Big Tujunga Wash at Foothill Blvd - Sunland area

Big Tujunga Wash - a "braided river"


View looking up the braided river bed - North and East toward the San Gabriel Mountains.

Bridge crossing Foothill Blvd facing toward Sunland - is in the midst of
construction / destruction.

South side of the bridge has been torn up.

Graffiti under the bridge, where the face anticipates the destruction of this
beautiful bridge or something else.

Jan 26, 2008: Storm water runs off of the San Gabriel Mountains through the Big Tujunga Wash (shown here) to the Hansen Dam and then eventually to the Los Angeles River. This "wash" is a braided river on an alluvial fan. It is called a "wash" because it has very low water flow except in the rainy season November - March so it is not considered a "river" because of its lack of flow in the dry part of the year.