Map: Shuttle Fuel Tank Route to the California Science Center
By Jonathan Lloyd ••
An external fuel tank that will join space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center began its journey early Saturday morning on the streets of the Los Angeles from Marina del Rey.
ET94 started chugging along at midnight Saturday and arrived Saturday a little before 7:30 p.m. at the Science Center in Exposition Park.
Major streets along the route include Lincoln Boulevard, east on Westchester Parkway and Arbor Vitae Street, north on La Brea Avenue, east on Manchster Boulevard and north on Vermont Avenue.
Use the map above to explore the route.
Los Angeles police advised drivers to avoid the following areas:
When: 9 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday
Fiji Way to Lincoln Boulevard
Lincoln Boulevard north to Mindanao Way
Mindanao Way east to the 90 Freeway
90 Freeway east to Culver Boulevard
Culver Boulevard west back to Lincoln Boulevard
Lincoln Boulevard south to Manchester Avenue
When: 1 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Saturday
Lincoln Boulevard south to Westchester Parkway
Westchester Parkway east to Arbor Vitae Street
Arbor Vitae Street east into Inglewood
When: 1:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
Manchester Avenue east to Vermont Avenue
Vermont Avenue north Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard east to Bill Robertson Lane
Bill Robertson Lane to final destination at California Science Center
Street reopening times depend on the fuel tank's movement through each area and when utility work is completed.
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ET is home! The giant tank arrived just ahead of its 7:30 p.m. promised time to a large crowd, as captured by NewsChopper4 on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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A viewer shared this image of ET-94 as it passed the Los Angeles Country Museum of Natural History on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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A SoCal resident snapped photos among the crowd as the behemoth tank arrived at the California Science Center on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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The massive shuttle fuel tank approaches the Great Western Forum on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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Crowds greet ET-94 as the massive tank turns from Manchester onto Vermont Avenue on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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The tip of a massive shuttle fuel tank approaches the Great Western Forum on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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A dramatic scene as ET-94 crosses the overpass on the 405 Freeway on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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Two girls at the Peace in the Streets event in Inglewood take a break to watch ET-94 pass by Crenshaw and Manchester boulevards on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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ET-94 makes its way on Arbor Vitae Street as it approaches Aviation Boulevard on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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The massive shuttle fuel tank makes a difficult turn from Lincoln Boulevard onto Manchester Avenue on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
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ET-94 was in Marina del Rey, back on land, on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, after a sea voyage that lasted more than a month to get the shuttle fuel tank to Los Angeles from New Orleans.
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The barge transporting space shuttle fuel tank ET-94 is pinned between two tugboats, holding it in place in the Marina del Rey Harbor on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.
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Spectators gather at the Marina del Rey Harbor to get a glimpse of space shuttle external tank ET-94 cruising by on a barge on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.
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ET-94 enters the Marina del Rey Harbor in the early Wednesday, May 18, 2016, after making its way north from the Panama Canal.
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Space shuttle external tank ET-94 enters the Marina del Rey Harbor on the foggy morning of Wednesday, May 18, 2016, after making its way north from the Panama Canal.
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ET-94 departs San Diego Harbor, passing by the USS Theodore Roosevelt, on its way up to Marina del Rey on Tuesday, May 17, 2016.
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Final upgrades were done to the ET-94 barge on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 for the journey up the West Coast.
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ET-94 passing by Panama's Centennial bridge on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
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ET-94 at the Panama Canal on Monday, April 25, 2016.
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Transiting the Pedro Miguel Locks in the Panama Canal on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
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Transiting the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.
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ET-94 at the Panama Canal on Monday, April 25, 2016.
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ET-94 at the Panama Canal on Monday, April 25, 2016.
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Arriving in Panama on Saturday, April 23, 2016.
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ET- 94 is transported by tug and barge down the Intracoastal Waterway from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
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A tugboat named Miss Gloria is pulling a barge with ET-94 on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
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Two tugboats, the Morgan Ray and Miss Gloria, are next to a barge with the behemoth external fuel tank, as it leaves its longtime home at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
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ET-94 loaded onto the barge Gulfmaster I on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
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ET-94 loaded onto the barge Gulfmaster I on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
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Workers get an up-close look at ET-94 in this Sunday, April 10, 2016 photo.
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A worker unchains ET- 94 from a trailer to load it onto a barge at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
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In this Sunday, April 10, 2016 photo, ET- 94 is embarking on a journey, via the Gulf of Mexico and the Panama Canal, to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, as part of the Space Shuttle Endeavour display.
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ET- 94, bottom right, sits on a barge at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
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In this Sunday, April 10, 2016 photo, external Tank, ET- 94, NASA's only remaining space shuttle external tank, is transported by trailer to a dock at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The tank was built for the space shuttle program but never used in flight.
