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33°54′13″N 118°11′00″W / 33.903643°N 118.183414°W
| Namesake | William Rosecrans |
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| Maintained by | Local jurisdictions |
| Length | 27.5 mi (44.3 km) |
| Nearest metro station |  :
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| West end | The Strand in Manhattan Beach |
| Major junctions |  SR 1 in Manhattan Beach I-405 in Hawthorne I-110 in Los Angeles I-710 in Paramount SR 19 in Bellflower I-605 in Norwalk I-5 in Norwalk CR N8 in La Mirada SR 39 in La Mirada |
| East end | Euclid Street in Fullerton |
Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles (44.3 km). The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans, who purchased 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) of Rancho Sausal Redondo southwest of Los Angeles in 1869.[1][2] Rosecrans Avenue was originally named Drexel Avenue, and ran through the Rosecrans Rancho which is part of modern-day Gardena.
- ^ "General Rosecrans | South Bay History". blogs.dailybreeze.com.
- ^ Duke, Donald (1996). "Rosecrans: The Story of a General, a Boom Housing Tract, and a Railroad" (PDF). lawesterners.org. Retrieved May 17, 2021.