{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox river | name = Verdugo Wash | image = Verdugo Wash. View of Verdugo Wash storm drain looking north between Glenoaks Blvd. and Royal Blvd., showing sections... - NARA - 295325.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Channelization work, 1936 | source1_location = Glendale, California | source1_coordinates= {{coord|34.203|-118.2375}} | mouth_location = Los Angeles River, California | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }} [[File:CA 134 LA River Bridge panoramic 2019.jpg|thumb|300px|Confluence of Verdugo Wash (left) with the Los Angeles River at the Ventura Freeway bridge]]
'''Verdugo Wash''' is a {{convert|9.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed March 16, 2011</ref> tributary of the Los Angeles River, in the Glendale area of Los Angeles County, California.
The stream begins just south of Interstate 210 in the Crescenta Valley. It flows southeast along the eastern edge of the Verdugo Mountains, then south through a pass between those mountains and the San Rafael Hills, and finally west to ultimately join the Los Angeles River just northeast of Griffith Park.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathews |first=Joe |date=July 21, 2024 |title=A doomed L.A. stormwater project tells all you need to know about the perversity of water rights in California |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/california-water-los-angeles-19582379.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> Its entire path is located within the city of Glendale. With the exception of the free-flowing stream inside the Verdugo Wash Debris Basin Dam, Verdugo Wash is entirely encased in a concrete flood control channel.
Verdugo Wash Visioning Project will create a {{convert|9.4|mile||adj=mid| long}} linear park and nature trail for walking and cycling with access to neighborhoods that make up a large core of Glendale including its businesses, entertainment venues, city centers and services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verdugo Wash |url=https://www.verdugowash.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001171813/https://www.verdugowash.com/ |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Verdugo Wash}}</ref> Glendale's Verdugo Wash Visioning Project received $6 million in funding from Assembly member Laura Friedman in AB 179, the State Budget Act of 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Assembly Member Laura Friedman Allocates $6 Million to Glendale’s Verdugo Wash Visioning Project |url=https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8682/16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207012150/https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8682/16 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=City of Glendale, CA}}</ref>
==Crossings== From mouth to source (year built in parentheses):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbridges.com/ |title=National Bridge Inventory Database |access-date=2009-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031210639/http://nationalbridges.com/ |archive-date=October 31, 2013 }}</ref>
{{Div col}} * Railroad: Union Pacific Coast Line * San Fernando Road (1939) * Concord Street (1940) * North Kenilworth Avenue (1936) * North Pacific Avenue (1981) * North Central Avenue (1981) * Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale * North Brand Boulevard (1986) * Road to Nestle Building * North Louise Street (1990) * North Jackson Street (1969) * Geneva Street (1938) * East Glenoaks Boulevard (1938) * East Mountain Street (1936) * Canada Boulevard (1933) * Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School [Pedestrian Bridge] * Wabasso Way (1938) * Opechee Way (1940) * Glorietta Avenue (1941) * Glorietta Park [Pedestrian Bridge] * Canada Boulevard (1933) * Oakmont Country Club [6 Pedestrian Bridges] * Verdugo Wash Debris Basin Dam * Oakmont View Drive (1979) * Shirlyjean Street (1953) * Whiting Woods Road (1967) * New York Avenue/Kadletz Road (1967) * Crescenta Valley Park [Pedestrian Bridge] * Boston Avenue (1957) {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Verdugo Wash}} * Los Angeles County Department of Public Works [http://dpw.lacounty.gov/wrd/Runoff/dispimg.cfm?showimg=graphics/d252.gif Drainage Area Map]
Category:Rivers of Los Angeles County, California Category:Tributaries of the Los Angeles River Category:Washes of California Category:Crescenta Valley Category:San Rafael Hills Category:Verdugo Mountains Category:Glendale, California Category:Rivers of Southern California