Telegraph Avenue

Telegraph Avenue

The northern end of Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley
Length	4.5 mi (7.2 km)
Location	Berkeley and Oakland, California
South end	Broadway in Downtown Oakland
Major junctions	51st Street west to SR 24 in Oakland SR 24 east in Oakland SR 13 / Ashby Avenue in Berkeley
North end	Bancroft Way at the southern edge of UC Berkeley

Telegraph Avenue is a street that begins, at its southernmost point, in the midst of the historic downtown district of Oakland, California, and ends, at its northernmost point, at the southern edge of the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. It is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) in length.

Among some Berkeley residents, especially University of California students, Telegraph refers mainly to a four-block section just south of the university, from Bancroft Way (which borders the campus) to Dwight Way. As a center of campus and community life, this section of Telegraph Avenue is home to many restaurants, bookstores, and clothing shops, along with street vendors occupying its wide sidewalks. Here Telegraph Avenue attracts a diverse audience of visitors, including college students, tourists, hippies, artists, street punks, eccentrics, and the homeless.