Artesia Avenue terminates at Gilbert Street in Fullerton near the Fullerton Airport.
History and landmarks
The road was laid out as state highway as early as 1882, when a newspaper man advised "I was requested by several parties in Artesia to state that the road recently declared a public highway from Artesia to Anaheim and Westminister has no bridge across Coyote Creek, and the two fords are through private property, the approaches to which are very steep, and after heavy rains, almost impassable and very dangerous."[1] A bridge was constructed sometime before 1893.[2]
Auto routes from Redondo to Anaheim, 1917
A 1923 real-estate development ad offering lots from the Acposos Park subdivision fronting Artesia claimed that "Artesia Boulevard is a hotbed of subdivision activity."[3] The Southland Home Gardens subdivision on Artesia near Anaheim Boulevard opened in 1924, in close proximity to an oil derrick,[4] and simultaneously with an Artesia Boulevard Improvement Association.[5]
The section in Cerritos was a truck route until 1974 when the city council voted to prohibit trucks to reduce dust and road noise.[6]
The intersection of Artesia and Pioneer Boulevards is the center of a Little India, a South Asian-American community and associated Indian food restaurants.[7][8]
^"Chapter 3: Existing Conditions and Proposed Network". County of Los Angeles Bicycle Master Plan(PDF). L.A. County Department of Public Works. March 2012. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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