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14th Street Bridge [Map · Street View]
Steel stringer bridge over Potomac River and Ohio Drive on Interstate 395 and US 1
Open to traffic
Built 1950; rehabilitated 1984

Anacostia River Bridge [Map]
Lost Bridge over Anacoastia River on 11th Street
No longer exists
Built 1908

Aqueduct Bridge Version 1 [Map]
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Potomac on Canal
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1833-43, replaced 1868

Aqueduct Bridge Version 2 [Map · Street View]
Lost Howe deck truss bridge over Potomac River on Canal and Road
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1868 replaced 1887

Aqueduct Bridge Version 3 [Map]
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Potomac River on Road/Electric Railroad
Lost
Built 1887, superstructured added in 1904 for Electric Trolley

Arlington Memorial Bridge [Map · Street View]
Bascule bridge with concrete arch approaches over Potomac River on Memorial Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1986

Boulder Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Beach Drive located within Rock Creek Park
Open to traffic
Built 1902

Boundary Channel Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Boundary Channel on Memorial Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1932

Capital Crescent Trail - Canal Road Overpass [Map · Street View]
Whipple through truss and Pratt through truss bridge over Canal & Arizona Avenue on Capital Crescent Trail (formerly B&O Railroad)
Open to pedestrians
Originally built for the Baltimore & Ohio RR at Ridley Creek, Ridley Park, Pa. (southwest of Philadelphia); dismantled and rebuilt by the B&O at this location 1909, converted to trail use in 1992

Chain Bridge (Eighth) [Map · Street View]
Haunched deck plate girder bridge over Potomac River and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Open to traffic
Built 1937-38; rehabilitated 1983

Chain Bridge (Seventh) [Map]
Lost Through truss bridge over Potpmac River on Chain Bridge Road
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1874 for U.S. Arny Corps of Engineers by Phoenix Bridge Co.; repaired 1910, 1927, and 1936, demolished 1937

Chain Bridge (Sixth) [Map]
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Potomac River and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on Chain Bridge Road
No longer exists
Lost to flooding 1870

Connecticut Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View]
Steel arch bridge over Klingle Valley on Connecticut Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1979

CSX - Anacostia River Bridge [Map · Street View]
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Anacostia River on Conrail/CSX RR
Open to traffic
Built 1892, rebuilt 1972

CSX - Potomac River Swing Bridge [Map · Street View]
Through truss bridge over Potomac River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1904

Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Calvert Street
Open to traffic
Built 1933; rehabilitated 1992

Dumbarton Bridge [Map · Street View]
Five-span concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway on Q Street NW
Open to traffic
Built 1915; rehabilitated 2000

Francis Scott Key Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Whitehurst Freeway, George Washington Memorial Parkway, and Potomac River on Water Street (U.S. 29)
Open to traffic
Built 1925; rehabilitated 1986

Francis Scott Key Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Potomac River on US-29 in Arlington
Open to traffic
Built 1923

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge [Map · Street View]
Bridge over Anacostia River on South Capitol Street
Open to traffic
Built 1950; rehabilitated 2008

Highway Bridge [Map]
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Potomac River on 14th Street/U.S. 1
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1906, demolished 1967-69

Humpback Bridge [Map]
Lost Ribbed closed-spandrel arch bridge over Boundary Channel on George Washington Memorial Parkway
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1993

Long Bridge (Second) [Map]
Howe through truss bridge
Built 1835 by DC government to replace 1809 span damaged 1831; damaged by high water/ice 1836, 1841, 1856, 1860, 1863, 1866, 1887; rail tracks added for Baltimore & Potomac RR 1870s; removal and replacement authorized 1901, removed 1906.

Manayunk Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Bridge [Map]
Howe pony truss bridge over Nothing (Exhibit) on Nothing (Exhibit)
One truss line on display as museum exhibit.
Built 1845 1/2 Mile East of Flat Rock Tunnel. In service until 1901.

Massachusetts Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Massachusetts Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1998

Memorial Avenue Bridge [Map]
Concrete arch bridge over GWMP (Southbound) on Memorial Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1932; rehabilitated 2001

Memorial Avenue Bridge
Concrete arch bridge over Potomac River on Memorial Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1932

P Street Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on P Street NW
Open to traffic
Built 1935; rehabilitated 2004

Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Pennsylvania Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1858 in Cast Iron. Cast Iron Arch Encased In Concrete In 1916; rehabilitated 1979

Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge (Old) [Map]
Lost Through truss bridge over Anacostia River on Pennsylvania Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1890; Replaced 1942

Piney Branch Parkway Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Piney Branch Parkway on 16th Street NW
Open to traffic
Built 1906; rehabilitated 1992

Potomac River Bridge (Old) [Map]
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Potomac River on 15th Street
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1906

Rock Creek Parkway Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Rock Creek Parkway
Open to traffic
Built 1937; rehabilitated 1987

Ross Drive Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Horse Trail on Ross Drive
Open to traffic
Built 1907; rehabilitated 1968

Taft Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Connecticut Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1907; rehabilitated 1995

Theodore Roosevelt Bridge [Map · Street View]
Girder bridge over Potomac River on I-66/US-50
Open to traffic
Built 1932

Three Sisters Bridge [Map]
Girder bridge over Potomac River
Never built
Building started 1960's; Cancelled due to protests 1970's

Tidal Basin Bridge [Map]
Steel stringer bridge over Tidal Basin on Ohio Drive
Open to traffic
Built 1908; rehabilitated 1984

US Route 50 Overpass [Map]
Haunched Deck plate girder bridge over Gwmp (Sb) & Boundary Cha on Arlington Blvd (U.S. Route 50)
Open to traffic
Built 1946; rehabilitated 1966

W&GF - Foundry Branch Bridge [Map · Street View]
Pratt deck truss bridge over Foundry Branch on The Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway
Closed to all traffic
Built 1895 for the The Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway

Washington Blvd. Bridge [Map · Street View]
Pair of concrete arch bridges over Boundary Channel on Washington Blvd.
Open to traffic
Built 1943; rehabilitated 1988

Wisconsin Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View]
Stone arch bridge over C&O Canal on Wisconsin Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1900

Zoo Access Road Bridge [Map]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Zoo Access Road
Open to traffic
Built 1915

Zoo Service Road Bridge [Map]
Concrete arch bridge over Rock Creek on Zoo Service Road
Open to traffic
Built 1930