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US50 Overpass
Photo
South Side Of Bridge Looking Northeast Toward Downtown Washington D.C
Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #312634
Description
The Route 50 Bridge, westbound was built in the mid 1940s as part of the extensive Pentagon Road Network. The bridge was built under contract as War Department Bridge No. 6. The bridge carries two lanes of traffic in the direction of Route 50, westbound. It was reconstructed in 1966.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Haunched Deck plate girder bridge over Gwmp (Sb) & Boundary Cha on Arlington Blvd (U.S. Route 50)
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia, and Arlington County, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1946; rehabilitated 1966
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 267.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.88889, -77.06441 (decimal degrees)
38°53'20" N, 77°03'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/320951/4306472 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Washington West
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 10,600
- Inventory number
- BH 65356 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 55.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 4, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- January 7, 2015: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HAER DC-40 - U.S. Route 50 Overpass, Westbound, Spanning GWMP at U.S. Route 50 & Arlington Boulevard, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
- Dana and Kay Klein