Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a multiple through arch bridge that carries South Capitol Street over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It was completed in 2021 and replaced an older swing bridge that was completed in 1950 as the South Capitol Street Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Also known as: “Capitol Street Bridge”, “Douglass Bridge”, “Frederick Douglass Bridge”, and “South Capitol Street Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nationals Park and Audi Field.
Nationals Park
Stadium
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Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. Nationals Park is situated 1,600 feet north of Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Audi Field
Stadium
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Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team. Audi Field is situated 2,000 feet west of Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
National Defense University
University
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The National Defense University is an institution of higher education in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, D.C., United States. It is funded by the United States Department of Defense aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders. National Defense University is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfront and Southwest.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
Anacostia
Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.
Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.86847° or 38° 52′ 7″ northLongitude
-77.00561° or 77° 0′ 20″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Named after
Frederick DouglassOpen location code
87C4VX9V+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 910656500OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
4138792Wikidata ID
Q5497673
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge”
- French: “Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge”
- Urdu: “فریڈرک ڈگلس میموریل برج”
- Western Panjabi: “فریڈرک ڈگلس میموریل برج”
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