Photo of the Week – The Original Memorial Bridge

Source: National Georgraphic

The Memorial Bridge symbolically connects North and South by spanning the Potomac in alignment with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and Arlington House, the former residence of Robert E. Lee, in Virginia.

Although today’s bridge is low and modest, some of the original proposals included suspension bridges and grander visions like this 1887 design by Smithmeyer & Pelz. It called for two towers that would have created a very different approach into the city.

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