Bridging Los Angeles

Bridging Los Angeles is an important pictorial and literary gift to Los Angelenos and to all with an affinity for beautiful and iconic bridges. Published by the City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Bridging Los Angeles serves as a tribute to the rich, connective history of the Sixth Street Viaduct and the related Los Angeles River bridges over the past 80-plus years. More than 100 pages, Bridging Los Angeles visits the history of early Los Angeles at the arrival of Spanish...
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Bridging Los Angeles is an important pictorial and literary gift to Los Angelenos and to all with an affinity for beautiful and iconic bridges. Published by the City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering, Bridging Los Angeles serves as a tribute to the rich, connective history of the Sixth Street Viaduct and the related Los Angeles River bridges over the past 80-plus years. More than 100 pages, Bridging Los Angeles visits the history of early Los Angeles at the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 18th century, and examines the role river bridges played in the city's structure and development. Readers will walk away with a profound understanding of the Sixth Street Viaduct's history, the bridge's structural decline, and the future "ribbon of arches design" that will transform and re-ignite the Arts District and Boyle Heights communities in Los Angeles.