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To request a ranger-led program at Arlington Memorial Bridge and Avenue please call 703‑235-1530. Hours & Seasons. Arlington Memorial Bridge and Avenue is open year round, 24 hours a day. Directions. Arlington Memorial Bridge and Avenue stretches between Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
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.
- 2,163 ft (659.3 m)
Spanning the Potomac River, the neoclassical bridge links the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC; Arlington House (also known as the Robert E. Lee Memorial) in Arlington, VA; and Arlington National Cemetery—the final resting place for more than 400,000 service members who died on active duty, veterans, and their family members.
Dec 4, 2020 · After two years, construction on the Arlington Memorial Bridge is over. Work cones were removed around noon Friday, and all six lanes and both sidewalks opened for use.
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This beautiful Neoclassical bridge, designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, symbolizes a unified nation by linking two sites honoring leaders of the Civil War— Lincoln’s Memorial on the D.C. side and Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington House, located in Arlington National Cemetery on the Virginia shore.
