The former Henry Ford Bridge, crossing the Cerritos Channel from the mainland to Terminal Island, was located near the former plant site.
The location was stopped production of the 1959 Fords on March 20, 1959. when underground subsidence caused by oil drilling left the facility unstable.
The Los Angeles Assembly plant #2 had opened in Pico Rivera in August 1957 producing first the Edsel and in mid-September 1957, the Mercury.
During the Depression of the 1930s, the Long Beach Assembly plant manufactured trucks that were used to build Hoover Dam.
During WWII the location was used as a supply base by the United States Army Air Corps, with automobile production resuming in December, 1945.