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The 6th Street Viaduct officially opens to pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists Sunday, six years after construction began to replace an old bridge.
The Intercity (Sixth Street) Viaduct was opened on January 29, 1907. It had a pedestrian walkway, two lanes for wagon traffic, and a pair of streetcar tracks. The viaduct was built in 17 months, and traveled from 6th and Bluff streets in Kansas City, Missouri, to 4th and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, a distance of 8,400 feet (2,600 m).
The Sixth Street Viaduct spans the Los Angeles River, the Santa Ana Freeway , and the Golden State Freeway , as well as Metrolink (Orange County and 91/Perris Valley lines), Amtrak (Pacific Surfliner and Southwest Chief), and Union Pacific (along with Metrolink's Riverside Line) railroad tracks and several local streets. The first incarnation ...
The Sixth Street Bridge's piers were built with arched openings beneath the river bed to accommodate future subway tunnels, following the recommendation of transportation planner Bion J. Arnold. [7] The North Shore Connector tunnels completed in 2012 did not make use of this provision but were bored further west (downstream) and did not pass ...
At that time, 38,000 feet — roughly seven miles — of copper wire had been purloined from the 6th Street Bridge, probably fetching about $11,000, De León said. He estimated fixing the lights ...
A Federal Highway Administration safety review found that designing the street with pedestrians in mind—sidewalks, raised medians, turning access controls, better bus stop placement, better lighting, traffic calming measures, and treatments for disabled travelers—all improve pedestrian, bicyclist and motorist safety. [27]
Atop embankment at eastern end Retaining wall Stone support pier of viaduct which carried the line westward to what is now Journal Square. The Harsimus Stem Embankment, also called Sixth Street Embankment, is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, disused and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of the historic downtown of Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States.
Sixth Street is a haven for former Goldman executives who’ve worked with Waxman, an all-star roster that includes: R. Martin Chavez, partner and vice chairman, who, as CIO and CFO, helped lead ...