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This is a list of crossings of the Los Angeles River. Crossings are listed from south to north; that is, going upstream from the mouth of the river channel in Long Beach.

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Photo Crossing City Constructed Coordinates
Queensway (32341713310).jpg Queensway Twin Bridges carrying Queens Way Long Beach 1969
West Ocean Boulevard 1959
Service Bridge
Shoreline Drive West (former Interstate 710) 1963
West Anaheim Street 1954
SR 1 (West Pacific Coast Highway) 1957
Service Bridge
West Willow Street 1946
Service Bridge
Wardlow Road 1950
I-405 (San Diego Freeway) 1963
Railroad: Metro A Line
Union Pacific Railroad
West Del Amo Boulevard 1958
Long Beach Boulevard 1946
Artesia Boulevard 1949
SR 91 (Artesia Freeway) 1971
South Atlantic Avenue Long Beach and Compton 1937
Alondra Boulevard Paramount and Compton 1958
East Compton/Somerset Boulevard 1976
Rosecrans Avenue 1951
Pedestrian Bridge
I-105 (Glenn Anderson Freeway) including the Metro C Line Paramount and Lynwood 1990
East Imperial Highway South Gate and Lynwood 1951
I-710 (Long Beach Freeway) South Gate 1955
Railroad
Firestone Boulevard 1950
Railroad Bell Gardens and Cudahy
Clara Street 1939
Florence Avenue Bell Gardens and Bell 1948
Gage Avenue 1940
Railroad
East Slauson Avenue Commerce, Bell, and Maywood 1942
South Atlantic Boulevard Vernon 1931
Railroad
South Downey Road 1931
Bandini Boulevard 1969
South Soto Street 1928
Los Angeles River 26th St Bridge (2506936909).jpg East 26th Street 2000
Railroad Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Washington Street Bridge Los Angeles River (2779947244).jpg Railroad: Redondo Flyover for Metrolink's Orange County Line, 91 Line, and Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner
East Washington Boulevard (HAER CA-284) 1931
Railroad
Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-LOSAN,78-47 (CT).tif East 9th Street, carrying Olympic Boulevard (HAER CA-177) 1925
I-10 Bridge Los Angeles River.jpg I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) Downtown Los Angeles 1959
SOUTHSIDE OF SEVENTH STREET VIADUCT CROSSING THE LOS ANGELES RIVER. LOOKING NORTH. - Seventh Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CA-282-8 (CT).tif East 7th Street (HAER CA-282) 1927
Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-LOSAN,77-67 (CT).tif Sixth Street Viaduct (HAER CA-176) 1932
(demolished 2016)
SOUTHSIDE OF FOURTH STREET VIADUCT OVERCROSSING OF LOS ANGELES RIVER. LOOKING NORTHWEST. - Fourth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CA-280-13 (CT).tif East 4th Street (HAER CA-280) 1930
First Street Bridge, Spanning Los Angeles River at First Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-LOSAN,76-55 (CT).tif East 1st Street (HAER CA-175) 1929
Route 101 bridge over LA River.jpg US 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) 1944
CESAR CHAVEZ BRIDGE. LOOKING NORTHEAST. - Los Angeles River Bridges, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CA-271-21.tif Macy Street Bridge, carrying Cesar E. Chavez Avenue (HAER CA-277) Chinatown, Los Angeles 1926
Metrolink train crossing Los Angeles River.jpg Railroad: Metrolink San Bernardino Line and Riverside Line
Railroad
DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTHSIDE OF MAIN STREET BRIDGE CROSSING THE LOS ANGELES RIVER. LOOKING NORTHEAST. - North Main Street Bridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CA-276-6 (CT).tif North Main Street (HAER CA-276) 1910
Spring Street bridge.jpg North Spring Street (HAER CA-275) 1928
SOUTHSIDE OF BROADWAY BRIDGE CROSSING LOS ANGELES RIVER. LOOKING NORTHWEST. ELYSIAN PARK SEEN AT CENTER REAR. - North Broadway Bridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CA-274-15 (CT).tif Buena Vista, carrying North Broadway (HAER CA-274) 1909
Gold Line crossing Los Angeles River.jpg Railroad: Metro L Line
FIGUEROA STREET AND LOS ANGELES RIVER VIADUCTS AND INTERSTATE 1-5 INTERCHANGE. LOOKING 356°N. - Arroyo Seco Parkway, Figueroa Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River, HAER CAL,19-LOSAN,83J-1.tif Figueroa Street Viaduct (HAER CA-265-J)

SR 110 (Arroyo Seco Parkway northbound)

