We love that the Oscars happen in our very own backyard, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a pain when they shut down half of the roads in Hollywood!

The 85th annual Academy Awards are set to go down on Sunday, but LADOT has already shut down a few roads in preparation for film’s most prestigious night. Many more streets will close as the weekend progresses.

Here are the areas you’ll want to avoid:

Sunday, February 17, 2013 to Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Street Closure

• Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Orange Drive

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Street Closure — beginning at 4:00 a.m.

• Hollywood Boulevard between La Brea Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard
• Highland Avenue between Franklin Avenue & Sunset Boulevard

No-parking tow away zones:

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Tow-Away No Stopping Anytime, Sunday Only — 6:00 a.m. to Midnight

• Franklin Avenue between La Brea Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard — Both sides
• Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga Boulevard & Vine Street — North side
• Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard — Both sides
• Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue & La Brea Avenue — Both sides
• Highland Avenue between Franklin Avenue & Sunset Boulevard — Both sides
• Hawthorn Avenue between La Brea Avenue & Highland Avenue — Both sides
• Orange Drive between Hollywood Boulevard & Sunset Boulevard — Both sides
• Sunset Boulevard between Detroit Street & Vine Street — Both sides
• Wilcox Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Franklin Avenue — Both sides
• McCadden Place between Yucca Street & Hollywood Boulevard — Both sides
• Yucca Street between Highland Avenue & Las Palmas Avenue — Both sides
• Highland Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Santa Monica Boulevard — East side
• Wilcox Avenue between Fountain Avenue & Sunset Boulevard — Both sides
• De Longpre Avenue between Wilcox Avenue & Cahuenga Boulevard — Both sides
• Cole Place between Cahuenga Boulevard & Fountain Avenue — Both sides
• Fountain Avenue between Wilcox Avenue & Cole Place — Both sides

Tow-Away No Stopping Anytime, Sunday Only — 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

• Santa Monica Boulevard between Highland Avenue & McCadden Place — North side
• Santa Monica Boulevard between Highland Avenue & Mansfield Avenue — South side
• Highland Avenue between Santa Monica Boulevard & Sunset Boulevard — East side
• Highland Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & De Longpre Avenue — East side
• Cahuenga Boulevard between Sunset Boulevard & Hollywood Boulevard — Both sides
• Cahuenga Boulevard between Hollywood Boulevard & 101 Freeway — West side
• Vine Street between 101 Southbound Freeway & Sunset Boulevard — West side
• Vine Street between Homewood Avenue & Fountain Avenue — West side
• Vine Street between Lexington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard — West side
• Fountain Avenue between Vine Street & Highland Avenue — North side
• La Brea Avenue between Lexington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard — Both sides
• La Brea Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Franklin Avenue — Both sides

Tow-Away No Stopping Anytime — 6:00 a.m. to Midnight

• Outpost Drive between Franklin Avenue & La Pressa Drive — Both sides
• Outpost Circle between Outpost Drive & Hillside Avenue — Both sides
• El Cerrito Place between Outpost Drive & Hillside Avenue — Both sides

Officials suggest using public transit to ease the congestion. For more even more information on Oscar weekend street closures and how to avoid them, visit www.ladot.lacity.org.

• Are the Oscar road closures affecting your plans? Tell us what you’re doing to avoid the traffic mess!

-Sarah Carroll, 97.1 AMP Radio/Los Angeles