The Michael Maltzan Architecture-designed Sixth Street Viaduct is slowly taking shape in Los Angeles as new photos by LA Times photojournalist Allen J. Schaben show.
The $588 million bridge project, the biggest in the city's history, emerged as the winning entry in the 2012 design competition for a new bridge to replace the original 1932 structure and connect Downtown LA with the Boyle Heights neighborhood across the Los Angeles River, the 101 Freeway, 18 sets of railroad tracks, and a new park.
The design team also includes HNTB (Engineer and Executive Architect), Hargreaves Associates (Landscape Architect), and AC Martin (Urban Planning).
Take a look at some recent construction snapshots below and in this recent Los Angeles Times article.
Meanwhile in Italy, the Sixth Street Viaduct project is on display at the recently opened 2021 Venice Biennale in the Emerging Communities section in the Arsenale.
"Suspended from above, the 1:360 scale architectural model highlights the bridge's unique connective elements and shows the entire 3,600-foot-span of the viaduct," notes the exhibition statement. "Three short videos highlight the physical, historical, and cultural context of the Viaduct."
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