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The Santa Fe Arroyo Seco Railroad Bridge in Highland Park, Los Angeles, is more than 710 feet (220 m) long and crosses the Arroyo Seco Parkway at an elevation of over 56 feet (17 m). [2] It is the tallest and longest railroad span in the city of Los Angeles, and most likely the oldest such structure still in use. [ 3 ]
La Kretz Bridge has a length of 325 feet (99 m) and span of 35 feet (11 m). [1] The bridge is noted for a white spire that rises 126 feet (38 m) and uses 300,000 pounds (140,000 kg) of steel. [2] It was completed in February 2020, [3] [4] and is the 2nd bridge crossing the Los Angeles River to be completed in the 21st century.
Before the building of the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge there was a wooden bridge where it now stands. That bridge, built around 1910, served as the main entrance to Atwater Village, until its collapse after a large flood in 1927. After the collapse of the original bridge Atwater needed a more convenient way of traveling to downtown Los Angeles ...
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Gus Ugalde grew up loving the 6th Street bridge, so much so that when the aging structure was demolished in 2016, it broke his heart.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In its short life, the 6th Street Viaduct has turned into so many competing things to so many people: Soaring civic landmark or roadway to gentrification.
An episode from the eighth season of the series Full House, "Leap of Faith", featured the bridge in a bungee jumping scene. The bridge was depicted as being in the San Francisco Bay Area. The bridge was featured in an episode from the fourth season of the series ER, "Fathers and Sons". The bridge was depicted as being in San Diego.
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A simple wye Countryside wye near Lüderitz, Namibia. In railroad structures and rail terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) or triangular junction (often shortened to just triangle) is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to the incoming lines.