Shakespeare Bridge

The 2016 Unilocal 500, Review #114:
A landmark which is very heavily traveled at times, so be careful. With so many photo options I don’t know what to tell you. I came at sunset so the view looking up the hill would be illuminated more so then when looking downhill a.k.a. to the west. Also, the moon was high in the sky so that added to the beauty at dusk.
NOTE: Unfortunately, someone took a Trader Joe’s shopping cart and left it on the south western end of the bridge… Sigh, I blamed it on the damn Merchant of Venice… Venice, California maybe :-)

Did not realize this was here until I was driving over it one night. Recognized it almost immediately from the film «Dead Again» starring Emma Thompson. Walking over the bridge doesn’t take a lot of time, but it’s a beautiful sight with every step. For a map, look at it’s history and visuals from below the bridge as well, check out the newest episode of «Oddity Odysseys» on YouTube.

A beautiful landmark.. not famous, but functional and meaningful..
A souvenir of the past to my friend, Chel, I was happy to share happy memories with her as we crossed this bridge together. This was a symbol of the celebration of our journey through life. Although we physically live thousands of miles apart with a huge ocean between us, we know that our spirits dance with each other in good times and challenging times.
She relayed that she used to walk along this bridge during her teenage years with her school friends. Now that we are adults, it’s kind of cool to me that even though we are not in traditional school, we are lifelong learners and at times, use other methods of gaining knowledge. I felt honored to travel along this familiar path with Chel! Mahalo for the tour! I didn’t have it bookmarked and I wouldn’t have known about it if she hadn’t have taken me here!
Unilocal has been my vehicle for non-​traditional education. We share knowledge with one another and assist to the best of our abilities. There have been so many wonderful people that I have met and I’m so thankful that our paths have crossed. Chel is a great example of a treasure that I have found!
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It’s nice having here on this place, having a walk across on this old creative structural bridge and seeing beautiful views and capture a pic on it.
This place is a reminder to us, of how beautiful this place, that we need to take care of it, and to preserve the heritage of this historical place and giving importance of this historical bridge.

Luckily my friend took me because she lives nearby. She didnt think it was a huge deal but I love shakespeare and i thought it was a cute little gem. I highly admire the architecture and wouldn’t mind going again. Yes it’s not a museum or be compare to one, but its still nice to see if you are in the neighborhood.

THIS IS JUST A BRIDGE!!!
It’s a really cool architecturally significant piece of Silverlake yes, but there is absolutely no place to sit and relax –it is just a bridge to drive through or walk through.
Do not get the impression that there is anything to do here besides glance at the bridge. Do not come here with a nice plate of cheese and wine with your significant other expecting to have a place to relax and enjoy the scenery, because it’s just a bridge.
Come visit, glance at it, pass-​through, but that’s all you can do. Any impression of having any kind of sitting area is misleading.

Built in 1926, this cultural– historical bridge is a must see! Named after thee one & only William Shakespeare. It’s made of concrete & with a hint of goth style.
Hidden in Franklin Hills! This gem is located on Franklin Ave between Talmadge & St. George St!
Nearby are the hidden stairs. For all you explorers out there!!!
It’s a beautiful place to take photos. Often times you will see people, photographers, families with cameras click clacking their photos.
I have yet to take my bridge selfies!
Pedestrians, Runners, Walkers, Students from John Marshall all trip– tropping over the bridge!
But, no trolls beneath the bridge. Just a private school!!!
I bet The 3 Billy goats would’ve loved this bridge! ;).

Stumbled upon this bridge accidentally :-).
+ It’s just a random nice bridge in the middle of busy central LA.
+ Looking for parking close to this bridge is such a hassle so I suggest only go if you want to take pictures.

This bridge is a bit anti-​climatic. I guess it’s cool in that there is some history behind this bridge, but you can pretty much drive across it in less than 3 seconds. :) The neighborhood around it is nice and pleasant, sorta out of a fairy tale. The shape of the pillars are rather interesting. Worth a drive across if you happen to be in the area.

