I-405 at Lakewood Blvd Live Traffic Cam, Long Beach

This roadside camera on Interstate 405 at Lakewood Blvd gives a real-time picture of traffic in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, with the camera pointed northbound. The image is especially useful in bad weather, after an incident or before a holiday trip.

Lakewood Boulevard is a major north-south route through Downey and Long Beach. California State University, Long Beach and Long Beach Airport are both close to the freeway network in the eastern part of the city. The Port of Long Beach handles a huge share of the goods shipped between Asia and the United States, and much of that cargo leaves by truck.

Rush-hour slowdowns are especially common near the I-710 and I-110 interchanges. Traffic is heavy for long parts of the day, with trucks from the ports joining commuters in all lanes.

Interstate 405, the San Diego Freeway, is a bypass of I-5 that runs from Irvine through Long Beach, past LAX and over the Sepulveda Pass to the San Fernando Valley. I-405 is regularly ranked among the busiest freeways in the United States, and its traffic jams are a running joke in Southern California culture.

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