Title supplied by cataloger. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed and built in 1913 by the Kansas City (MO)-based firm of J.A.L. Waddell. With a span of 1,486 feet and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, lights, and railings, the bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.; A plaque placed on Orange Grove overlooking the Ventura Freeway reads, "Pasadena Pioneer Bridge erected by the California Commission and the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works, named by resolution of the 1953 state legislature and dedicated to all Pasadena pioneers especially the twenty seven who founded this city near this spot on January 27, 1874 dedicated October 8, 1953 by the City of Pasadena and a committee of citizens grateful for our illustrious past and committed to a more glorious future." Photograph caption reads,"Looking at new Colorado Freeway bridge towards the west from the Pasadena or east side of the bridge. Traffic will use only one-half of bridge until construction is completed on west end. Old Pasadena bridge which is superseded by new bridge can be seen at the side." Photograph dated October 8, 1953.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Bridges--California--Pasadena Arch bridges--California--Pasadena National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.) Pasadena Pioneers Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.) Pasadena (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Waddell, J. A. L.(John Alexander Low),1854-1938
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