Photo Gallery: Jessen Bridge opens

Julie Thurston, who lives near the Jessen Bridge, threads the red ribbon that was cut during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the bridge into the safety rail as a decoration in La Canada-Flintrdige on Monday, November 26, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Nov. 26, 2012 7:12 PM PT

After eight months of detours, La Cañadans living near the Jessen Drive bridge came out to celebrate the ribbon-cutting on a new span. The 41-foot, two-lane, reinforced concrete bridge is larger than its predecessor, including two shoulders and a sidewalk on its western side.

Frank Moscati, 5, who lives nearby, poses for a photo with his fingers like a scissors to cut the ribbon spanning Jessen Bridge at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the bridge in La Canada-Flintrdige on Monday, November 26, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

A small crowd of neighbors, city representives and contractors talk after the ribbon was cut a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jessen Bridge in La Canada-Flintrdige on Monday, November 26, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

The recently completed Jessen Bridge before a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the bridge in La Canada-Flintrdige on Monday, November 26, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Safety rail on the Jessen Bridge before a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the bridge in La Canada-Flintrdige on Monday, November 26, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

La Canada Flintridge Mayor Stephen Del Guercio cuts the ribbon that spans Jessen Bridge at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the bridge in La Canada-Flintrdige on Monday, November 26, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)