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The only app on my phone that I use every day is WAZE. For those unfamiliar, it’s a GPS that takes traffic into consideration to find you the quickest way to your destination. Sometimes it picks some crazy routes but it always gets me to where I’m going in the fastest time. On this particular day I was on my way to meet a friend at a restaurant in Los Feliz and WAZE was taking me on a wild route through some backstreets.
I rounded a corner and thought I had taken a wrong turn into Storybook Land. I was startled to see a short but beautiful ornate bridge in front of me. A sign proclaimed it to be Shakespeare Bridge. It’s located far within a quiet residential area and not something you would normally see unless you were specifically looking for it or stumbled upon it by sheer dumb luck like I did.
Later, while looking up more info on this bridge, I saw it was listed here; leave it to Unilocal to have reviews for a bridge. I figured I might as well add my positive vote for this quaint & lovely little bridge which is truly a little-​known L.A. landmark.

The Shakespeare Bridge holds a special place in my heart. I used to live on Tracy Street in Los Feliz and I’d walk the loop up St. George to Franklin so I could always take in the aura and delight of the Shakespeare Bridge. It’s quaint & cute and located in the ever so eclectic Franklin Hills. Make sure to explore the other gems in the neighborhood, the Radio Walk & the Prospect Walk, which are a couple of the Los Angeles hidden staircases built in the 1920’s. The Franklin Hills/​Silver Lake Hills neighborhood is truly a diamond in the ruff of gritty LA and I’d totally still live there, but the Pacific, surf & the salt water are an intricate part of my happy place these days.

Beautiful, we stumbled across this by coincidence and took some pictures without knowing it was the «Shakespeare Bridge»
Always nice to see beautiful architecture in the middle of otherwise nothing.
Well kept and empty when we were there, very pretty.

An adorable place in the middle of SilverLake. Take the time to find it and enjoy!

Cute bridge in the middle of Silverlake. Worth a visit and a couple pictures.

Be not afraid of greater bridge. Some are made great, some achieve greatness by their location, and some have greatness thrust upon them as the only road to a distant land. This bridge is certain not a great road anywhere and it sure hasn’t had greatness thrust upon it.
What a rather strange thing to Unilocal,but even for us, the folks who have lived here the majority of our lives, there’s little hidden gems like this place that are over looked, tucked away and just not talked about.
The Shakespeare bridge is a bit on the tiny side. It’s a small bridge that really doesn’t go over much and let’s be honest, if its existence never was, there would be no small towns or villages that would starve. But for it to be, or not to be… That’s not the question. What is, is if you should come to it.
Because really, there’s not much of a destination on the other side of it. Los Feliz is a far better road to take if you’re trying to get around Los Feliz and into Silver Lake, but to take the side street detour and stop by this bridge, look over the edge to homes and a bit of vegetation, well sir, it’s well worth it
The bridge is from the 20’s and it carries a look and style that you will not forget and sort of hope that more of L.A. still had around.
Then again perhaps I’m hyping up this bridge far too much. Expectations, as you well know, is the root of all heartache. So just come and visit some sunny Sunday afternoon after a brunch or something. It’ll be a nice little cap to the day. Quite the place to take a date.

Nice bridge. It adequately takes me from here to there.

It’s a cute, short, Gothic-​style bridge built in the ‘20s that we discovered by accident while driving through the area. It’s sort of hidden away in this hilly neighborhood and you don’t really notice it ’til you’re just about to cross.
The «sidewalk» is closer to being a curb, so pedestrians sometimes walk in the street. Traffic on it can be slow whether there are people walking or not.
I don’t really know what else there is to write that all these Unilocal poets haven’t already.
It’s cute? No, no, I said that already.
Well, it’s a nice bridge.

I love to drive over this bridge! Its also fun to look at the great houses in the hills up above. Find the Los Angeles Stair Hike Book, there is a good hike that includes the bridge.

Ahh, I had to Unilocal this bridge because I saw it in «I Love You, Man»!
I used to go to Marshall HS and would sometimes drive across this bridge on my way to the Los Feliz Library. It’s a really cute landmark in the middle of the awesome neighborhood. Don’t drive by during until after 9AM though; it gets quite congested because people are dropping their kids off at school and/​or are driving to work.