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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Getting to UCLA on Sunset Blvd from the Westside Will Be Difficult Next Week



LA County Supervisor Yaroslavsky's blog warns that the Sunset Blvd. bridge over the 405 will be undergoing demolition next week. You are best advised to use a different route to UCLA from the Westside. The blog contains a history of the bridge, built in 1955, together with early photos such as the one on the left that shows hardly any traffic. The full story is at:

http://zev.lacounty.gov/spotlight-story/sunset-bridge-the-early-years


As for the photo on the right, it is also a bridge, albeit one that is hidden by landfill. At one time a ravine ran through the UCLA campus and a bridge led over the ravine to Royce. When the area around the bridge was filled in, the bridge just appeared (and still appears) to be an ordinary pathway. However, a sign warns heavy trucks of the bridge's weight limits. Nobody is talking about demolishing it.

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