Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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NRHP Listing Date 04/04/1980
NRHP Reference Number 80000346
The Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the Potomac River on the axis between the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and Arlington House and Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Designed by the prominent architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White during the 1920s, the low, Neo-Classical bridge has nine broad arches across the river and roadways passing through additional segmental-arched openings on either end. The bridge includes a central bascule draw span, now sealed and inoperative, that at one time was the longest, heaviest, and fastest such draw span in the world.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: March 6, 2021
