John Philip Sousa Bridge

The John Philip Sousa Bridge, also known as the Sousa Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, is a continuous steel plate girder bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue SE across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Congressional Cemetery and D.C. Jail.

Congressional Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street in Washington, D.C., United States, in the Hill East neighborhood on the west bank of the Anacostia River. Congressional Cemetery is situated 1,500 feet north of John Philip Sousa Bridge.

D.C. Jail

Prison

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The District of Columbia Jail or the D.C. Central Detention Facility is a jail run by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the Hill East neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S. D.C. Jail is situated 2,300 feet north of John Philip Sousa Bridge.

Anacostia Park Section D

Park

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairlawn and Hill East.

Fairlawn

Neighborhood

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Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.

Hill East

Neighborhood

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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at East Capitol Street SE to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.

Anacostia

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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.

John Philip Sousa Bridge

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

38.87685° or 38° 52′ 37″ north

Longitude

-76.97801° or 76° 58′ 41″ west

Open location code

87C5V2GC+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 574923329

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q6252776

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“John Philip Sousa Bridge” goes by many names.

Chinese: “约翰·菲利普·苏萨大桥”
Japanese: “ジョン・フィリップ・スーザ橋”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Anacostia Community Boathouse and Stephen Pleasonton.

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