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Oct 17, 2018 · WASHINGTON— Starting Monday, October 15, the National Park Service (NPS) will begin a new long-term change to the traffic pattern on Arlington Memorial Bridge. This change will reduce the bridge’s capacity from six to three lanes and one sidewalk until the rehabilitation is finished in 2021.
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- Memorial Bridge and Avenue
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 ...
- 2,163 ft (659.3 m)
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In May 1928, construction is underway on Arlington Memorial Bridge - seen looking towards Arlington National Cemetery. The Custis-Lee Mansion, now called Arlington House, can be seen on the Virginia side while to the left are the wireless towers of the Arlington Naval Radio Station. [Library of Congress] They returned to the White House by ...
Dec 7, 2020 · 1/10. (Updated at 1:45 p.m.) After two years of construction, the Arlington Memorial Bridge is completely open for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists. The 90-year-old bridge, which connects ...
Today, Arlington Memorial Bridge is one of the five vehicular bridges connecting the District of Columbia and Virginia and serves as an iconic element of the entrance to the Nation’s Capital. Decades of gradually increasing vehicle traffic, vehicle tonnage, weather, and the natural freeze-thaw cycle aged the bridge severely.
