Los Angeles — The first southbound cars, escorted by the California Highway Patrol, approach the Mulholland Drive bridge after the 405 Freeway was reopened following its closure for half the bridge to be demolished this weekend. The freeway opened about 17 hours earlier than anticipated.
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Los Angeles — California Highway Patrol officers remove closure signs at the Cotner and Tennessee avenue entrance ramp to the southbound 405.
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Los Angeles — California Highway Patrol officers lead the first motorists to travel southbound on the 405 Freeway under the Mulholland Drive bridge after half of it was demolished.
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Los Angeles — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilman Tom LaBonge join officials to wave at the first motorists to travel under the Mulholland Drive bridge after half of it was demolished.
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Los Angeles — Clean-up crews make final passes for sweeping and inspection of the 405 Freeway after major demolition is finished on the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — Crews walk the lanes of the 405 Freeway looking for any remaining debris after major demolition is finished on the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — A worker makes some final repairs on the 405 Freeway after demolition on the Mulholland Drive bridge is completed.
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Los Angeles — Crews begin to clean up dirt and debris after major demolition is finished on the Mulholland Drive bridge across the 405 Freeway.
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Los Angeles — The western pillar of the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway slams to the ground in a cloud of dust during early morning demolition Sunday.
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Los Angeles — Work continues as sunrise approaches at the Mulholland Drive bridge site Sunday.
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Los Angeles — Sunrise over the Mulholland Drive bridge Sunday.
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Los Angeles — One of the pillars of the Mulholland Drive bridge is knocked over at 4:50 a.m. Sunday.
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Los Angeles — Demolition crews continue to work on the Mulholland Drive bridge as the 405 Freeway remains closed between the 10 and 101 freeways.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — The evening rolls on as crews continue to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — Demolition crews expose the metal bars that reinforced the concrete of the Mulholland Drive bridge Saturday evening.
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Los Angeles — As crews continue to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge Saturday evening, the 405 Freeway remains closed between the I-10 and 101 freeways.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Heavy equipment digs into the Mulholland Drive bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — A 10-mile portion of the the 405 is closed while work continues on the demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge in the Sepulveda Pass July 16, 2011.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — A view of the bridge from the freeway surface.
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Los Angeles — Members of the media took a brief tour of the closed 405 Freeway early Saturday afternoon.
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Los Angeles — Frank Aguilera, photographer for the City of Los Angeles, kneels on the closed 405 Freeway while work continues on the demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky surveys the work being done on the 405 Freeway just south of the demolition site.
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Los Angeles — Fiddle player James Letorgeon, drummer Chuck Pendley and guitarist Morgan Letorgeon of The LTG Brothers perform in the public viewing area.
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Los Angeles — Monica Angrand is in good spirits in the public viewing area. She made a Karmageddon T-shirt for the event.
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Los Angeles — Noel Bell biked 12 miles from his home in Culver City to see the action.
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Los Angeles — Lorraine Alessandro, owner of Valley Leather, begins to cut a "CARmageddon Cake," at the Encino store.
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Los Angeles — L.A. Mayor Antonio Villagraigosa tours the demolition site.
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Los Angeles — People clad in Caltrans orange spell out 405 in a park near the Mulholland Drive bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — People in orange like that worn by Caltrans workers form a smiley face in a park near the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — A group in orange forms a sad face in a park near the site of the bridge demolition.
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Los Angeles — An aerial view of the intersection of the 405 and 101 freeways in the San Fernando Vally looking south.
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Los Angeles — A big chunk of the Mulholland Drive bridge is gone.
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Los Angeles — The freeway is empty as the demolition continues.
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Los Angeles — Looking south over the demolition site.
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Los Angeles — A plane flies over a nearly deserted Sepulveda and Lincoln boulevards.
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Los Angeles — The juncture of the Marina and 405 freeways is nearly deserted.
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Los Angeles — Some homeowners around the closed section of the 405 Freeway were complaining about the helicopter noise on Saturday.
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Los Angeles — Shiho Nakaza holds a sketch she made of the 405 Freeway at the Sunset Boulevard bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — About noon Saturday, demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge continues.
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Los Angeles — Rod Liber holds daughter Samantha, 3, as Ava Liber covers her eyes at the Sunset Boulevard bridge over the 405 on Saturday.
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Los Angeles — The 405 Freeway is nearly deserted Saturday in the Sepulveda Pass.
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Los Angeles — Greg Carney, in the background, photographs the Mulholland Drive bridge from his Bel-Air neighborhood Saturday.
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Los Angeles — Nick Peach, left, and Kevin Norris take a charter helicopter to Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday.
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Los Angeles — The 405 Freeway stands deserted on Saturday during work to demolish the south side of the Mullholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — Bel-Air resident Noreen Shortway has her picture taken by a friend on the Sunset Boulevard bridge, with the deserted 405 Freeway behind her.
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The view looking south from the 17th floor of the Angeleno Hotel at Sunset Boulevard shows a deserted stretch of the 405 freeway along part of the closure area.
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A view of the 405 Freeway looking south from the 17th floor of the Angeleno Hotel at Sunset Boulevard.
