.jpg) The pier in 2014 | |
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| Coordinates | 33°58′40″N118°28′9″W / 33.97778°N 118.46917°W /33.97778; -118.46917 |
 Interactive map of Venice Fishing Pier | |
Venice Fishing Pier is apier inVenice, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state ofCalifornia.[1] The pier is part ofVenice Beach Boardwalk and attracts between 28,000 and 30,000 visitors daily.[2]
The current concrete structure was completedc. 1963.[3] The pier was ordered closed in 1983 after waves tore out a concrete ramp to the pier and cut utility lines, and then closed again in November 1986 by the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors after county engineers discovered apparently serious structural problems.[4] The pier stood idle until 1997 when it finally reopened after a $4.5-million restoration and after activist pressure from Pier Pressure, a small group of Venice business people and residents.[5]
According toPaste, the pier extends approximately 1,300 feet into thePacific Ocean.[6]
In 2018 the Venice Oceanarium proposed a new exhibited space for the pier.[7]
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