The Oscars: Street Closures & Detours

Steer clear of Hollywood and Highland if you want to avoid traffic jams around the Kodak Theatre this weekend.

Hollywood Boulevard is closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive for Sunday's 82nd Academy Awards.

And starting about 4 a.m. Sunday, Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from La Brea Avenue to Cahuenga Boulevard, and Highland Avenue will be closed between Franklin Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.

Those roads, as well as side streets that intersect Hollywood Boulevard, will remain closed until about 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.

On Sunday, the southbound Highland Avenue offramp from the Hollywood (101) Freeway will be closed.

Metro subway trains will bypass the Hollywood and Highland station, after today's last scheduled train. Red Line trains will resume stops at Hollywood and Highland early Monday.

Metro bus lines 212, 312, 217, 222 and 780 will be detoured around Hollywood Boulevard through Monday.

Parking restrictions will be in place on numerous streets on Sunday, and violators will be towed.

From 6 a.m. to midnight Sunday, parking will be prohibited on the following streets:

• Franklin Avenue between La Brea Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard -- both sides;
• Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga Boulevard & Vine Street - north side;
• Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard -- both sides;
• Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & La Brea Avenue -- both sides;
• Highland Avenue between Franklin Avenue & Sunset Boulevard -- both sides;
• Hawthorn Avenue between La Brea Avenue & Highland Avenue -- both sides;
• Orange Drive between Hollywood Boulevard & Sunset Boulevard -- both sides;
• Sunset Boulevard between Detroit Street & Vine Street -- both sides;
• Wilcox Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Franklin Avenue -- both sides;
• McCadden Place between Yucca Street & Hollywood Boulevard -- both sides;
• Yucca Street between Highland Avenue & Las Palmas Avenue -- both sides;
• Highland Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Santa Monica Boulevard -- east side;
• Wilcox Avenue between Fountain Avenue & Sunset Boulevard -- both sides;
• De Longpre Avenue between Wilcox Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard -- both sides;
• Cole Place between Cahuenga Boulevard & Fountain Avenue -- both sides; and
• Fountain Avenue between Wilcox Avenue & Cole Place -- both sides.

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, parking will be banned on the following streets:

• Santa Monica Boulevard between Highland Avenue & McCadden Place -- north side;
• Santa Monica Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Mansfield Avenue -- south side;
• Highland Avenue between Santa Monica Boulevard & Sunset Boulevard -- east side;
• Highland Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & De Longpre Avenue -- east side;
• Cahuenga Boulevard between Sunset Boulevard & Hollywood Boulevard -- both sides;
• Cahuenga Boulevard between Hollywood Boulevard & 101 Freeway -- west side;
• Vine Street between 101 Southbound Freeway & Sunset Boulevard -- west side;
• Vine Street between Homewood Avenue & Fountain Avenue -- west side;
• Vine Street between Lexington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard -- west side;
• Fountain Avenue between Vine Street & Highland Avenue -- north side;
• La Brea Avenue between Lexington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard -- both sides; and
• La Brea Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Franklin Avenue -- both sides.

From 6 a.m. to midnight Sunday, parking will be prohibited on:

• Outpost Drive between Franklin Avenue & La Pressa Drive -- both sides;
• Outpost Circle between Outpost Drive & Hillside Avenue -- both sides; and
• El Cerrito Place between Outpost Drive & Hillside Avenue -- both sides.

A map of affected streets is available online at www.oscars.org/closures .

Vehicles that are towed will be impounded at Hollywood Tow, 1015 N. Mansfield Ave. Owners can call the city Department of Transportation at (866) TOWAWAY or Hollywood Tow at (323) 466-8583 to retrieve their vehicles.