 1937 |
Los Angeles River Bridge

SR 110 (Arroyo Seco Parkway southbound)

 Cypress Park and Echo Park, Los Angeles 1943
Metrolink Antelope Valley Line and Ventura County Line
Dayton Avenue Bridge.jpg Dayton Avenue Bridge carrying Riverside Drive 1939
(demolished 2015)
Elysian Viaduct
I-5 (Golden State Freeway)		 1962
Taylor Yard Pedestrian Bridge Glassell Park and Elysian Valley 2021
SR 2 (Glendale Freeway) Atwater Village, Los Angeles 1961
FLETCHER AVENUE BRIDGE SEEN AT CENTER CROSSING THE LOS ANGELES RIVER. LOOKING WEST. - Los Angeles River Bridges, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CA-271-5.tif Fletcher Drive (HAER CA-273) 1927
Part of the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge.jpg Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Victory Memorial Viaduct, carrying Glendale Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue (HAER CA-272) 1929
Red Car Pedestrian Bridge 2020
La Kretz Bridge [North Atwater Bridge] 2020
Pedestrian bridge at Sunnynook Drive 2016-11-19.jpg Sunnynook Drive [Pedestrian Bridge]
Los Feliz Boulevard 1925
Colorado Street 1957
SR 134 (Ventura Freeway) Glendale and Los Angeles 1962
I-5 (Golden State Freeway) 1957
Riverside-Zoo Drive Bridge, No. 53C1298, LAHCM 910, view from northwest, 2014.jpg Riverside Drive 1938
Burbank Mariposa Street Bridge 2016-10-29.jpg South Mariposa Street [Pedestrian Bridge] Burbank and Los Angeles 1939
SR 134 (Ventura Freeway) 1957
Private road to Warner Brothers Studios
Barham Blvd - Olive Ave bridge 2016-11-19.jpg Barham Boulevard 1935
Lankershim Blvd at Los Angeles River 2016-11-27.jpg Cahuenga Boulevard and Lankershim Boulevard Studio City, Los Angeles 1940
Hollywood Freeway at Los Angeles River 2016-11-27.jpg US 101 (Hollywood Freeway) 1957
Vineland Avenue 1930
Tujunga Avenue 1949
Colfax Avenue 1956
Private road in the CBS Studio Center
Radford Avenue 1950
Laurel Canyon Boulevard 1951
Laurelgrove Avenue [Pedestrian Bridge] 1996
Whitsett Avenue 1950
Coldwater Canyon Avenue 1951
Fulton Avenue 1951
Moorpark Street 1952
Rye Street/Sunnyslope Avenue [Pedestrian Bridge] Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
Woodman Avenue 1952
Hazeltine Avenue 1960
US 101 (Ventura Freeway) 1959
Van Nuys Boulevard 1952
Kester Avenue 1972
Sepulveda Boulevard 1928
I-405 (San Diego Freeway) 1958
Sepulveda Dam Encino, Los Angeles
Burbank Boulevard 1974
Balboa Boulevard 1941 and 1964
Busway: Metro G Line
Los Angeles River at Victory and White Oak.JPG White Oak Avenue 1960
Lindley Avenue 1957
Victory Boulevard Reseda, Los Angeles 1963
Reseda Boulevard 1955
Amigo Avenue [Pedestrian Bridge]
Wilbur Avenue 1957
Vanalden Avenue [Pedestrian Bridge]
Tampa Avenue 1957
Corbin Avenue 1957
Winnetka Avenue Winnetka, Los Angeles 1958
Vanowen Street 1958
Mason Avenue 1958
De Soto Avenue 1958
Variel Avenue [Pedestrian Bridge] Canoga Park, Los Angeles
Metro G Line 2012
Canoga Avenue 1956
Owensmouth Avenue 1958

Gallery of aerial views of multiple bridges

  • Long Beach harbor

    Bridges from the mouth of the Los Angeles River up to the West Willow Street Bridge in Long Beach, looking north

  • FEMA - 1354 - Photograph by Dave Gatley taken on 03-03-1998 in California

    Bridges from Imperial Highway to Florence Avenue in South Gate and Bell Gardens, looking south

  • Los-Angeles-River-near-downtown-Aerial-view-from-west-August-2014

    Bridges from Gage Avenue to South Atlantic Boulevard in and around Bell, looking southeast

  • Los Angeles River aerial 01

    Bridges from a railroad bridge to South Soto Street in Vernon, looking north

  • Griffith Park from the air

    Glendale Narrows section from Glendale Freeway to Riverside Drive Bridges, looking north

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