American Legion Memorial Bridge
The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the American Legion Bridge and formerly as the Cabin John Bridge, is a bridge carrying Interstate 495 across the Potomac River between Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: Potomac River crossing between the states of Maryland and Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “American Legion Bridge”, “Cabin John Bridge”, “Legion Bridge”, “The Cabin John Bridge”, and “The Legion Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plummers Island and Lock 14.
Plummers Island
Islet
Photo: Every-leaf-that-trembles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plummers Island is a 12-acre Potomac River island in Montgomery County, Maryland, about nine miles upriver from Washington, D.C. The Washington Biologists' Field Club has called the island "the most thoroughly studied island in North America".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carderock and Cabin John.
Carderock
Locality
Carderock is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, along the Potomac River. It is located in the southern part of the Potomac census-designated place and western part of the Bethesda postal area.
Cabin John
Village
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabin John is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,459. Overlooking the Potomac River, it is a suburb of Washington, D.C.…
Carderock Springs Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carderock Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland. The district encompasses 275 modernist houses located northwest of Bethesda.
American Legion Memorial Bridge
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.9692° or 38° 58′ 9″ northLongitude
-77.17954° or 77° 10′ 46″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87C4XR9C+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 483741384OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
“American Legion Memorial Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “American Legion Memorial Bridge”
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