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The bridge itself isn't there yet, but the city of Los Angeles' new Elysian Valley walk/bike bridge is taking shape. There's a new central pier wall and falsework structures that show the future bridge's alignment.
The Elysian Valley bridge will be the downstream-most of four new bridges in the L.A. River's central earthen-bottom stretch called the Glendale Narrows. Two of the other bridges are complete and open - in North Atwater and Atwater Village. The fourth, which will connect Glendale to Griffith Park, is funded but not yet under construction.
Taylor Yard walk/bike bridge rendering via Studio Pali Fekete architectsTaylor Yard bike/ped bridge xxxx
Streetsblog biked there last weekend and took a few photos.
On the Frogtown side of the river, the bridge on/off-ramp structure appears nearly complete.
The bridge's south approach structure under constructionThe bridge's south approach structure under construction
Part of the approach includes these undulating walls/planters (see left side of rendering above)Part of the approach includes these wave-shaped walls
In the middle of the river, the one central concrete pier wall is already built.
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Spreading across the riverbed are a series of frames - called falsework - which will hold the bridge up during construction, and then be removed.
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Some of the falsework will rest in cutouts in the sloped concrete channel walls.
In the foreground, channel wall cuts to hold temporary falseworkChannel wall cuts to hold temporary falsework
Sitting in the river bed, there's an under-construction metal structure that appears to be part of the central bridge span.
The long metal structure in the center of photo appears to be part of the bridge's central spanLong metal structure appears to be part of the bridge's central span
Earlier Streetsblog posts reported that the river path remained passable, but this is no longer the case. To bypass construction, pedestrians and cyclists can fairly easy follow construction detour signage for an alternate route on quiet Elysian Valley neighborhood streets.
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