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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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
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Control Number
- dc0604
Rights Advisory
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
Online Format
- image
Part of
Format
Contributor
- Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission
- Boucher, Jack E.
- Christianson, Justine
- Cianbro Corporation
- Clark-Nexsen
- Croteau, Todd A.
- Davidson, Paul
- Douglas, Walter J.
- Faucus Machine
- Friedlander, Leo
- Gillette, G. H.
- Gorokhov, Pavel
- Grant, Ulysses S., III
- Greenleaf, James
- H.P. Converse Company
- Hains, Peter C.
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company
- Jennewein, C. Paul
- Kendall, William Mitchell
- Kraft, Brianna
- Lee, J. Lawrence
- Lockett, Dana
- Lowe, Jet
- Madrid, Christine
- Mauro, Jeremy T.
- McCarl, John R.
- McKim, Mead & White
- McMillan Commission
- McNatt, Jason W.
- McPartland, Mary
- Moore, Charles
- Nagle, John L.
- Nolin, Elizabeth N.
- North Carolina Granite Corporation
- Panborne, W. V.
- Phoenix Bridge Company
- Proctor, Alexander Phimister
- Rine, Julia
- Senate Park Commission
- Sherrill, Clarence O.
- Slater, Willis A.
- Stone Mountain Granite Corporation
- Strauss Engineering Company
- Strauss, Joseph B.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
- U.S. Federal Highway Administration
- Walker, Ashley T.
Location
Language
Subject
- Aluminum
- Architectural Sculpture
- Balustrades
- Bas-Reliefs
- Bascule Bridges
- Bronze
- Cartouches (Architecture)
- Civil Engineering
- Concrete Abutments
- Concrete Arch Bridges
- Concrete Piers
- Control Rooms
- Counterweights
- Deck Arches
- Eagles
- Equestrian Statues
- Gears
- Granite Cladding
- Monuments & Memorials
- Motors
- National Parks & Reserves
- Pedestrian Bridges
- Pinions
- Public Sculpture
- Pylons (Gateways)
- Reinforced Concrete Construction
- Signal Lights
- Spiral Stairs
- Stonework
- Street Lights
- Transportation
- Trunnions
- Vehicular Bridges
- Voussoirs
- Warren Trusses