I-105 at Central Ave off-ramp Live Traffic Cam, Hawthorne

Set up by Caltrans at Central Ave off-ramp on Interstate 105, this camera shows conditions in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, with a eastbound view. Commuters, truckers and travellers alike can use it to spot slowdowns before they reach them.

I-105 links the airport and South Bay with the communities of South Los Angeles and southeast Los Angeles County, and it connects to I-405, I-110, I-710 and I-605. The Century Freeway was planned for decades and its construction displaced thousands of homes, which led to a landmark court settlement that funded housing and job programmes along the route. The interchange of I-105 and I-110 is a five-level stack that rises high above South Los Angeles, often seen in films and car commercials.

Trains of the C Line glide along the median while drivers sit in traffic, a very Los Angeles scene. Weekday traffic is heavy westbound toward the airport and the South Bay in the morning and eastbound in the evening.

Hawthorne is remembered as the hometown of the Beach Boys, who formed there in the early 1960s. Hawthorne is a South Bay city with deep roots in the aerospace industry, and today it is home to the headquarters of SpaceX.

Credit for the stream goes to Caltrans, the California Department of Transportation.