M Street Bridge

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For the bridge in California, see M Street Bridge (Sacramento).

M Street Bridge carries M Street across Rock Creek and Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway between Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Northwest Washington, D.C. The present location of M Street Bridge is the site of the oldest bridge to be constructed in the District of Columbia in 1788.[1] The current bridge was completed in 1930 and remains the only non-arched bridge design spanning Rock Creek Park.[2] It was erected without the approval of the Commission of the Fine Arts, which established architectural aesthetics for park bridge design in the District.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Washington DC: A City of Bridges - News & Politics (washingtonian.com)
  2. ^ www.traceries.com/htm/projects/m_street_bridge.htm
  3. ^ www.traceries.com/htm/projects/m_street_bridge.htm

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Bridges of the Rock Creek Valley
Upstream
P Street Bridge
 M Street Bridge
 Downstream
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge


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