Arlington Memorial Bridge
The Arlington Memorial Bridge, often shortened to Memorial Bridge, is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge that crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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.
Lincoln Memorial
Photo: UpstateNYer, Public domain.
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 building 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 D.C.
Rosslyn
Suburb
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized unincorporated area 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
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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″ northLongitude
-77.05544° or 77° 3′ 20″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87C4VWPV+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 368707612OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
4137584Wikidata 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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