The new Sixth Street Bridge - technically the Sixth Street Viaduct - has arches. Well, sort of. They look like arches, but they are actually just the temporary wooden falsework that will hold up the permanent arches during construction.
The bridge extends nearly a mile from Boyle Heights over the L.A. River and into downtown. Construction broke ground in 2015 for the new half-billion dollar Sixth Street Viaduct, which replaces the now demolished historic 1932 viaduct. The new bridge will be wider and straighter - more like a freeway - than the one it replaced. It will have a new park below, but not the protected bike lanes originally promised.
The recently installed 1.25-mile long bikeway spans Lincoln Park Avenue, Flora Avenue, and Sierra Street - it's arguably the first new bike facility of the Measure HLA era