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Arlington Memorial Bridge

South Elevation of Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia · Architect: McKim, Mead and White · Built 1929–1932

As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Designed to connect, both physically and symbolically, the North and the South, this bridge, as designed in the Neoclassical style, complements the other monumental buildings in Washington such as the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial.

  • Time to build: 1929–1932, per the HAER record

Historic American Engineering Record, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress item. Full drawing: South Elevation at loc.gov. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted.