Fourth Street over the Los Angeles River

Photos 

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4st Street Looking West www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com View high-res version

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Construction Plans http://eng.lacity.org/projects/bridge/historical_gallery/index.htm City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineer View high-res version

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Detail of 4th Street Bridge Photo taken by David Kimbrough in April 2005 View high-res version

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4th Street Lamp http://www.youtube.com/user/bridgesoflosangeles View high-res version

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Old 4th Street Bridge Los Angeles Public Library Collection

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Fourth Street over the Los Angeles River 4th Street Bridge under construction (CHS-44593) USC Digital Library View high-res version

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Opening Day - 1931 clusc_8_1_00166207a UCLA Library

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Fourth Street over the Los Angeles River (1931) View from the riverbed (00073834) Los Angeles Public Library

Facts 

Overview

Concrete arch bridge over Los Angeles River on Fourth Street in Los Angeles

Location

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1930 seismic retrofit in 1995

Builders

- Fisher, Ross, MacDonald, and Kahn
- Merrill Butler

Design

Arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 278.9 ft.
Total length: 1,837.0 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.04167, -118.22694   (decimal degrees)
34°02'30" N, 118°13'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/386746/3767454 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Los Angeles

Inventory numbers

CA 53C-44 (California bridge number)
BH 10976 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 01/2007)

Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 66.9 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2002)

31,000

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 3, 2009: New photo from David Kimbrough
• December 21, 2008: New photo from David Kimbrough
• December 19, 2008: New photo from David Kimbrough
• December 18, 2008: New photo from David Kimbrough
• November 3, 2008: New photo from David Kimbrough
• September 16, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
• May 11, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
• May 1, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough

Sources 

• David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net

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