California State Route 213

State Route 213 (SR 213) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, in Los Angeles County. The approximately 9.98-mile (16.06 km) route runs along Western Avenue between 25th Street in San Pedro in the south and Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway) in Torrance in the north.

State Route 213
Western Avenue
Map of Los Angeles County in southern California with SR 213 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Caltrans
Length	9.984 mi[1] (16.068 km)
Major junctions
South end	25th Street in San Pedro
Major intersections	SR 1 in Harbor City
North end	I-405 in Torrance
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
← SR 211 → SR 214

Route description

Route 213 is defined as follows in section 513 of the California Streets and Highways Code:^[2]

Route 213 is from 25th Street in San Pedro to Route 405 via Western Avenue.

Signage of SR 213 begins at the intersection of Western Avenue with Paseo del Mar at Royal Palms County Beach next to the Pacific Ocean. From here, the route follows Western Avenue northeast along the edge of White Point Park to its intersection with 25th Street, where the legal definition of SR 213 actually begins.

SR 213 continues north through San Pedro before briefly entering Rancho Palos Verdes and passing by a naval reservation. Western Avenue then enters Lomita before returning to the Los Angeles city limits in the community of Harbor City. SR 213 intersects with SR 1 before forming the eastern boundary of the city of Torrance and the western boundary of Harbor Gateway. SR 213 is signed for a few more miles north to I-405, where the route ends.^[3]

SR 213 is part of the National Highway System,^[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.^[5]

History

Route 291 was defined by the California State Legislature as a highway from 25th Street in San Pedro to Route 158, along Western Avenue.^[6] The route was redesignated as SR 213 in the 1964 state highway renumbering from 25th Street to I-405.^[7][8]

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 County.

Location	Postmile [1][9][10]	Destinations	Notes
San Pedro	0.00	Western Avenue	Continuation beyond 25th Street
	0.00	25th Street	South end of SR 213
Lomita	4.31	Palos Verdes Drive North
Los Angeles	5.09	SR 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) – Long Beach, Santa Monica
	5.67	Lomita Boulevard
Los Angeles–Torrance line	7.00	Sepulveda Boulevard
	7.98	Carson Street
	9.98	I-405	North end of SR 213
	9.98	Western Avenue	Continuation beyond I-405
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• California Roads portal
• Greater Los Angeles portal