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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]
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 ...
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 ...
The Expo Bike Path connects to the Ballona Creek Bike Path (and Park to Playa Trail) at National Boulevard in Culver City. The connection between the two paths is at the Bike Path Bridge over Ballona Creek ; the bridge originally carried the southbound lanes of National until the construction of the E Line overpass and a new four-lane National ...
The beach is closed up to 100 yards from Ballona Creek after the discharge of 1,200 gallons of sewage. It will stay closed at least until Wednesday. Sewage spill prompts beach closure in Marina ...
Rail bridge pylons remaining from Ballona Creek crossing of Venice–Inglewood Line; 90 freeway to the rear. Continuing northwesterly, the line ran approximately one-half mile (0.8 km) before paralleling Centinela Avenue (on the south) and crossing Sepulveda Boulevard at-grade.