What is the driving time from Los Angeles to Long Beach on a sunday afternoon?
I'll be traveling by car to Long Beach from LA on a sunday afternoon (sometime between 12-2pm) and am wondering how much time it will take me to get there. Does anyone know also how much time will it take me to get from Long Beach to San Diego with sunday traffic? Please advise.
Los Angeles - 6 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
From Long Beach to L.A. there are a couple of different routes to take depending upon where in L.A. you want to end up. I'm going to assume you are taking the 710 north. It will take you about an hour, give or take 15 minutes. From Long Beach to San Diego is approximately 2 hours. It's hard to tell for sure because the heaviness of traffic is unpredictable based on accidents, checkpoints, etc., but you can definitely count on there being traffic! Check out www.mapquest.com for definite routes and approximate travel times.
Answer 2 :
From LA to Long Beach, it all depends on where you start. I live in Pasadena, near the LA City line, and it never takes me more than 45 minutes. Parts of LA are 10 minutes away from Long Beach, and other parts an hour -- the City of LA is so big! For that matter, so is Long Beach! So in the end, it actually generates another question, which is: from which part of LA to which part of Long Beach?
Answer 3 :
Just a suggestion, consider taking the Metro Rail between Long Beach & Downtown LA. The travel time via rail is only 40 minutes and the fare only $1.25 each way or $5.00 for a system wide all day pass. This way you won't have to worry about traffic, parking or gas costs. As for Long Beach to San Diego, a inexpensive transit option for a ride with really nice sceenary would be to take the OCTA Coast Highway bus #1 (Fare only $1.25) which travels between Cal-State Long Beach at Pacific Coast Highway & 7th Street all the way down the beautiful PCH through Orange county to the San Diego County line at San Clemente where an easy connection to Metrolink then Coaster commuter rail is available for the continuation into San Diego. Good Luck!
Answer 4 :
If no accidents...less than a hour. San Diego is less than 2 hrs.
Answer 5 :
Yuck... Sunday traffic going south... good luck. Several factors to consider.. are you going alone or with other people? There are carpool lanes now along the 405 that will help cut down your time, only if there are no accidents. That leads me to factor number two ...accidents. If there are ANY... you're looking at an extra hour or more depending on how bad. Facctor number three... good weather. If it's a warm day, add another half hour to an hour... traffic related to people trying to get to beach communities. Can't say for sure but if you're driving from West LA, anywhere between 40 minutes to 2 hours drive to Long Beach. From the Valley... just fly to San Diego from Burbank. You'll get there quicker!
Answer 6 :
It has taken me anywhere from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours to get from LB to LA with weekend traffic. I went to San Diego from Long Beach Saturday morning and it took over 2 hours because of traffic. My usual highway speed is 80-85 mph so I am not a slow driver, but if there is traffic your drive time will take awhile.
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I'll be traveling by car to Long Beach from LA on a sunday afternoon (sometime between 12-2pm) and am wondering how much time it will take me to get there. Does anyone know also how much time will it take me to get from Long Beach to San Diego with sunday traffic? Please advise.
Los Angeles - 6 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
From Long Beach to L.A. there are a couple of different routes to take depending upon where in L.A. you want to end up. I'm going to assume you are taking the 710 north. It will take you about an hour, give or take 15 minutes. From Long Beach to San Diego is approximately 2 hours. It's hard to tell for sure because the heaviness of traffic is unpredictable based on accidents, checkpoints, etc., but you can definitely count on there being traffic! Check out www.mapquest.com for definite routes and approximate travel times.
Answer 2 :
From LA to Long Beach, it all depends on where you start. I live in Pasadena, near the LA City line, and it never takes me more than 45 minutes. Parts of LA are 10 minutes away from Long Beach, and other parts an hour -- the City of LA is so big! For that matter, so is Long Beach! So in the end, it actually generates another question, which is: from which part of LA to which part of Long Beach?
Answer 3 :
Just a suggestion, consider taking the Metro Rail between Long Beach & Downtown LA. The travel time via rail is only 40 minutes and the fare only $1.25 each way or $5.00 for a system wide all day pass. This way you won't have to worry about traffic, parking or gas costs. As for Long Beach to San Diego, a inexpensive transit option for a ride with really nice sceenary would be to take the OCTA Coast Highway bus #1 (Fare only $1.25) which travels between Cal-State Long Beach at Pacific Coast Highway & 7th Street all the way down the beautiful PCH through Orange county to the San Diego County line at San Clemente where an easy connection to Metrolink then Coaster commuter rail is available for the continuation into San Diego. Good Luck!
Answer 4 :
If no accidents...less than a hour. San Diego is less than 2 hrs.
Answer 5 :
Yuck... Sunday traffic going south... good luck. Several factors to consider.. are you going alone or with other people? There are carpool lanes now along the 405 that will help cut down your time, only if there are no accidents. That leads me to factor number two ...accidents. If there are ANY... you're looking at an extra hour or more depending on how bad. Facctor number three... good weather. If it's a warm day, add another half hour to an hour... traffic related to people trying to get to beach communities. Can't say for sure but if you're driving from West LA, anywhere between 40 minutes to 2 hours drive to Long Beach. From the Valley... just fly to San Diego from Burbank. You'll get there quicker!
Answer 6 :
It has taken me anywhere from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours to get from LB to LA with weekend traffic. I went to San Diego from Long Beach Saturday morning and it took over 2 hours because of traffic. My usual highway speed is 80-85 mph so I am not a slow driver, but if there is traffic your drive time will take awhile.
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