Photograph also used in article dated April 16, 1937.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; 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. In 1989, after the Loma Prieta earthquake in Northern California, the bridge was declared a seismic hazard and closed to traffic. It was reopened in 1993 after a substantial retrofit. Photograph caption dated July 16, 1936 reads, "How Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge Would Look With Proposed 'Suicide Proof' Fence On Railings - This Is One of the Most Attractive and Effective Plans Submitted By State Highway Department in Herald-Express Drive to End Suicides at Beautiful Arroyo Seco Span."
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Arch bridges--California--Pasadena Bridges--California--Pasadena Suicide--California--Pasadena--Prevention Automobiles--California--Pasadena National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.) Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Pasadena (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Waddell, J. A. L.(John Alexander Low),1854-1938
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