The Tujunga Wash Greenway and Bike Path is a trail and stormwater mitigation project in the

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and Valley Glen neighborhoods of

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’s San Fernando Valley.

Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 16, 2011 stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fif ...

is a tributary of the

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; Tujunga has its own tributary,

Pacoima Wash Pacoima Wash, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 16, 2011 is a major tributary of the Tujunga Wash, itself a tributary of the Los Angeles River, in the San Fernan ...

. The wash was channelized for flood control by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950s. Created between 2007 and 2012, the -long greenbelt “takes urban runoff from the flood control channel and creates a new stream with some of the natural characteristics from the Tujunga Wash, while native plants in the streambed help clean the water and establish habitat for animals such as birds, frogs and lizards.” The naturalized side channel within the greenway is a

bioswale Bioswales are channels designed to concentrate and convey stormwater runoff while removing debris and pollution. Bioswales can also be beneficial in recharging groundwater. Bioswales are typically vegetated, mulched, or xeriscaped. They co ...

that recharges

groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available freshwater in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated ...

with an average of annually. The

riparian A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks a ...

habitat lies within a -wide greenbelt. Designed to attract both “migratory birds and pedestrians,” the ''Los Angeles Times'' said the beautification project “combines art and nature,” with the art aspect being the sculpted metal gates at the bike path entrances and the

Great Wall of Los Angeles The ''Great Wall of Los Angeles'' is a mural designed by Judith Baca and executed with the help of over 400 community youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). The mural, on the concrete sides of the Tuju ...

mural that’s been called “a California history lesson in sixth-tenths of a mile.” The Class I bike path runs for from Oxnard Street to Burbank Boulevard between the neighborhoods of the Van Nuys and

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. The road surface is mix of concrete, asphalt and gravel. At its southern terminus of Chandler Boulevard the Tujunga Wash Bike Path intersects with the

Orange Line Bikeway The Orange Line Bikeway is a cycle route in Los Angeles County, California that runs and “spans the lengths of the San Fernando Valley’s major communities” from Chatsworth to North Hollywood, “connecting such places as Pierce College ...

. There are access points at the corner of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Oxnard Street, as well as Fallbrook Avenue, Lassen Street, Coldwater Canyon Drive, Nordhoff Street, Saticoy Street, and DeSoto Avenue. One local guide advises, “There are crossings every quarter-mile or so, except for about one mile in between Coldwater Canyon and Busch Motorway, where there are no crossings until it hits Saticoy Street.”

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External links

;Maps
Los Angeles Map & Guide: Upper River
(PDF from FOLAR, Friends of the Los Angeles River)

Los Angeles Bikeway Map (Metro.net) - PDF hosted on Dropbox
;Info
L.A. River Revitalization

L.A. County: Tujunga Wash Greenway

KCET: Where Art and Greenery Meet: Hiking Along the Tujunga Wash

Recreational Use Reassessment of Engineered Channels of Los Angeles River
(Oct. 2014), Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board ;Videos
YouTube: Tujunga Wash Gravel Bike Path
(2-min helmet cam)
YouTube: tujunga wash bike path incl Great Wall of Los Angeles
(8-min helmet cam) {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub Los Angeles River Bike paths in Los Angeles Parks in the San Fernando Valley Transportation in the San Fernando Valley

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