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The 405 Freeway as seen from the 17th floor of the Angeleno Hotel at Sunset Boulevard. The historic closure is causing drivers to stay away and they are using alternate routes.
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The view looking north from the Sunset Boulevard, with the Angeleno Hotel at left.
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LAPD officer Jason Azpeitia takes a picture with his cellphone of the deserted 405 Freeway looking north from the Sunset Boulevard bridge. Except for a few service vehicles the freeway is empty due to the 10-mile closure between the I-10 and 101 freeways.
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Los Angeles — Glenn Greenfield watches the removal of the Mulholland Drive bridge with scarlet macaw "Kramer" on his shoulder.
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Los Angeles — A worker on the 405 Freeway under the Mulholland Drive bridge Saturday morning.
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Los Angeles — Crews continue their work on the Mulholland Drive bridge at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Los Angeles — The view south of an empty 405 Freeway on Saturday as workers remove part of the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — The 405 Freeway on Saturday is empty as workers remove part of the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Pieces of concrete hang as the southern section of the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway is demolished Saturday morning.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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MTA board member Richard Katz and his son Mitchell, 4, watch the demolition of southern section of Mulholland Drive bridge.
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A bicyclist watches construction at the 405 and Mulholland Drive.
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Los Angeles — Debris falls from the Mulholland Drive bridge as a worker sprays water to keep the dust at bay.
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Los Angeles — Work continues at about 7 a.m. Saturday morning at the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Men and machines at work demolishing the southern section of the Mulholland Drive bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Workers stand next to the bridge Friday on piles of dirt that will be loaded onto the the freeway under the Mulholland Drive bridge to cushion the roadway from falling debris during demolition.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Workers cut away metal barriers along the Mulholland Drive bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — A worker passes warning signs at the construction site.
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Los Angeles — Sparks shower from the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway as workers start cutting rebar early Saturday morning.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Crews punch holes and cut rebar as work begins to raze the southern section of the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Dirt is spread under the bridge to protect the 405 Freeway from falling debris.
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Los Angeles — A construction crew member walks on a blanket of dirt spread over the 405 Freeway.
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Los Angeles — Just after midnight, work begins to raze the southern section of the Mulholland Drive bridge over the Freeway 405 Saturday morning.
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Los Angeles — The last of the Friday night traffic passes the Mulholland Drive bridge on the 405 Freeway before the full closure.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — A crew closes the Skirball Center Drive onramp to the northbound 405 Freeway in preparation for the Mulholland Drive bridge work.
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Los Angeles — Rodney Brown, 47, of Silver Lake plays freeway closure music, "Much Hoo-Doo About Nothing," at the closed Skirball Center Drive onramp on Friday evening.
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Los Angeles — Pedestrians cross Sherman Oaks Avenue minutes after the 405 onramp was closed at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Los Angeles — Ralph Lopez greets guests for a KFI radio event hosted by Tim Conway Jr. celebrating "Carmageddon" at the Sherman Oaks Marriott Courtyard hotel, near the 405 and 101 freeways.
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Los Angeles — Daniel Rojo, right, and Felix Jaquez man the registration table for a KFI radio event near the 405 and 101 freeways.
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Los Angeles — Traffic control personnel block the southbound 405 onramp at Ventura Boulevard and Sherman Oaks Avenue on Friday evening.
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Los Angeles — A traffic control worker peers over signs placed at the entrance to the southbound 405 freeway onramp at Ventura Boulevard and Sherman Oaks Avenue.
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Los Angeles — Rich Dickison of Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. takes a photo of traffic from the Mulholland Drive bridge, half of which is to be demolished this weekend.
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Los Angeles — Kenny Stephens of Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. carries a bundle of fencing material as workers prepare the southern half of Mulholland Drive bridge for overnight demolition work.
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Los Angeles — Matthew Trumbo, safety officer for Penhall Company, takes a photo of Mulholland Drive bridge as workers prepare to demolish half of it.
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Los Angeles — Adam Kessel, left, and Glen Greenberg hawk "Carmaggedon 405" T-shirts for $10 apiece at the corner of Ventura and Van Nuys boulevards. A dollar from each sale is to be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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Los Angeles — Actor David Caruso buys five "Carmaggedon 405" T-shirts at the corner of Ventura and Van Nuys boulevards. Glen Greenberg and friends have been selling the shirts for two days, each averaging 90 sold each day. He says one dollar from each sale will be donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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Los Angeles — A sign on the southbound 405 Freeway in Sherman Oaks warns of traffic delays that will start Friday night.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Traffic on the 405 just north of Mulholland Drive on Friday morning.
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Los Angeles — Traffic still flows Friday morning under the Mulholland Drive bridge.
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Los Angeles — Signs warn not to enter what will become a demolition zone.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Traffic flows Friday morning on the northern half of the Mulholland Drive bridge.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Mike Flowers, a safety manager for Kiewit Construction, walks the south half of the Mulholland Drive bridge Friday.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Josh Hernandez of LaLonde Equipment off-loads a point for one of the jack hammers to be used during demolition.
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