On April 20, construction workers began demolishing Santa Monica‘s California Incline, a longtime connector between the Pacific Coast Highway and the city’s overlooking bluffs.
The 1,400-foot-long roadway, built in 1930, is getting a $20-million renovation (including a seismic retrofit and a new pedestrian bridge) by Caltrans and the city of Santa Monica that is expected to take year to complete. Below take a last look at the wonderfully weathered incline as we know it. (Click on thumbnail to start slideshow.)
