Riverside-Figueroa
Street Bridge
The Riverside-Figueroa Street Bridge was
built in 1927 and 1939.
The structure was originally built in 1927
as a reinforced single-arch concrete bridge with open spandrels,
similar in design and form to the North Spring Street Bridge,
constructed in the same year. Flooding in 1937-8 on the Los Angeles
River and landslides along the adjacent Elysian Park hills damaged
the bridge, necessitating the removal of the arch span and upper
deck. In 1939, the deck was reconstructed along similar designs of
the original while the lower portion of the bridge was inserted
with a metal truss.
This bridge exhibits character-defining
features of Beaux-Arts bridge design. Five pairs of
decorative octagonal-shaped fluted light posts topped by lanterns
line the railing.
The total length is 451.1 feet, with the
largest span at 236.9 feet.
Groundspeak requirements prevent
caches from being placed on bridges. The cache is not located
on the bridge, but within sight of the
it.
Closest parking is near the
LA River Bikeway - Oso Park cache. If you park there, go
for these nearby caches:
Please visit the other caches in the Los
Angeles River Bridge series:
Riverside-Figueroa Street Bridge
1939
Buena Vista Viaduct
1911
Spring Street Bridge
1928
Main Street Bridge 1910
First Street Bridge 1929
Fourth Street Bridge 1930
Sixth Street Bridge
1932
Seventh Street Bridge 1927
Olympic Blvd Bridge 1925
Washington Blvd Bridge 1931
