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Photo, Print, Drawing Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC George Washington Memorial Parkway Memorial Bridge

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About this Item

Title

  • Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Other Title

  • George Washington Memorial Parkway Memorial Bridge

Names

  • Historic American Engineering Record, creator
  • McKim, Mead & White
  • Nagle, John L.
  • Douglas, Walter J.
  • Strauss, Joseph B.
  • Kendall, William Mitchell
  • Friedlander, Leo
  • Jennewein, C. Paul
  • Proctor, Alexander Phimister
  • Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission
  • U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
  • Strauss Engineering Company
  • Phoenix Bridge Company
  • Hains, Peter C.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Senate Park Commission
  • McMillan Commission
  • Moore, Charles
  • Greenleaf, James
  • Sherrill, Clarence O.
  • Grant, Ulysses S., III
  • McCarl, John R.
  • H.P. Converse Company
  • Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company
  • Stone Mountain Granite Corporation
  • North Carolina Granite Corporation
  • Slater, Willis A.
  • Panborne, W. V.
  • Faucus Machine
  • Gillette, G. H.
  • U.S. Federal Highway Administration
  • Clark-Nexsen
  • Cianbro Corporation
  • Madrid, Christine, transmitter
  • Lowe, Jet, photographer
  • Nolin, Elizabeth N., historian
  • Christianson, Justine, transmitter
  • Croteau, Todd A., photographer
  • Kraft, Brianna, field team
  • Rine, Julia, field team
  • Walker, Ashley T., field team
  • Mauro, Jeremy T., field team
  • Gorokhov, Pavel, field team
  • Lockett, Dana, field team
  • McNatt, Jason W., field team
  • Davidson, Paul, field team
  • Lee, J. Lawrence, project manager
  • Boucher, Jack E., photographer
  • Croteau, Todd A., photographer
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Headings

  • -  concrete arch bridges
  • -  transportation
  • -  monuments & memorials
  • -  deck arches
  • -  bascule bridges
  • -  equestrian statues
  • -  concrete abutments
  • -  granite cladding
  • -  bas-reliefs
  • -  pylons (gateways)
  • -  stonework
  • -  architectural sculpture
  • -  public sculpture
  • -  concrete piers
  • -  eagles
  • -  reinforced concrete construction
  • -  balustrades
  • -  voussoirs
  • -  aluminum
  • -  trunnions
  • -  cartouches (architecture)
  • -  Warren trusses
  • -  counterweights
  • -  motors
  • -  civil engineering
  • -  gears
  • -  pinions
  • -  spiral stairs
  • -  signal lights
  • -  control rooms
  • -  street lights
  • -  bronze
  • -  vehicular bridges
  • -  pedestrian bridges
  • -  national parks & reserves
  • -  District Of Columbia--District Of Columbia--Washington

Latitude / Longitude

  • 38.887437,-77.055185

Notes

  • -  Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Designed to connect, both physically and symbolically, the North and the South, this bridge, as designed in the Neoclassical style, complements the other monumental buildings in Washington such as the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial. Memorial Bridge was designed by William Mitchell Kendall while in the employ of McKim, Mead and White, a prominent architectural firm based in New York City. Although designed and built almost thirty years after the McMillan Commission had been disbanded, this structure reflects the original intention of the Commission, which was to build a memorial bridge on this site which would join the North and South.
  • -  Survey number: HAER DC-7
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1929- 1932 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1949-1951 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 2008 Subsequent Work
  • -  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000346, 14000146

Medium

  • Photo(s): 50
  • Color Transparencies: 3
  • Measured Drawing(s): 28
  • Data Page(s): 127
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 8

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HAER DC,WASH,563-

Source Collection

  • Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • dc0604

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, Mead & White McKim, John L Nagle, Walter J Douglas, Joseph B Strauss, William Mitchell Kendall, Leo Friedlander, et al., Lowe, Jet, Todd A Croteau, Jack E Boucher, and Todd A Croteau, photographer. Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. Arlington Washington D.C. Washington Arlington County Virginia, 1968. translateds by Madrid, Christinemitter, Christianson, Justinemitter, Mcpartland, Marymitter, and Mcpartland, Marymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/dc0604/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, C., McKim, M. &. W., Nagle, J. L., Douglas, W. J., Strauss, J. B., Kendall, W. M. [...] Lee, J. L., Lowe, J., Croteau, T. A., Boucher, J. E. & Croteau, T. A., photographer. (1968) Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. Arlington Washington D.C. Washington Arlington County Virginia, 1968. Madrid, C., Christianson, J., McPartland, M. & McPartland, M., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/dc0604/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, et al., photographers by Lowe, Jet, et al. Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. trans by Madrid, Christinemitter, et al Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/dc0604/>.