Shoreham Hill Bridge

The Shoreham Hill Bridge is a bridge carrying the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway across Rock Creek in Washington, DC. It is the most upstream of three bridges where the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway switches from one side of the river to the other, the others being the bridge near P Street and the L Street Bridge.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include William Howard Taft Bridge and Number One Observatory Circle.

William Howard Taft Bridge

Bridge

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The Taft Bridge is a historic bridge located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Built in 1906, it carries Connecticut Avenue over the Rock Creek gorge, including Rock Creek and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, connecting the neighborhoods of Woodley Park and Kalorama. William Howard Taft Bridge is situated 1,100 feet east of Shoreham Hill Bridge.

Number One Observatory Circle

Government office

Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". Number One Observatory Circle is situated 3,500 feet west of Shoreham Hill Bridge.

Dumbarton Oaks Estate

Museum

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Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Shoreham Hill Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodley Park and Adams Morgan.

Woodley Park

Suburb

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Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, Woodley Park hosts a commercial corridor of restaurants and shops located along Connecticut Avenue.

Adams Morgan

Neighborhood

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Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

Lanier Heights

Neighborhood

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Lanier Heights is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.

Shoreham Hill Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: road bridge in Washington, D.C., United States
Categories: road bridge and transportation
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.92011° or 38° 55′ 12″ north

Longitude

-77.05359° or 77° 3′ 13″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87C4WWCW+2H

GeoNames ID

4140493

Wikidata ID

Q19843204

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