Eyes on the Street: New L.A. River Access Path

From LA.Streetsblog.org

By Joe Linton

At Griffith Park Recreation Center a nearly complete new ~750-foot river access path connects to two existing footbridges, improving access to the L.A. River and its bike/walk path

Construction appears nearly complete on a new river access path at the Griffith Park Recreation Center in the L.A. City neighborhood of Los Feliz. The new ~750-foot long walk/bike path connects to two existing walk/bike bridges – over the 5 Freeway and the L.A. River.

The new path formalizes a decades old river access point. To connect connecting between Atwater Village and Los Feliz, pedestrians and cyclists can use two existing pedestrian bridges over the 5 Freeway and the L.A. River. The river bridge is known as the Sunnynook Footbridge, because it aligns with Sunnynook Drive in Atwater.

Streesblog visited the site in mid-June. Construction fences surround much of the project site, but do not prevent people on bike and foot from using the new path to access the river.