Griffith Park in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Riverside Drive Bridge
Photographed By Craig Baker, January 25, 2019
1. Riverside Drive Bridge Marker
Inscription.
Riverside Drive Bridge. . Originally known as the Victory Boulevard bridge, the Riverside Drive bridge was constructed in 1938 to improve a bottleneck caused by an earlier wooden bridge. It was partially funded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is a concrete t-beam girder bridge with five spans over the river and measures 381 feet in length. It is designed in the art deco style with striping along the tops of the piers, horizontal bands below the railings, and geometric shapes on the face of the bridge. It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2005 and was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #910 in 2008. The Riverside Drive bridge was seismically retrofitted in 1992, and then between 2015 and 2017, it was widened on its east side by approximately 19 feet to provide a median, wider shoulders, and wider sidewalks. The bridge railings, light posts, and lanterns were replaced as part of the project. The new railings are identical to the original railings, with the exception of the size of the window openings, which have been narrowed to meet code requirements. The new light posts and lanterns are replicas retrofitted with LED fixtures. The widened side of the bridge was designed to complement the original art deco style of the bridge.
Originally known as the Victory Boulevard bridge, the Riverside Drive bridge was constructed in 1938 to improve a bottleneck caused by an earlier wooden bridge. It was partially funded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is a concrete t-beam girder bridge
with five spans over the river and measures 381 feet in length. It is designed in the art deco style with striping along the tops of the piers, horizontal bands below the railings, and geometric shapes on the face of the bridge. It was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2005 and was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #910 in 2008. The Riverside Drive bridge was seismically retrofitted in 1992, and then between 2015 and 2017, it was widened on its east side by approximately 19 feet to provide a median, wider shoulders, and wider
sidewalks. The bridge railings, light posts, and lanterns were replaced as part of the project. The new railings are identical to the original railings, with the exception of the size of the window openings, which have been narrowed to meet code requirements. The new light posts and lanterns are replicas retrofitted with LED fixtures. The widened side of the bridge was designed to complement the original art deco style of the bridge.
Location. 34° 9.396′ N, 118° 17.667′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Griffith Park. Marker is on Riverside Drive north of Zoo Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 48 Riverside Dr, Los Angeles CA 90027, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. Identical markers are at each end of the bridge.
Photographed By Craig Baker, January 25, 2019
2. Riverside Drive Bridge Marker
Photographed By Craig Baker, January 25, 2019
3. Riverside Drive Bridge
Photographed By Craig Baker, January 25, 2019
4. Riverside Drive Bridge
Photographed By Craig Baker, January 25, 2019
5. Riverside Drive Bridge
Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2019, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 368 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 26, 2019, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
