Historic Structure Report: Arlington Memorial Bridge
KressCox Associates, P.C.. 1986. Historic Structure Report: Arlington Memorial Bridge. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Washington, D.C.
This Historic Structures Report concerns the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. The Arlington Memorial Bridge Historic Structure Report traces the historical course of events leading up to the building of a memorial bridge connecting the City of Washington with the government cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, and attempts to place the story of the Arlington Memorial Bridge within the broader context of local and national historical developments that determined the evolution of the form of the bridge, the several proposals for its location, and the many delays in actual bridge construction. This overview is followed by sections dealing in greater detail with the landscape elements of the bridge composition, and with the engineering design, techniques, and construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge as actually built. An analysis of major changes to--and the program of maintenance of--the bridge since its completion in 1932, and an assessment of the repairs and rehabilitation currently underway (1985) conclude the text of the report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- KressCox Associates, P.C.
- Date of Issue
- 1986-05-02
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GWMP , NCR
- Keywords
- Arlington National Cemetery, bridge, George Washington, memorial, memorial bridge, Potomac River
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 005360: Arlington Memorial Bridge