Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
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This article is about the bridge over Rock Creek. For historical and current bridges over the Anacostia River, see Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge (1890) and John Philip Sousa Bridge.
The Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge conveys Pennsylvania Avenue across Rock Creek and the adjoining Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, between the neighborhoods of Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Northwest Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania Avenue terminates at M Street immediately west of the bridge.[1]
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Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 38°54′17″N 77°03′22″W |
Carries | Pennsylvania Avenue |
Crosses | Rock Creek |
Locale | Washington, D.C. |
Other name(s) | Meigs Bridge |
Owner | District of Columbia Department of Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | Deck arch |
Material | 1860: Cast iron 1916: Concrete |
Total length | 1860: 200 feet (61 m); 1916: 276 feet (84 m) |
Width | 1916: 73 feet (22 m) |
Height | 1916: 40 feet (12 m) |
History | |
Designer | Montgomery C. Meigs (1860); District of Columbia Government (1916) |
Fabrication by | Phoenix Iron Co., Philadelphia (1860) |
Construction start | 1858; 1913 |
Construction end | 1860; 1916 |
Opened | 1860 |
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