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Taft Memorial Bridge, Construction Site - Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spans Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway at Connecticut Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Photographer
Wheaton, Anne
Title
Taft Memorial Bridge, Construction Site - Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spans Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway at Connecticut Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 1995
date QS:P571,+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER DC,WASH,560- (sheet 3 of 3)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Designed by prominent engineer George B. Morison, Connecticut Avenue Bridge was described at the time of its construction as the largest concrete arch in the world. This seven-arch span was erected without steel reinforcement, composed entirely of monolithic concrete masonry and molded concrete block. It was an inspiration to Washington bridge designers of the twentieth century.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N269
  • Survey number: HAER DC-6
  • Building/structure dates: 1897- 1907 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
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Casey, Edward P; Morison, George B; Douglas, W J; Cranford Paving Company; District Construction Company; Bairstow, Ernest C; J L Motts Iron Works; Perry, Roland Hinton; Lucchetti, Renato; Taft, William Howard; Leach, Sara Amy, project manager; Harvey, Robert, field team project manager; Air Survey Corporation; Warshaw, Deborah, delineator; Pape-Siliwonczuk, Dorota, delineator; Miller, Evan, delineator; Nose, Steven, delineator; Arcaro, Tony, delineator; Davis, Tim, historian; Ross, Amy, historian; Boucher, Jack, photographer; Price, Virginia B, transmitter; Lebovich, Bill, transmitter
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0594.sheet.00003a
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Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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