Atlantic Blvd over the Los Angeles River in Vernon
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Atlantic Blvd. Bridge in Vernon A view of the Bridge from the floor of the Los Angeles River looking north. www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Los Angeles River on Atlantic Blvd. in Vernon
- Location
- Vernon, Los Angeles County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1931
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 463.9 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.99500, -118.18000 (decimal degrees)
33°59'42" N, 118°10'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- CA 53C-252 (California bridge number)
BH 10947 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2004)
- Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 64.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 45,100
Update Log
- July 21, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
- June 6, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
- May 1, 2008: New photo from David Kimbrough
Sources
- David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net
Comments
Atlantic Blvd. Bridge
This is the southern most of the historic Los Angeles river bridges built before WWII. Although the LA River is paved at this point, for unknown reasons many rocks are visible embedded in the concrete floor of the river channel.
To see addtional photographs of the Bridges of Los Angeles County, go to...
www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles
