Kanan Road
Kanan-Dume Road, County Route N9
CODE LS BC
Drive at a Glance
Route
Agoura at US 101 to Pt Dume at State 1
County
Los Angeles County
Region
Santa Monica Mountains
Road character
Mostly two-lane higher speed road with passing areas
Services
Gas and Food at Agoura (US 101)
Roadway advisory: Avoid during commute hours
About the Drive
Kanan – Dume Road, County Route N9, is one of the main connectors from US 101 to SR-1 through the Santa Monica Mountains. The road connects to US 101 at Kanan Road (Exit 36). At Mulholland Highway, it becomes Kanan-Dume Road. It continues to run southerly to reach Pacific Coast Highway (State 1) in Malibu near Point Dume. It passes through a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and is a major commuting route. In the 1960’s, plans were laid to upgrade the highway to a four-lane freeway or expressway, serving as a “Nuclear Evacuation Route” in the event of war. While this never happened, it did eventually get partly upgraded. Three sets of tunnels were dug along the highway from 1967 to 1982. The southernmost tunnels are the newest of the three sets.
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