A pedestrian bridge over the 101 in Encino will be demolished this weekend and the neighbors couldn’t be happier.
About five years ago, a group of Encino residents got wind that a pedestrian bridge on Encino Avenue over the 101 Freeway was to be demolished and then rebuilt.
“It looks as though we accomplished what we wanted … and the $18 million can be saved and used for a more worthy project,” said Encino resident Marshall Barth, 84, who has lived on Encino Avenue south of the freeway two decades. “One of the reasons I have lived so long is that I swore I would not leave this Earth until that bridge was down. Every once in a while, you can fight City Hall.”Looking north on the 101 freeway in Encino, on Monday, September 26, 2022, a pedestrian crosses the bridge.
The pedestrian bridge over the 101 freeway in Encino, on Monday, September 26, 2022. The California Department of Transportation will close all lanes on a portion of U.S. Highway 101 overnight beginning as soon as 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, and ending Sunday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m. The full closure, between White Oak Avenue and Balboa Boulevard, will allow crews to safely demolish the pedestrian bridge over U.S. 101 at Encino Avenue.
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