The last road they built in Santa Clarita, known as the Cross Valley Connector, has 2 bridges on it.
One crosses the railroad tracks and Soledad Canyon Road and the other, the Santa Clara River.
That second bridge, which crosses the river, was named the Fallen Warriors Bridge, back in 2011.
On Holidays it gets flags on it and when they renamed it a few years ago, they put a memorial plaque at the beginning of the bridge.
I will discuss the contents of the plaque another day, but for now I thought I would talk the bridge itself and the little pocket park they put by the bridge.
Our river has places where we allow bikes to cross under them, instead of through traffic.
When the river has water in it (not for the past few years) they shut the gates and the bikes can no longer use it, until the water level retreats.
So there is a bike path that curves up from the river and intersects with the bridge. They put a small park there with 3 benches and some lovely bushes that were blooming bright orange, when I came by.
It is a nice serene area, but it is almost impossible to get to, unless you go out of your way and walk in to the park. I had to illegally park by a water well and walk up a block to the park. There is no parking in the area at all.
A shame, in my humble, opinion, because I know some of the people named on the plaque and I would have liked to visit it earlier than 3 years after it had been put in place.
Better late than never.
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