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Los Angeles River Bikeway, also known as LARIO, is a
bikeway Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except wher ...
along the lower
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in southern
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. TrailLink.com: Los Angeles River Trail
/ref> It is one of the completed sections of the
Los Angeles River Bicycle Path The Los Angeles River bicycle path is a Class I bicycle and pedestrian path in the Greater Los Angeles area running from north to east along the Los Angeles River through Griffith Park in an area known as the Glendale Narrows. The 7.4 mile sectio ...
planned to run along the entire length of the LA River.The City of Los Angeles.gov: Visit the LA River—Los Angeles River
, with map of all current LA River greenway paths and trails . accessed 3.13.2016. As any trail project along the LA River, it is part of the National Park Service
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Route

The paved bikeway runs from the
Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath The Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath also known as the Long Beach Bike Path is a path along the Pacific Ocean from Shoreline Village, Long Beach, California, Shoreline Village in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California to Belmont Sho ...
at the river's mouth in
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, upstream to the industrial area southeast of
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, at Atlantic Boulevard in Vernon. Going upriver, it passes through the river channel adjacent sections of
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,
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, East Compton,
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,
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, Cudahy,
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, and Maywood. In Long Beach, the bike path runs on the east side of the river channel. When the path intersects with
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, it crosses the LA River on the road bridge and continues north on along the west side of the LA River to Vernon. The path on the east side continues under the bridge to the confluence with the Rio Hondo, becoming the
Rio Hondo Bicycle Path The Rio Hondo Bike Path is a bicycle path that parallels the Rio Hondo (creek) through the San Gabriel Valley, in eastern Los Angeles County, California.
heading northeast to the
Whittier Narrows Recreation Area The Whittier Narrows is a narrows or water gap in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States, between the Puente Hills to the east and the Montebello Hills to the west. The gap is located at the southern boundary of th ...
. Mileage markers are painted on the pavement and signs are posted at regular intervals detailing upcoming city streets. Parking can be found at Hollydale Park in South Gate, Ralph C. Dills Park in
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, and DeForest Park in Long Beach.DeForest Park, 6255 DeForest Avenue, Long Beach, California. Other access in Long Beach includes several street crossings of the river, including those of Pacific Coast Highway, Willow Street, Wardlow Road, and
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History

“RIO” in the name LARIO is ''río'', i.e. river in
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. Stakeholders involved in creating the Los Angeles River Bikeway have been (at various times): “the Santa Monica Conservancy, Friends of the Los Angeles River, the
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, the
county of Los Angeles Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is the ...
, advisory committees and task forces, the
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, various state propositions (generally serving as funding sources) and the
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See also

*
CicLAvia CicLAvia is a nonprofit, car-free streets initiative in Los Angeles, California. The organization temporarily closes streets to motor vehicles to make them accessible to vendors and the public. It runs six times a year (once every two months) on ...
*
Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath The Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath also known as the Long Beach Bike Path is a path along the Pacific Ocean from Shoreline Village, Long Beach, California, Shoreline Village in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California to Belmont Sho ...
*
San Gabriel River Bike Trail The San Gabriel River Trail (also known as SGRT) is a bike path along the San Gabriel River through El Dorado Regional Park and onto street bike trails near the Alamitos Bay Marina in Los Angeles County, California. The South end is Seal B ...
*
Los Angeles River bicycle path The Los Angeles River bicycle path is a Class I bicycle and pedestrian path in the Greater Los Angeles area running from north to east along the Los Angeles River through Griffith Park in an area known as the Glendale Narrows. The 7.4 mile sectio ...
— for all sections along the Los Angeles River. *


References


External links


laparks.org: LA River Bike Trail MAP
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