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Spring Street Bridge looking North

The view from the Main Street Bridge

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Spring Street looking South

The view from the Broadway Bridge

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Details of the Spring Street Bridge

Westward view of the Downtown from the railroad right of way beneath the bridge.

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Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Los Angeles River on North Spring Street in Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1928; rehabilitated 1939, seismic upgrade 1992
Builders: - John C. Shaw
- Western Construction Co.
Design: Arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 146.0 ft.
Total length: 682.1 ft.
Deck width: 39.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.07056, -118.22500 (decimal degrees)
34°04'14" N, 118°13'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 11/386964/3770656 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Los Angeles
Inventory numbers: CA 53C-859 (California bridge number)
BH 11022 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 73.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000): 20,000

North Spring Street over the Los Angeles River

Posted September 20, 2008, by Joe (linton [dot] joe [at] gmail [dot] com)

Photo 1 is incorrectly identified. It's of the North Main Street Bridge, not the North Spring Street Bridge.