Macy Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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8 b&w photos
7 data pages
1 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Macy Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER CA-277

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 1 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER CA-277

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N852).

Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction

Significance: The Cesar Chavez-Macy Street Bridge is designated Los Angeles City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 224, declared August 1, 1979. Bridge designers chose its Spanish Colonial Revival style to commemorate its location along the historic mission road, El Camino Real. The bridge is dedicated to the founder of the California missions, Father Junipero Serra. Constructed during the major bridge building decade, 1923-1933, Cesar Chavez/Macy Street is one of a group of 12 river bridges significant for their role in the transportation history of Los Angeles and their association with Chief Engineer Merrill Butler, a major bridge designer of the era. The Macy Street crossing provided a high water, unimpeded crossing for access to the city from the northern and eastern sections of the rapidly developing city.

SUBJECTS:
CALIFORNIA--Los Angeles County--Los Angeles

OTHER TITLE:
Macy Street Bridge
Cesar Chavez Avenue Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ca2902

CONTROL #:
CA2902

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