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The Chain Bridge is a viaduct that crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Virginia. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a day. [2] It connects Washington, D.C. with affluent sections of Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia. On the Washington, D.C. side, the bridge connects ...
Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line where Washington, DC; Maryland; and Virginia meet. Descending from the harder and older rocks of the Piedmont Plateau to the softer sediments of the Atlantic coastal plain, it is the first upstream "cataract", or barrier, to navigation encountered on the Potomac River. [2]
Little Falls Dam, also known as Brookmont Dam, is a low dam on the Potomac River, built in 1959 to divert water for the water supply system of Washington, D.C., just below Mather Gorge, about 2 miles (3.2 km) above Chain Bridge.
The projected cost of replacing the bridge is $250 million to $300 million, which would, at the very least, require a $50 million state match if the federal government covers 80% of the cost. #5 ...
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The RI Philarmonic wrote on social media: "Due to the sudden closure of the Washington Bridge and the new traffic pattern, private lessons will be taught remotely today, Tuesday, December 12 ...
Some chain bridges built using this design have retained the name Chain Bridge. Thus as a proper noun, it may refer to: In Hungary: Chain Bridge (Budapest), a bridge over the Danube in Budapest, Hungary (completed 1849) In Germany: Chain Bridge (Nuremberg), a pedestrian bridge over the river Pegnitz in Nuremberg, Bavaria (opened 1924)
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