Olympic Blvd
Bridge
Built in 1925, this
reinforced concrete arch/T-beam bridge exhibits character-defining
features of Beaux-Arts bridge design. Located on Olympic Boulevard
as it crosses the Los Angeles River between Boyle Heights and
Downtown Los Angeles, the bridge rests on four vertical piers in an
open spandrel arch form and in a T-beam form on several smaller
vertical piers. The deck of the bridge exhibits a sculpted concrete
railing with heavy double-bellied Classical-style balusters
separated by perforated round forms with incised S-shaped foliate
petals. Nine pairs of octagonal decorative light fixtures
surmounted by large engaged globes sit atop monumental decorative
pylons.
Originally titled the "Ninth Street
Bridge," the bridge was renamed the Olympic Street Bridge in honor
of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Please visit
the other caches in the Los Angeles River Bridge
series:
Riverside-Figueroa Street
Bridge 1939
Buena Vista Viaduct
1911
Spring Street Bridge
1928
Main Street Bridge 1910
First Street Bridge 1929
Fourth Street Bridge 1930
Sixth Street Bridge
1932
Seventh Street Bridge 1927
Olympic Blvd Bridge 1925
Washington Blvd Bridge
1931