Arlington Memorial Bridge connects Columbia Island with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. across the Potomac River. The eastern end of the bridge marks the western edge of the National Mall. The western end continues onto the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
On April 4, 1980, the Arlington Memorial Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge was authorized b...
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Arlington Memorial Bridge connects Columbia Island with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. across the Potomac River. The eastern end of the bridge marks the western edge of the National Mall. The western end continues onto the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
On April 4, 1980, the Arlington Memorial Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge was authorized by Congress on February 24, 1925, and it formally opened on January 16, 1932. The dedication ceremony was headed by President Herbert Hoover. Designed by architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White, the neoclassical bridge is 2,163 feet (659 m) long.
Although the Arlington Memorial Bridge was part of the 1901 McMillan Commission's plan for restoring Pierre Charles L’Enfant's original plan for the capital, two decades passed before construction was initiated. President Warren G. Harding was caught in a three-hour traffic jam while on his way to...
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