Franklin Canyon Park: Road Wall – Beverly Hills CA

City:
Beverly Hills, CA

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1940

Completed:
1940

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

In 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a lengthy ~0.3-mile wall along part of the road which surrounds the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir in Franklin Canyon Park, Beverly Hills, CA. When driving north along the east side of the reservoir, the wall is to your left. Plaques at the north and south ends of the wall read “Built by United States Work Projects Administration 1940.”

Source notes

WPA plaques

Google Street View

Site originally submitted by Douglass Halvorsen on February 15, 2018.

Location Info


Franklin Canyon Dr
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.1227, -118.4095

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2 comments on “Franklin Canyon Park: Road Wall – Beverly Hills CA

  1. It is not a bridge. There is no creek. This is a wall surrounding a reservoir, with identical WPA plaques on the wall at each end of the reservoir.

    • Evan Kalish

      Thank you; we’ve updated the project page and description accordingly.

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2 comments on “Franklin Canyon Park: Road Wall – Beverly Hills CA

  1. It is not a bridge. There is no creek. This is a wall surrounding a reservoir, with identical WPA plaques on the wall at each end of the reservoir.

    • Evan Kalish

      Thank you; we’ve updated the project page and description accordingly.

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