SPAN HAS 2-MONTH DELAY ALISO BRIDGE SHOULD BE DONE BY FEBRUARY.Byline: Daily News ACTON - The reopening of a road closed 17 months ago by a brush fire that destroyed a bridge has been pushed back two months, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County officials said. Los Angeles County officials had promised the contractor $150,000 extra if the new Aliso Canyon Road bridge was completed by mid-December, but progress over the past three months was slowed by repeated red-flag warnings that required work to stop because of high fire danger. ``We're trying to get it done,'' county Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. spokesman Ken Pellman said. ``We realize it's an important link.'' Rancho Cordova-based C.C. Myers Inc., the construction firm that rebuilt the Santa Monica Freeway The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost segment of Interstate 10, beginning at the western terminus of I-10 at the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California and ending southeast of downtown Los Angeles at the famous East Los Angeles Interchange. after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , was hired in July by county supervisors to build the new bridge for $1.5 million. Linking Acton and the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los , Aliso Canyon Road has been blocked since July 2004, when the 11,400-acre Crown Fire burned across 12 miles of brush-covered hillside from Acton to the Littlerock Reservoir. The fire destroyed a decades-old wooden bridge by which Aliso Canyon Road crossed a usually dry upper tributary of the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Work continues on the Aliso Canyon Road bridge, being rebuilt after a July 2004 brush fire that swept through the area. (2 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) The Aliso Canyon Road bridge was set to open in mid-December, but has been delayed by fire danger. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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