PROJECT SPOTLIGHT 6TH STREET VIADUCT

On July 9, the people of Los Angeles finally celebrated the opening of the new Sixth Street Viaduct that connects the Arts District on the west side of the Los Angeles River with the historic Boyle Heights neighborhood on the east.

Spanning 3,500 feet above the L.A. River, the new bridge replaces the 1932 viaduct of the same name which was demolished in 2016 when the City’s Bureau of Engineering deemed it “seismically unsound.”

Urban lighting pioneer Leni Schwendinger created the lighting design for the new roadway, but it was the job of Forman and Associates to take this innovative lighting design and make it a reality.

With creative product recommendations, they not only matched Leni’s rendering, but also met the challenge of using the structure and design of the bridge itself to create a what is now known as the “Ribbon of Light.”

See some of the products used in this project, go to this link: https://bit.ly/3vVhTWv