American Legion Memorial Bridge

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Elevation from southeast quadrant

Photo taken by Wikimedia Commons user Famartin in December 2015

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #474045

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Potomac River on Interstate 495 (Captial Beltway)
Location: Cabin John, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1963; rehabilitated 1986
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 279.9 ft.
Total length: 1,443.0 ft.
Deck width: 134.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.96923, -77.17955 (decimal degrees)
38°58'09" N, 77°10'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/311177/4315621 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 214,005
Inventory number: BH 89626 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67 (out of 100)
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