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The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area. The bridge is part of State Route 47, which is also known as the Seaside
The contract for the bascule bridge was placed by The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners in 1922. The bridge was designed by Joseph Baermann Strauss and fabricated by the American Bridge Company. [2] It was formed of a pair of 110-foot (34 m) trunnion bascule leaves which formed a one span Warren through-truss. There were two 50 feet (15 ...
The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge was a vertical-lift bridge in the Port of Los Angeles. Dedicated on January 10, 1948, [ 3 ] the bridge allowed State Route 47 (the Terminal Island Freeway ) to cross over the Cerritos Channel.
Los Angeles fires: Before and after images reveal destruction Contributing: Christopher Cann, Terry Collins, Michael Loria, Isaiah Murtaugh, Thao Nguyen, and Jeanine Santucci
Pont Gustave-Flaubert – crossing the Seine at Rouen, this lift bridge is the highest vertical-lift bridge in Europe, [citation needed] allowing ships up to 55 m tall to pass under it. It is 670 m long, with a span of 116 metres [3]. A striking design feature, the two road sections are mounted outside the central towers.
With U.S. government support, breakwater construction began in 1899, and the area was annexed to Los Angeles in 1909. The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners was founded in 1907. In 1912 the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its first major wharf at the port. During the 1920s, the port surpassed San Francisco as the West Coast's busiest ...
The scope of damage caused by the Palisades Fire is even more apparent when seen from above. Nexstar’s KTLA got its first clear aerial look at the destruction Thursday morning and used satellite ...
Carpool lanes on the upper deck of the Harbor Freeway, south of Adams Boulevard I-10 under construction (Near SR 11), c. 1960 Aerial view from the north of the Harbor Freeway (I-110) and its Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange with the Century Freeway (I-105), on approach to Los Angeles International Airport.