Celebration marks opening of Riverside Drive Bridge in Los Angeles

The Riverside Drive Bridge opening ceremony was held on Jan. 30, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. As designer and engineer of record for the project, HNTB Corporation was invited to attend the event to join Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. City Engineer Gary Lee Moore.

Andres Ocon, HNTB Southern California office leader, Yung-Nien Wang, director of structure, and Jackie Wang, design engineer, were present for the ceremony.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke to the community during the ceremony and mentioned that the Riverside bridge is the city’s first bridge with protected bike path and roundabout. He called it “rock-solid
engineering.” L.A. city engineer Gary Lee Moore publicly recognized HNTB as designer.

After a ribbon cutting to commemorate the opening, Garcetti and Moore posed for photos at the bridge’s roundabout. The bridge provides a crossing of the Los Angeles River as well as railway tracks and Avenue
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HNTB is currently involved with many of the nation’s most high-profile transit programs, including Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California High Speed Rail, Northeast Corridor, Bay Area Rapid Transit System in San Francisco and Sound Transit in Seattle.

About HNTB

HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and contractors. With more than a century of service in the United States, HNTB understands the life cycle of infrastructure and addresses clients’ most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide deliver a full range of infrastructure-related services, including award-winning planning, design, program management and construction management. For more information, visit www.hntb.com.

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For more information, contact:

Agnes Huff, Agnes Huff Communications

ahuff@ahuffgroup.com; (310) 641-2525