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    Long Bridge is the common name used for three successive bridges connecting Washington, D.C., to Arlington, Virginia, over the Potomac River. The first...
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    The 14th Street bridges refers to the three bridges near each other that cross the Potomac River, connecting Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Sometimes...
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    The Chain Bridge is a viaduct that crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a...
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    Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, is a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge carrying U.S. Route 29 (US 29) across the Potomac River between...
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    The Potomac River (/pəˈtoʊmək/ ) is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia...
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    Middleton Bridge, also known as the Potomac River Bridge, is a 1.7-mile (2.7 km), four-lane continuous truss bridge that spans the Potomac River between...
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  • This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Within each section, crossings are listed from the...
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    Wilson Memorial Bridge, also known as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge or the Wilson Bridge, is a bascule bridge that spans the Potomac River between Alexandria...
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    The South Branch Potomac River has its headwaters in northwestern Highland County, Virginia, near Hightown along the eastern edge of the Allegheny Front...
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  • present Queen's Bridge, Belfast Long Bridge (Potomac River), one of the 14th Street Bridges in Washington, D.C. Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) in...
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    on February 27, 1854, to build from the south end of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River south to Alexandria. That line opened in 1857. The railroad...
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    River /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə/ is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km) long each...
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    (14 mi) long drainage canal was constructed between 1911 and 1924. In 1996 an agreement was signed to make it a "sister river" of the Potomac River in the...
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    Channel and ultimately empties into the Potomac River at Buzzard Point. It is about 8.7 miles (14.0 km) long. The name "Anacostia" derives from the area's...
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    Richmond, Virginia. The bridge was built jointly by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in 1919. Designed...
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    crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just after take off from Washington National Airport. Striking the bridge, which carries Interstate...
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    RF&P Subdivision (category Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad)
    passenger trains. Continuing south, the RF&P Sub crosses the Potomac River over the Long Bridge into Northern Virginia, and passes through Alexandria and...
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    The Potomac Company (spelled variously as Patowmack, Potowmack, Potowmac, and Compony) was created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and...
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  • Thumbnail for Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
    as part of Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. It runs next to the Potomac River and Rock Creek in a generally north–south direction, carrying four lanes...
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    Alexandria, VA. Cohen, Robert (2003). "History of the Long Railroad Bridge Crossing Across the Potomac River." National Railway Historical Society, Washington...
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    The Potomac Creek Bridge (Potomac Creek Viaduct or Potomac Run Bridge) was first built in 1842 by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad across...
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    District of Columbia, near the western end of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River. The beltway passes through Prince George's and Montgomery counties...
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    drawbridge) that crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. First proposed in 1886, the bridge went unbuilt for decades...
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  • Thumbnail for Mill Creek (South Branch Potomac River tributary)
    Mill Creek is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) tributary stream of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds...
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    Difficult Run (category Tributaries of the Potomac River)
    Difficult Run is a 15.9-mile-long (25.6 km) tributary stream of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia in the United States. The area has had many historical...
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    Goose Creek is a 53.9-mile-long (86.7 km) tributary of the Potomac River in Fauquier and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia. It comprises the principal...
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    Arlington Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (2007) Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C...
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  • County Wilson Creek Bridge a.k.a. the Smart Road Bridge, Montgomery County Woodrow Wilson Bridge, I-95 and I-495 across Potomac River from Alexandria through...
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    the G.W. Parkway, is a 25-mile-long (40 km) limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest...
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    Boundary Channel is a channel off the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The channel begins at the northwestern tip of Columbia Island extends southward...
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