11:00am | It took several years, countless meetings, and funds provided by Los Angeles County, but the 226th Street pedestrian bridge spanning from Hawaiian Gardens to Long Beach in the 5th District has finally been removed after several residents complained about what they felt was an eyesore — not to mention unsafe and unusable.
“As part of the project to remove the bridge,” Councilmember Gerrie Schipske said on her blog, “the County will also straighten the adjoining channel access roads and restore the embankments and fencing.”
The bridge was originally built so that children on the Long Beach side could attend school on the other side of the bridge in the ABC school district. However, it was eventually abandoned several years ago, remaining locked and an oft-target for graffitti.