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The northbound span was originally named the 14th Street Bridge when it opened in 1950, renamed the Rochambeau Bridge eight years later, and renamed the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge in 1985 for a passenger of Air Florida Flight 90, who died in 1982 saving others from the freezing water.
At 4:01 pm EST, it crashed into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River, 0.75 nmi (0.9 mi; 1.4 km) from the end of the runway. The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97 feet (30 m) of the bridge's rail and 41 feet (12 m) of the bridge's wall. [4]: 5 The aircraft then plunged into the freezing Potomac River.
14th Street Bridge may refer to: Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River) in Louisville, Kentucky; 14th Street Bridges over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. See also
Mayo's Bridge (also known as Richmond's 14th St. Bridge) is located in Richmond, Virginia. [1] A four lane structure, it transports U.S. Route 360 across the James River. Signage identifies the bridge as "Mayo's Bridge". The bridge is in two sections, separated near the middle by Mayo's Island.
The response to the incident was slowed due to the hazard conditions going on and emergency personnel were already responding to the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 on the 14th Street Bridge thirty minutes earlier. [7] Full service along the Metro did not reopen until the evening of January 15 following the removal of the wreckage from the ...
When the first of the 14th Street bridges, the Rochambeau Bridge (later the Arland D. Williams Bridge), was built in 1950, it left the restaurant surrounded by highways, which necessitated the construction of special exits and sidewalks with underpasses to reach it. Hot Shoppes, Inc later built the Marriott Motor Hotel across the highway from ...
Buses will detour on 14th Street NW at F Street and resume a regular route on 7th Street SW at E Street. 74 Convention Center- SW Waterfront -northbound towards Convention Center
The Chattahoochee RiverWalk also connects to the Phenix City RiverWalk at the 14th Street Bridge. The Phenix City RiverWalk extends from the Dillingham Street bridge to the 14th Street bridge, but it will extend up to the City Mills Dam on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee River. [3]