Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-07
PLAN BRIDGE As
LINK To HIGHWAY
Pasadena Board of Trade FaVorS
Intermediate Structure
Over Arroyo Seco
PLANNED TO COST $150,000
Crown City Council Expected to
Take Action on Matter in
Near Future
PLANNED TO COST S15o,0o0

PASADENA, July I'm response to
a request which came to the Pasadena
board of trade year ago from the
Los Angeles county highway commits
sion to determine what kind of o
bridge the people of Pasadena want
across the Arroyo Seco to remedy the
only defect in the proposed Foothlll
boulevard from LordSburg to Santa
Monica, the directors of the board OF
trade have formally adopted the plans
submitted by williams &S Nishkian for
an intermediate structure crossing the
arroyo from West Colorado street to
q point on the Scoville road leading to
the Eagle Rock road. The plans have
been submitted to the city council for
approval, with the request that bond
election be called soon.
While the council took no formal 40
ton at it's last meeting, owing to the
absence of Councilmen Mersereau and
Cattell, those present seemed to favor
the intermediate structure, provided
satisfactory arrangements can be made
with c.. B. Scoville, through whose
property the road leading to the ap-
proach on the Pasadena side will have
to be run. In the meantime a cam
paign of education is being waged by
the board of trade committee of twen-
ty-fve.
The estimated cost Of the structure
is $3.50 900. exclusive of the cost of land
necessary for a road leading to the
bridge The length Of the proposed
bridge Is 900 feet, with a 300-foot ap-
proach. The distance from the inter-
section of West Colorado street and
South Grand avenue to the bridge
proper is ZOO feet The sharpest curve
in the road leading to the bridge VIII
be on a 160-foot radius with "A per
cent grade. The roadway of the bridge
will be 80 feet wide, with a f1ve-foot
walk on each side, and will be 55 feet
below the established grade of Colorado
street and Grand avenue. The longest
span will be 220 feet and the highest
pier rs feet The grade on the Eagle
Rock side of the bridge will be per
cent.
INSPECT MANY PLANS
The board of trade committee has
been working constantly for several
months on the question of selecting
plans. The first submitted was from
the highway commission for the So
called high bridge 165 feet above the
arroyo and 1900 feet in length with a
twenty-foot roadway. 1t was proposed
to run this bridge direct from West
Colorado street to a point near the top
of the Scoville grade at an estimated
cost of $230000.
The committee then had plans drawn
for a proposed low bridge 400 feet long
and As feet above the site of the present
Scoville bridge. A survey was made
for approaches and 1t was found that
the lowest possible grade on the east
approach would be per cent, with a
sharp turn at the bottom of the grade,
and q per cent grade was the best
that could be figured out for the west
approach. The estimated cost Of this
structure was $4,000. exclusive of the
aOoo.a - orro ding oDd d1lin~
While the committee was debating
between the high and low structures,
Williams & Nishkian, local engineers,
drew the set of plans for the inter-
mediate bridge, which were subse-
uuently adopted. The work was ac-
complished at their own expense ana
the plans were submitted to the COM
mittee on June 25 after only seventeen
days OF labor.
ADVANTAGES OF STRUCTURE ....
The advantage of the intermediate
structure, as set forth by the commit
tee, is as follows: at will form link
in the Foothill boulevard system upon
which the county highway commission
proposes to expend $450,000. 1t Will be
a part of the ninety-mile road from
Redlands to the sea. 1t will afford easy
access to Los Angeles by way of An
mandate, and will open up the Eagle
Rock district and San Rafael heights
to Pasadena trade. 1t will be a utility
bridge in every sense of the word, and
in addition will afford one of the most
picturesque drives in Southern Callfor-
MIA. It will connect the San Gabriel
and San Fernando valleys, and VIII
make an almost direct line from Pasa-
dena to the beaches by way of Glendale
and Hollywood. 1t will afford a de-
sirabIe route for tourists from Red
lands and San Bernardino through
Pasadena to Santa Barbara and other
points north"
It is said that residents of San Rafael
heights have agreed to subscribe to the
bridge fund, and it is thought that the
county will stand one-half the expense
Of construction.