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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 ...
Arlington Memorial Bridge Washington, D.C. 38°53′14″N 77°03′20″W / 38.88722°N 77.05556°W / 38.88722; -77.05556 ( Arlington Memorial
Arlington Memorial Bridge connection (now Washington Boulevard) south of the Boundary Channel (partial interchange—access only to/from the north—with Boundary Channel Drive) Service area north of the Pentagon. Arlington Memorial Bridge connection (now Washington Boulevard) south of the Jefferson Davis Highway Extension (folded diamond)
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.
Memorial Bridge / George Washington Parkway south – Arlington Cemetery: Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance: Potomac River: 85.96: 138.34: US 50 east to I-66 east (Theodore Roosevelt Bridge) – Washington: Continuation into the District of Columbia: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
From upstream to the southeast, they are the Chain Bridge (State Route 123), the Francis Scott Key Bridge (U.S. Route 29), the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (Interstate 66/U.S. Route 50), the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and the 14th Street Bridge complex (Interstate 395/U.S. Route 1).
It runs next to the Potomac River and Rock Creek in a generally north–south direction, carrying four lanes of traffic from the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Memorial Bridge north to a junction with Beach Drive near Connecticut Avenue at Calvert Street, N.W., just south of the National Zoological Park.
The next interchange with Route 244 offers a very short merge area because of the proximity to the exit ramps to I-395 and Arlington Ridge Road. [5] The Mixing Bowl is the first interchange in Northern Virginia with a three level bridge—ramp from I-395 to westbound Route 27 on the lowest level, eastbound Route 27 to Mixing Bowl in the middle ...