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Elevation from southwest quadrant.

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Panoramic elevation from southwest quadrant.

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Distant panoramic elevation from southwest quadrant.

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Elevation from southwest quadrant looking toward Lincoln Memorial.

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Views beside bridge from southwest quadrant.

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Distant portal view facing east.

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Portal views facing west.

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Views beside bridge from southeast quadrant.

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Views beside bridge from northeast quadrant.

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Elevation from southeast quadrant.

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South elevation from boat.

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South elevation comparing bascule span to adjacent concrete arch spans as seen from boat.

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Views beside bridge from southeast quadrant as seen from boat.

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Elevation from southeast quadrant as seen from boat.

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Views of bascule span from northeast quadrant, as seen from boat.

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Views beside bridge from northeast quadrant as seen from boat.

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South elevation of bascule span as seen from boat.

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Views of bascule span from southeast quadrant, as seen from boat.

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Bascule span elevation from southwest quadrant. 

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Concrete arch span elevation from southwest quadrant.

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Elevation from southwest quadrant comparing bascule span to adjacent concrete arch spans.

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Views beside bridge from southwest quadrant showing bascule span. 

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Views of bascule span from southeast quadrant.

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Views of bascule span from northeast quadrant.

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Distant view toward Arlington Memorial Cemetery from bridge.

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Photo Source: Library of Congress

Historical photos of bascule span in raised position.

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Photo Source: Library of Congress

Historical photos of bascule span in lowered position.

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Photo Source: Library of Congress

Historical photos of bascule span construction.

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Photo Source: Library of Congress

Historical photos of arch span construction.

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Photo Source: Library of Congress

Historical photo of bascule span machinery.

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Photo Credit: Historic American Engineering Record

View of bascule span trusses and bracing.

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Photo Credit: Historic American Engineering Record

Views of bascule span.

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Photo Credit: Historic American Engineering Record

Machinery room interior of bascule span.

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Photo Credit: Historic American Engineering Record

Views of bascule span counterweight tail put where the curved operating rack is clearly visible.

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Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway overpass as seen from Memorial Bridge.

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South elevation of Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway overpass.

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Elevation of George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass span as seen from southeast quadrant around that span.

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View beside George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass span as seen from southeast quadrant around that span.

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Elevation of George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass span as seen from southwest quadrant around that span.

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George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass span details.

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George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass railing.

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George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass pier.

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Views under George Washington Memorial Parkway overpass.

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West abutment pillar.

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View looking east toward west abutment pillars.

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Statues at east end of bridge. They are not original to the bridge, and were a gift from Italy in 1950.

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Plaque on statues at east end of bridge.

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Bascule Span Details 

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Partial view showing pier sculpture and part of the bascule leaf.

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View of crown sculpture.

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Pier.

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Pier sculpture.

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Pier detail. 

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Details of decorative cladding.

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View under bridge showing machinery building under bascule span.

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View under bridge where the leaf enters the machinery building and tail pit.

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Views under bridge showing the supporting trusses behind the decorative cladding. Note the riveted, built-up steel with lattice. All of this is lost with the demolition and replacement project.

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Views under bridge showing the lateral bracing system. Note the riveted, built-up steel with lattice. All of this is lost with the demolition and replacement project.

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Views showing underside of bascule leaf. 

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Concrete Arch Span Details 

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Pier sculpture details. 

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Crown sculpture details.

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Concrete arch piers.

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Spandrel wall details. 

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Views under span.

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Pier details.

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Deck Details

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Deck overview.

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View on sidewalk facing east.

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View on sidewalk facing west.

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Doorways, windows, and walls at bascule pier, originally these would have provided entry to the bridgetender house, and machinery areas. These photos show details at the northwest corner of the bascule span.

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Views on bridge showing the unusual added walkway that goes over a bascule span expansion joint.

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Expansion joint for bascule span. Because the deck was redone after the bascule span ceased to operate, these joints are standard fixed bridge finger-dam expansion joints, not designed for an operating bascule.

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Granite railing for arch spans.

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Granite bench built into the bridge railing.

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Transition from granite railing on concrete arch spans (right) to steel railing for bascule span (left).

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Details of cast steel railing found only on the bascule span. It is carefully designed to look just like the granite balustrade railing on the concrete arch spans.

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