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Saying goodbye to L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge

Councilman Jose Huizar, center, accompanied city engineer Gary Lee Moore, left, by the new Sixth Street Bridge designer Michael Maltzan on a final walk across the bridge, which is set for demolition.

Councilman Jose Huizar, center, accompanied city engineer Gary Lee Moore, left, by the new Sixth Street Bridge designer Michael Maltzan on a final walk across the bridge, which is set for demolition.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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The new 6th Street Bridge, a $449-million project expected to open in 2019, will echo the design of the old one: a four-lane road framed by curved arches of varying heights following the approximate path of a stone skipped across a pond.

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

A view of Sixth Street bridge on January 27, 2016 morning, as some visitors and city officials went for a final walk across the bridge, which is set for demolition.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

Lynette Romero, an anchor/reporter KTLA, jumps in air for a photo on Sixth Street Bridge which is set for demolition.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A view of Sixth Street bridge on Wedneday morning, as some visitors and city officials went for a final walk across the bridge, which is set for demolition.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

A view of Sixth Street bridge on Wednesday morning, as some visitors and city officials went for a final walk across the bridge, which is set for demolition.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

Lanchen Mihalic, 27, left, and Blake Waddell, 26, look out over L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge, a 3,500-foot concrete span that connects the downtown Arts District to Boyle Heights, before its closure on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

Traffic and pedestrians cross L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge, a 3,500-foot concrete span that connects the downtown Arts District to Boyle Heights.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

A lone pedestrian crosses L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge before its closure on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge glows like a beacon on the last day it was open to traffic and pedestrians before it’s closure on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

People gather along the Los Angeles River during the Sixth Street Bridge Farewell Festival in Los Angeles on October 24, 2015.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

People attend the Sixth Street Bridge Farewell Festival in Los Angeles on October 24, 2015. Festivities were held on and around the bridge and featured bands, food trucks, live mural paintings and fireworks.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

People attend the Sixth Street Bridge Farewell Festival in Los Angeles on October 24, 2015.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

People gather along the Los Angeles River with their vintage cars during the Sixth Street Bridge Farewell Festival in Los Angeles on October 24, 2015.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

People park their vintage cars along the Los Angeles River during the Sixth Street Bridge Farewell Festival in Los Angeles on October 24, 2015.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.'s 6th Street Bridge

People attend the Sixth Street Bridge Farewell Festival in Los Angeles on October 24, 2015.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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