New York Avenue Bridge

The New York Avenue Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Route 50 and New York Avenue NE over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was completed in 1954 as part of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway project.

Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge crossing over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.
Also known as: “New York Avenue Bridge (Anacostia River)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge and Deanwood Neighborhood Library.

Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge is a railway bridge that crosses the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It carries Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and MARC's Penn Line passenger rail traffic. Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge is situated 520 feet southwest of New York Avenue Bridge.

Deanwood Neighborhood Library

Library

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Deanwood Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 1350 49th Street NE, within a community center that opened in July 2010 at a cost of $32 million and also includes a swimming pool, a gym, and facilities for child care and seniors. Deanwood Neighborhood Library is situated 1 mile southeast of New York Avenue Bridge.

Fort Lincoln

Park

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Fort Lincoln was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenilworth and Colmar Manor.

Kenilworth

Suburb

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Kenilworth is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., located on the eastern bank of the Anacostia River and just inside the D.C.–Maryland border.

Colmar Manor

Village

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Colmar Manor is a town located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,588. As the town developed at the beginning of the 20th century, it assumed a name derived from its proximity to the District of Columbia—the first syllable of Columbia and that of Maryland were combined to form "Colmar".

Mayfair

Neighborhood

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Mayfair or Parkside-Mayfair is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., United States, on the eastern bank of the Anacostia River. It is bounded by Jay Street NE, Foote Street NE, Kenilworth Terrace NE, Anacostia Avenue NE, and Kenilworth Avenue NE.

New York Avenue Bridge

Category: transportation
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91809° or 38° 55′ 5″ north

Longitude

-76.94238° or 76° 56′ 33″ west

Open location code

87C5W395+62

OpenStreetMap ID

way 708604917

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q19573295

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Dutch: “New York Avenue Bridge”

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