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Nostalgia & History > SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage?Date: 08/30/15 16:18 SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: timz How did the SFe bridge over the LA River change
when it was repaired after the 1938 flood damage? Just the pier(s), or did the truss change too? Is the change obvious in a pic? Date: 08/30/15 16:59 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: SCAX3401 From the two photos above, I don't think the basic design of the bridge changed, but at least one new pier, one new thru-truss span and one new deck girder span was required. I don't see that thru-truss getting reused, but it is possible if the damage to it was minor enough.
  Date: 08/30/15 20:27 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: 1200v What movie is the lower photo a still from?
Date: 08/30/15 23:17 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: DNRY122 A well-dressed lady walking along the LA River bed. Looks like something in the "film noir" genre. "Strange things happen in the night here in LA. That's expected. But strange things happen in broad daylight too. This was one of those stories....."
Date: 08/31/15 14:15 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: SteveD one of the surviving intact truss spans was later removed to near El Toro for another crossing.
Steve Donaldson Pacific Grove, CA Date: 08/31/15 17:59 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: AZSP Also, I believe the east end of the bridge was raised several feet when SP put in the east bank line in 1939 to allow it to clear beneath
Date: 08/31/15 20:33 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: pmack 1200v Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What movie is the lower photo a still from? Roadblock http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2008/02/roadblock-1951.html Date: 08/31/15 21:25 Re: SFe bridge over LA River-- 1938 flood damage? Author: DNRY122 That siege of storms in 1938 is also blamed for the final abandonment of the Pacific Electric Mount Lowe line (a.k.a. the Alpine Division). Reduced traffic because of the Depression was the first "strike", then Ye Alpine Tavern (the Mt. Lowe hotel) burned in 1936, and finally the 1938 storm damage "put paid" to this wonderful attraction.
The San Gabriel River bridge between Duarte and Azusa was another casualty, but it was repaired with steel spans installed where the concrete arches were washed out. Although the bridge had been built for double tracks, the replacement spans were only wide enough for a single track, and the double track that had formerly reached Azusa was cut back to Duarte and the inbound track was mostly used for storage east of Shamrock Ave. in Monrovia. The railway across the bridge was abandoned and removed in 1961, but the bridge is still there for hikers and bicyclists.   |