Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
F-1229 |
Title |
Glendale Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue Viaduct |
Description |
Glendale Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue viaduct, pouring west half of deck of two 135 foot arches, looking north. Men at work on high wire overlooking bridge construction. The new Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct and bridge completed in 1928 is 56 ft-wide, 1,340 feet long and features a series of thirteen concrete arches. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1976, the bridge was designed by Merrill Butler who was the city's chief bridge engineer during the 1920s and was responsible for construction of most of the city's historic bridges still standing. |
Date |
07/27/1928 |
Place |
Silver Lake; Los Angeles |
Collection |
Los Angeles City Archives Department of Engineering Historical Photos |
Provenance |
City of Los Angeles Engineering Department |
Cataloged by |
Sklar, Anna |
Copyright |
Los Angeles City Archives, City Clerk |
Photographer |
City of Los Angeles Engineering Staff |
Subjects |
Historic bridges-Los Angeles-California Viaducts Arch bridges Structural engineering Manual workers |