Comments on: Who turned on the San Gabriel River?

By: frazgo

frazgo — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:57:19 +0000

evan, thanks for the link it should give more of the readers with bikes a reason to make the entire journey as its equally nice at the south end as at the north.

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Keeping bad drivers off the roads « BikingInLA — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:22:16 +0000

[...] slow down drivers. Metblogs suggests exploring the San Gabriel River Bike Trail while there’s actually water flowing through the riverbed. As part of their continued efforts to Amsterdam L.A., Flying Pigeon presents [...]

By: evan

evan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:10:18 +0000

And where it goes back to a natural river bottom in Long Beach/Seal Beach, it’s beautiful as well:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/evang/tags/sangabrielriver/

By: frazgo

frazgo — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:28:13 +0000

Thanks lamapnerd, I knew the trivia and was saving it for another post ;)
Most excellent link…relevant as I live in Monrovia these days.

By: lamapnerd

lamapnerd — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:16:19 +0000

Did you know that the bridge in that picture, once known as “the Great Bridge” or “Puente Largo”, was built for the Pacific Electric Railway in 1907? It was considered an engineering marvel in its time.

That’s why the chain-link fence. As a railroad bridge, it was built without guard rails.

You can read more about it in the Electric Railway History Association’s article about the PE Monrovia-Glendora line, at http://www.erha.org/penmg.htm

By: Burns!

Burns! — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:42:11 +0000

I’ve lived near this place virtually all my life. Why have I never been? I’ll go now.

By: Lucinda Michele

Lucinda Michele — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:32:23 +0000

Positively idyllic!!!