The 56-ft. wide, 1,370-ft. concrete arch Glendale-Hyperion Bridge was designed by Merrill Butler and completed in 1929; it was originally named the Victory Memorial Bridge, in honor of the men who had served in World War I. It crosses over the Los Angeles River, Riverside Drive, between Ettrick Street and Glenfeliz Boulevard, and since the 1950s, the Golden State Freeway. It is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #164. Looking through long, graceful fingers of a eucalyptus towards the snow-topped mountains north of Glendale. The new Hyperion Avenue Bridge in the foreground, seen on April 21, 1930, became a busy artery from Los Angeles into Glendale, a sister town that had grown prodigiously during the recent years. The tower on the center hilltop in the photo marks Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the unique and beautiful spot in which Harry Lauder recently discovered "A Wee Kirk in the Heather."
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