Arlington Memorial Bridge

The Arlington Memorial Bridge is a neoclassical steel and stone arch bridge that spans the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., linking the National Mall to Arlington National Cemetery.

Photo: Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge connecting Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia
Also known as: “Memorial Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arlington National Cemetery and Lincoln Memorial.

Arlington National Cemetery

Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia. Just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., adjacent to the Pentagon, this national military cemetery includes John F.

The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. Lincoln Memorial is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Arlington Memorial Bridge.

Pentagon

Military installation

Photo: David B. Gleason, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. Pentagon is situated 1 mile south of Arlington Memorial Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Rosslyn.

Foggy Bottom

Suburb

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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown.

Rosslyn

Suburb

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Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized neighborhood in northeastern Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is in Northern Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor/Ft.

Georgetown

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Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Arlington Memorial Bridge

Categories: bascule bridge, arch bridge, road bridge, heritage site, historic site, and transportation
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88734° or 38° 53′ 14″ north

Longitude

-77.05544° or 77° 3′ 20″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87C4VWPV+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 368707612

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

GeoNames ID

4137584

Wikidata ID

Q1328779

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Arlington Memorial Bridge” goes by many names.

Chinese: “阿靈頓紀念橋”
Dutch: “Arlington Memorial Bridge”
French: “Arlington Memorial Bridge”
German: “Arlington Memorial Bridge”
Hebrew: “גשר הזיכרון ארלינגטון”
Japanese: “アーリントン記念橋”
Korean: “알링턴 기념 다리”
Portuguese: “Arlington Memorial Bridge”
Urdu: “آرلنگٹن میموریل برج”

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