About Arlington Memorial Bridge : Washington, DC
The Arlington Memorial Bridge, or North-South Reconciliation Bridge, connects Washington DC with its suburbs, Arlington, Virginia. On two opposite banks of the Potomac River there is a memorial dedicated to the 16th President of the United States, the commander-in-chief of the northerners, Abraham Lincoln, on the other - the Arlington house of the Confederate Army General (southerners) Robert Lee. This arrangement symbolically reflects the reconciliation of North and South in the Civil War, which was unleashed between the union of 20 non-slave states and 4 slave states of the North with 11 slave states of the South, and lasted from 1861 to 1865. During the Civil War of the North and South, about 2 thousand battles took place. More US citizens have died in this war than in any other war in which the US has been involved.
See also: Korean War Veterans Memorial
History of the Bridge
The Arlington Memorial Bridge was built in 1932.
The decision to build the bridge was made as early as 1886, but due to political disagreements over whose memorial the bridge should be, the start of construction was delayed for several decades.
See also: Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
Bridge Architecture
The Arlington Memorial Bridge was built in a neoclassical style. The bridge was designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. The length of the bridge is 2163 feet (659 meters). The total cost of the bridge was $7.25 million.
The northeast entrance to the bridge is adorned with sculptures "Sacrifice and Valor" by the master Leo Friedlander, erected here in 1951. On the pylons of each pier of the bridge are large round disks with eagles and fasces by the sculptor Karl Paul Jennewein.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge was inaugurated on January 13, 1932 by the 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover.
On April 4, 1980, the Arlington Memorial Bridge was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
See also: National Mall - Washington Monument | Washington, DC
Tourist information:
How to get there: Arlington Cemetery underground station (blue line). 🔗Arlington Mamorial Bridge Full Article
