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Dramatic new 6th Street Bridge opens, delivering a ‘love letter’ to Los Angeles

After more than six years of construction, Los Angeles officials light the 20 arches dubbed the "Ribbon of Light" on the new 6th Street Viaduct during a ceremony at dusk on July 8, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — The new 6th Street Viaduct crosses more industry than water, spanning a scruffy flat of lofts, warehouses and rail lines. It does not soar over the East River or gild the windswept entrance to San Francisco Bay.

But the $588 million bridge that opens this weekend is designed as a Los Angeles monument in its own right, an iconic space to gather and to celebrate the city.

With its 10 pairs of tilted arches, it is the largest and most expensive bridge the city has ever erected, connecting downtown to Whittier Boulevard, the heart of the historic Eastside, and replacing a beloved Depression-era bridge that was demolished in 2016 because it was falling apart.

“It’s our generation’s love letter to the city,” Mayor

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