Los Angeles County, California Bridges: Cesar E. Chavez Bridge across the Los Angeles River

August 1999 (34.05472 Degrees, -118.22667 Degrees) Los Angeles River Crossings

Just downstream from the North Main Street Bridge is the Cesar E. Chavez Viaduct (53C0130) that we previously visited in 2009. Most of these downtown Los Angeles river crossings include a beautiful span over the river and more prosaic spans for the approaches. This photo was taken from the deck to admire one of the many porticos on this bridge built in the Spanish Baroque style. This bridge replaced a steel truss bridge that had been damaged by floods in 1926. It was seismically retrofitted in the 1990s while every effort was made to preserve the original architectural elements on the bridge. The Spanish theme was meant to commemorate the long history of Spanish descendants in California and the Camino Real that stretches from San Diego northward and crosses this bridge.

Los Angeles County, California Bridges: Cesar E. Chavez Bridge across the Los Angeles River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.