Foothill Blvd over Big Tujunga Wash
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The "Chinatown" Bridge
Written by David KimbroughThis bridge was shown twice in very important scenes in the classic movie "Chinatown". PI Jake Gittes goes to the river to investigate mysterious water that keeps appearing at odd hours on the riverbed during a drought.
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete tee beam bridge over N Chan Big Tujunga Wash on Foothill Blvd in Los Angeles
- Location
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1921; rehabilitated 1937
- Design
- Concrete tee beam
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 55.1 ft.
Total length: 649.6 ft.
Deck width: 43.3 ft.
- Also called
- "Chinatown" Bridge, featured importantly in the classic movie "Chinatown".
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.27111, -118.33750 (decimal degrees)
34°16'16" N, 118°20'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/376874/3793026 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Sunland
- Inventory number
- BH 36651 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 01/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 75.8 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 8,546
Sources
- David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net