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Historic Highway Bridges of Los Angeles County
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The first bridge over
the Los Angeles River was a covered bridge with kerosene lamps at Macy
Street. It was completed in 1870.
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| Bridge |
Year
Built |
Length
(Feet) |
Location |
| Badger
Ave. Bascule |
1923 |
221 |
Vicinity
Long Beach, over Cerritos Channel, on Henry Ford Ave. First of its kind in
California |
| Buena
Vista (N. Broadway) |
1910 |
--- |
LA,
N. Broadway over LA River |
| Colorado
St. |
1913 |
153* |
Pasadena,
Colorado St. over Arroyo Seco |
| Figueroa
St. |
1936 |
803 |
LA,
I-110 over LA River. Steel girder river span. Largest of its kind when
built. |
| First
St. |
1929 |
--- |
LA,
over LA River |
| Fletcher
Dr. |
1927 |
469 |
LA,
over LA River |
| Four-Level
Interchange |
1949 |
--- |
LA,
Intersection of Harbor & Hollywood Freeway. The first
freeway-to-freeway interchange in California |
| Fourth
& Lorena St. |
1928 |
390 |
LA,
4th St. over Lorena St. One of the most graceful of the open spandrel arch
bridges designed in 1920’s. |
| Fourth
St. (viaduct) |
1931 |
--- |
LA,
over LA River |
| Bridge |
Year
Built |
Length
(Feet) |
Location |
| Geneva
Blvd. |
1937 |
--- |
Glendale,
over Verdugo Wash. The three Vierandeel trusstypes in Glendale may be
oldest in U.S. |
| Glendale-Hyperion
(viaduct) |
1927 |
1,152 |
LA,
on Glendale Ave. over LA River |
| Glenoaks
Blvd. |
1937 |
95* |
Glendale,
on Glenoaks Blvd over Verdugo Wash. Very rare example of Vierandeel
trusstype – common in Europe - rare in U.S. The three Vierandeel
trusstypes in Glendale may be oldest in U.S. |
| Holly
St. |
1924 |
410 |
Pasadena,
over Arroyo Seco |
| Kenilworth
Ave. |
1937 |
--- |
Glendale,
on Brand Ave. over Verdugo Wash. The three Vierandeel trusstypes in
Glendale may be oldest in U.S. |
| Macy
St. (viaduct) |
1926 |
--- |
LA,
over LA River |
| Macy
St. Undercrossing |
1931 |
--- |
LA,
Macy St. under RR tracks of Union Station. Structurally part of Union
Station. |
| Main
St. |
1910 |
280 |
LA,
over LA River |
| Ninth
St. |
1925 |
1,422 |
LA,
over LA River |
| Bridge |
Year
Built |
Length
(Feet) |
Location |
| San
Rafael |
1922 |
--- |
Pasadena,
over Arroyo Seco |
| Seventh
St. (viaduct) |
1927 |
--- |
LA,
over LA River. |
| Shakespeare
Bridge |
1925 |
--- |
LA,
on Franklin Ave. over unnamed Arroyo. Mimics Gothic Revival detailing of
other public buildings in Los Feliz. |
| Sixth
St. (viaduct) |
1932 |
3,446 |
LA,
over LA River. Largest concrete bridge built in California prior to 1945. |
| Spring
St. |
1928 |
--- |
LA,
over LA River |
| Sunset-Silver
Lake |
1934 |
85 |
LA,
Sunset Blvd over Silver Lake Blvd. |
| Washington
Blvd. |
1931 |
65* |
LA,
over LA River |
*Main span
Source: California Dept. of Transportation
The Santa Fe Arroyo Seco Bridge,
built in 1895 and standing over the Pasadena Freeway (SR-101),
is the oldest standing and highest railroad bridge in Los
Angeles County. It is 700 feet long and stands at 100 feet high.
Some Venice
Canal Bridges are listed in the National Register as part of the Venice
Canals Historic District. Included are four bridges built in 1906 on Dell Avenue
across the Carroll, Sherman, Linnie, and Howland Canals.
The longest
stairway in Los Angeles is believed to be a steep stairway found about a quarter
block from the intersection of Baxter Place and Avon Street in Elysian Heights.
It has 230 steps. - Stairway Walks in Los
Angeles, Adah Bakalinsky & Larry Gordon; Wilderness Press, Berkeley
The beautiful Colorado Street Bridge
in Pasadena was built by the Kansas City firm of Waddell &
Harrington in 1913. Owner John Waddell had, by then, already
achieved some fame in bridge-building circles as the inventor of
the vertical lift bridge. The Colorado Street Bridge was the
first and only reinforced concrete bridge project by the firm.
The first bridge over the Los Angeles
River was a covered bridge with kerosene lamps at Macy
Street. It was completed in 1870.
The beautiful Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena
was built by the Kansas City firm of Waddell & Harrington in 1913. Owner John
Waddell had already achieved some fame in bridge-building circles as the
inventor of the vertical lift bridge. The Colorado Street Bridge was the first
and only reinforced concrete bridge project by the firm.
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