Title supplied by cataloger.; Editorial markings have been added to the photograph to highlight the location of the bridge under construction. 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." Construction of the Pasadena Pioneers Bridge, also known as the Colorado Freeway Bridge, is underway directly north of the Colorado Street Bridge, seen on the right. The majestic Vista del Arroyo Hotel is visible in the background on the right. A portion of the photograph caption reads, "The mid-section of the new bridge will be 93 1/2 feet wide. Thirty-two thousand cubic yards of concrete will be poured into the bridge. At right is the old one, where so many people plunged to death." Photograph dated November 15, 1951.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 35 cm. Photographic prints
Vista del Arroyo Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.) Bridges--California--Pasadena Arch bridges--California--Pasadena Hotels--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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