GRIFFITH PARK—The city of Glendale recently approved the Garden River Bridge Project, which aims to create a direct connection between Glendale and Griffith Park. The bridge will cross the L.A. River at Flower Street and Fairmont Avenue.
The Glendale City Council gave the project a key approval, clearing the way for final design work to begin. Construction is expected to take roughly two years once it begins, according to the project’s website, though some reports have cited a timeline of up to 2 1/2 years.
The Garden River Bridge will be 320 feet long and supported by two piers in the river channel. The project is part of a broader push to create more pedestrian and bicycle river crossings in the area.
The goal is to make it safer for people to travel between Glendale and Griffith Park on foot or by bike, while completing the final stretch of Glendale’s roughly one-mile-long Riverwalk trail.
The project’s engineering and environmental work is being led by Biggs Cardosa Associates, a California-based engineering firm. Olin, a landscape architecture firm, is designing the bridge’s landscaping.
The bridge’s “Garden River” name comes from the landscaping planned for it, including raised beds, shade structures, seating areas, and viewing areas on both bridge approaches and the span itself.
