Mulholland Viaduct Lamppost
These simple concrete lampposts flank the bridge that spans the Cahuenga Pass, which cuts through the Santa Monica Mountains and connects the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley with Hollywood proper. The bridge is the de facto eastern end of Mulholland Drive, the winding 30-mile road that runs along the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains from Hollywood to Calabasas. It spans US 101; Universal Studios is just to the north, the Hollywood Bowl is just to the south.
Just to the south of this bridge is a more traveled bridge - the Pilgrimage Bridge. Their lampposts are more basic and brutalist. While the Mulholland Viaduct Bridge lampposts still retain certain Greco-Roman elements.
4th Street Viaduct Lamppost
These dual-electrolier concrete pillars run the length of the massive bridge just east of Downtown LA. The viaduct was originally built in 1930, spanning the Los Angeles River and the train yards. They are designed with Period Revival and Gothic Revival elements.
1st Street Viaduct Bridge Arch
This architectural ornamentation along the 1929 1st Street Viaduct bridge was not uncommon during the period in which it was built. This bridge also spans the LA River and the train yards, and many people walked at the time. The arches gave pedestrians a good place to stop and take in the sights. Additionally, the taller structures along the bridge also afforded places to string overhead cabling, which powered the Los Angeles Railway streetcars (which are now, sadly, long gone).
Nowadays, the archways along the 1st Street Viaduct bridge show different signs of the current age - they are all blackened by trash fires and usually serve as makeshift homeless encampments.
