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Washington Boulevard Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete rigid frame bridge over Columbia Pike on Washington Blvd.
- Location
- Arlington County, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Undergoing construction as of December 2011. Project will replace bridge and "the new bridge will be wider, longer and a great deal more attractive than today's structure," according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Also, VDOT says, "A light well will separate westbound and eastbound lanes, and an acceleration/deceleration lane will be added westbound between ramps to assist weaving." Bridge replacement is also being done to accommodate the widening of Columbia Pike and a future streetcar along Columbia Pike.
- History
- Built 1944. According to Va. Dept. of Transportation, bridge built "by the War Department as part of the Pentagon Roadway Network. It is a thick, solid structure that suffers from deteriorating concrete, corrosion, and heavy chloride contamination."
- Design
- Concrete rigid frame
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 56.1 ft.
Total length: 66.9 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.86583, -77.07361 (decimal degrees)
38°51'57" N, 77°04'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/320095/4303931 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Alexandria
- Average daily traffic (as of 1993)
- 67,000
- Inventory numbers
- VA 119 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 55165 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of January 2014)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 7.8 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- January 9, 2013: Updated by Andy Peters: adds VDOT photos
Sources
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com