Los Angeles County, California Bridges: Ocean Blvd and Shoreline Drive Bridges across the Los Angeles River

August 1999 (33.7673 Degrees, -118.2051 Degrees) Los Angeles River Bridges

A few more miles and we've reached the City of Long Beach near the mouth of the Los Angeles River. Note the concrete lined channel is gone. At this location the river is more of a tidal estuary full of salt water creatures.

The Ocean Blvd. Bridge (53C0927) is a 15 span steel girder bridge that was built in 1959. Sharing the same substructure are the Shoreline Drive Bridges (53C0892L); a pair of 10 span concrete box girder bridges built in 1967. These bridges cross a bikeway, a railway, several highways and the river. This is a very popular area with tourist sites and industrial sites all competing for the same real estate.

Los Angeles County, California Bridges: Ocean Blvd and Shoreline Drive Bridges across the Los Angeles River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.