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The Arlington Memorial Bridge, often shortened to Memorial Bridge, is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge with a central bascule (or drawbridge) that crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. First proposed in 1886, the bridge went unbuilt for decades thanks to political quarrels over ...
The Francis Scott Key Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, is a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge carrying U.S. Route 29 (US 29) across the Potomac River between the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, and the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Completed in 1923, it is Washington's oldest surviving road bridge across the Potomac River.
The construction of Arlington Memorial Bridge was a seven-year construction project in Washington, D.C., in the United States to construct the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River. The bridge was authorized by Congress in February 1925, and was completed in January 1932.
Ramp from George Washington Memorial Parkway northbound to US 50 (Arlington Boulevard) westbound Boundary Channel and George Washington Memorial Parkway southbound 38°53′20″N 77°03′51″W / 38.88889°N 77.06417°W / 38.88889; -77.06417 ( U.S. Route 50 Overpass, Westbound
The CFA and NCPC first gave serious consideration to Kendall's preliminary design for the Virginia bridge approaches in January 1926, when they met jointly to discuss how the Virginia Arlington Memorial Bridge terminus would serve as a gateway to Washington, D.C. [9] The two bodies agreed to proceed with a refinement by urban planner C.A.S. Sinclair, who proposed a series of roads radiating ...
The last cost estimates for the Washington Bridge replacement project pegged the demolition price tag at $58 million and the price tag for reconstruction at $368 million, but neither of those ...
The Three Sisters islets in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., site of the proposed bridge. The Three Sisters Bridge was a planned bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., with piers on the Three Sisters islets. Envisioned in the 1950s and formally proposed in the 1960s, it was cancelled amid protests in the 1970s.
An open house will be held tonight in Columbia, Lancaster County on the project. 7 things to know about the Veterans Memorial Bridge rehabilitation project Skip to main content