Street Closure Planned This Weekend On La Cienega Boulevard

CULVER CITY, CA — Road crews will close all lanes of a roughly three-mile stretch of La Cienega Boulevard between Stocker Street and Obama Boulevard over the next three weekends, beginning Friday evening, to build a 440-foot pedestrian and wildlife bridge overpass. Some areas of Culver City, Baldwin Hills and Marina del Rey are expected to be impacted.

The bridge will link the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook and Stoneview Nature Center to the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area as part of the 13-mile Park to Playa Trail project.

Onsite parking at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area will also be shut down to accommodate construction. Closures will begin at 9 p.m. and end at 5 a.m. Monday, this weekend, as well as the Friday-Sunday periods on June 19-22 and 26-29.

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said the bridge marks the final stages of work on the 13-mile Park to Playa Trail, set to be completed this fall.

"Placement of the bridge over La Cienega Boulevard is a tangible sign to the community that this long-awaited, highly-anticipated project is near completion," he said.

The project links trails, parks and open spaces including the Baldwin Hills Parklands, Stocker Corridor, Norman Houston Park, Ruben Ingold Park and Culver City Park to Ballona Creek, the Ballona Wetlands and the Marvin Braude Bike Trail along the Pacific Ocean.

- City News Service and Patch Staffer Nicole Charky contributed to this report.

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