Riverside Drive Bridge – Los Angeles CA

City:
Los Angeles, CA

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

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Completed:
1938

Designer:
Lloyd Addrich - City Engineer

Contractor:
John Strona

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“The bridge, built in 1938, is a five-span cast in place concrete T-beam structure that is 382 feet long and 56 feet wide, and accommodates four lanes of traffic and five foot sidewalks.” A bronze plaque on the north end specifies that it was a Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works project number California 1461-D.

 

Source notes

Bridge marker

Caltrans study

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on September 19, 2014.

Location Info


Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.156186, -118.294298

Site Details

Site #s
California 1461-D

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