Upper 2nd Nearing Its Grand Connection

By Eric Richardson
Published: Friday, June 06, 2008, at 04:02PM

Connecting 2nd Eric Richardson [Flickr]

The joint between upper 2nd's extension and Grand Avenue, seen here nearly complete.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Work on the connection between upper 2nd street and Grand Avenue is nearing an August completion.

Westbound 2nd street enters its tunnel at Hill street, traveling under Bunker Hill to Figueroa. The upper spur of 2nd had previously connected Hill street to Olive, but will continue up to Grand Avenue after completion.

A separate stretch of 2nd connects Grand to Hope street, and will be connected to the new work.

The new block of 2nd will be used for one of The Grand’s garage entrances.

While work on the roadway just kicked off earlier this year, the sidewalk adjoining the Colburn School was completed last fall. The school’s 326,000 square foot expansion required the sidewalk as an exit path.

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Upper 2nd Construction Eric Richardson

This shot from April, 2008, shows the connection before decking was installed.

Second Street Extension Eric Richardson

While the street had yet to start work, the southern sidewalk of the extension, seen here in an October, 2007, photo, was completed last fall in order to function as an exit path for the new Colburn School expansion.


Comments

1
Bert Green writes:

The new intersection of 2nd and Grand should also have crosswalks on all 4 sides. The previous intersection had a crosswalk only on the south side of 2nd.

# on Jun.06.2008 AT 08:25 PM
2
JM writes:

Thanks for this info. I’d been wondering about the construction for a while. I wonder if the city will bring the lights from General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Street to First Street into the modern age? The wait for pedestrian green lights are some of the longest I’ve ever experienced. Which city department deals with this kind of issue?

# on Jun.09.2008 AT 01:12 PM

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