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LAPD Wants People to Stay Away From Endeavour Transport Route
Endeavour at LAX, September 24, 2012. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls (NASA Flickr)
This is "Mission 26" for the space shuttle Endeavour: The trek through the streets of L.A. and Inglewood to its new home at the California Science Center. Officials, though, would rather you just stay home.
To accommodate the special vehicle for its haul, there's plenty of prep happening ahead of its 2 a.m. departure from Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, October 12. Trees have been removed, and crews will be raising power lines and moving traffic signals. To compensate for the loss of trees, four new trees will be installed in place of each one tree removed, and the CSC foundation is footing the bill for two years of tree care and maintenance.
It's a pretty big day, but the Los Angeles Police Department is now suggesting that people either plan to attend location-specific Endeavour events in Inglewood. In a media release issued today, the LAPD elaborates:
On October 13, the public will have an opportunity to view Endeavour as it moves through the City of Los Angeles and the City of Inglewood. Should you choose to view Endeavour along the route, the best viewing locations will be during the planned celebrations at Inglewood’s Forum parking lot, or at the intersection of Crenshaw Blvd. and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Additionally, the public can view Endeavour during an extended transition period at Bill Robertson Lane at Exposition Park.
Also part of the trek: Endeavour will star in a Toyota commercial showing their pickup truck Tundra hauling the shuttle.
But really...the LAPD would prefer you wait until Endeavour is installed at the CSC and open for viewing to get your close-up look at the historic spacecraft. The LAPD says there will be massive crowds, and people will be limited by closed streets and sidewalks, and lack of parking. This is definitely not like when that giant rock was moved to LACMA and people were encouraged to watch from the sidewalks. In the case of Endeavour, safety seems to be more of an issue.
Speaking of street closures, the LAPD has provided these lists of streets impacted by the Endeavour transport:
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On Friday October 12, 2012
• Lincoln Boulevard between Sepulveda Boulevard and Manchester Avenue
• Westchester Parkway between Sepulveda Boulevard and Airport Boulevard
• La Tijera between Sepulveda Boulevard Manchester Avenue
• Manchester Avenue between La Tijera Boulevard and Crenshaw Drive (City of Inglewood) On Saturday October 13, 2012
• Manchester Boulevard between (Inglewood Forum) and Crenshaw Drive
• Crenshaw Drive between Manchester Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard
• Crenshaw Boulevard between Manchester Boulevard and Martin Luther King Boulevard
• Martin Luther King Boulevard Between Crenshaw Boulevard Figueroa Avenue
Endeavour opens to the public at the CSC on October 30.Related:
Photo: Randy's Donuts Installs Mini Endeavour Inside Their Famous Giant Donut Hole
Photos: Endeavour Relaxes at LAX Hangar
Hilarious Tweets About Endeavour's Flight Over L.A.
Photos: Space Shuttle Endeavour Soars Over Los Angeles
Space Shuttle Endeavour To Permanently Land At California Science Center
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