the western and southern parts of the Greater Los Angeles Area from Irvine in the south to near San Fernando in the north. The entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway. I-405 is a heavily-traveled thoroughfare by commuters and freight haulers along its entire length and has earned its place as the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States. The freeway’s annual average daily traffic between exits 21 and 22 in Seal Beach reached 374,000 in 2008, making it the highest count in the nation. It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and suburbs along its route through the Greater Los Angeles area. This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.

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Get your car shipped to or from Los Angeles with confidence. BKK Transport ensures the safe and timely delivery of your car. From the moving process to state-to-state transport, we have easy solutions to make the entire process less stressful. Get a free quote today with BKK Transport and experience the best services in town! 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely! BKK Transport offers real-time tracking for all Los Angeles auto transport in transit. Once your car is in transit, you’ll receive a tracking number to monitor its location and estimated delivery date, giving you full visibility throughout the journey.  

We ship all kinds of cars, from sedans to SUVs, trucks to motorcycles, and luxury cars to classic cars. So, if you are transporting a family car or even a special vehicle, the experts of Los Angeles auto shipping at BKK Transport will handle the job safely.  

You’re not compelled to come on the pickup day; it’s always best, though, that you or someone in an authorized capacity attend pickup and delivery, especially delivery, so the car gets inspected and for documenting the vehicle’s condition.  

We advise that you book your Los Angeles car transport service at least 1-2 weeks in advance to make a spot in our schedule. However, if there’s an urgent need to have your car shipped, we can often accommodate expedited services.