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"Ballona Watershed Map". The Ballona Creek watershed totals about 130 square miles (340 square kilometers). According to a 1948 report in the Venice Evening Vanguard, "The total area drained by Ballona Creek consists of 86 square miles (220 km 2) square miles of coastal plain and 74 square miles (190 km 2) of foothills and plain range from sea level to 250 feet (76 m) and in the mountains from ...
The Lighthouse Street Bridge crossing the lagoon is a closed-spandrel bridge limited to pedestrian and bicycle traffic only. [9] The bridge, sometimes called the Ballona Lagoon Bridge , was built by Abbot Kinney as part of his Venice of California development. [ 10 ]
The Ballona Creek Bike Path (pronunciation: “Bah-yo-nuh" [4] or “Buy-yo-nah” [5]) is a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) Class I bicycle path and pedestrian route in California.The bike path follows the north bank of Ballona Creek until it reaches Santa Monica Bay at the Pacific Ocean. [6]
Playa del Rey: Ballona Wetlands and Creek, 1902 Playa del Rey lagoon, hotel, pavilion and pier, c. 1908. Lower Playa del Rey was originally wetlands and sand dune soil, but natural flooding was halted by levees made of earthen soil, boulders and reinforced concrete with a soft-bottom submerged soil that promotes both tidal flow in good weather and facilitated the flow of freshwater into the ...
Culver City's major geographic feature is Ballona Creek, which runs northeast to southwest through most of the city before it drains into Santa Monica Bay in Marina Del Rey. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.2 km 2), over 99% of which is land. Over the years, it has annexed more than ...
A man was found dead Saturday afternoon in a shed-like space built into the underside of the Culver Boulevard bridge above Ballona Creek. The wooden structure was in a "concealed space" under the ...
Ballona estuary, 1923. Ballona is a geographic place name in the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. Geographic place names: Ballona Creek. Ballona Creek Bike Path; Ballona Wetlands; Ballona Lagoon; Historic places: Rancho La Ballona; Ballona Road (now Washington Blvd.) La Ballona Township; La Ballona station (1870s to 1890s ...
People should stay clear of the water and the wet sand from Ballona Creek to one mile north of Venice Beach and one mile south of Dockweiler, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said ...