Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spans Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway at Connecticut , Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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3 drawings
23 b&w photos
11 data pages
4 photo caption pages
2 color transparencies

TITLE:
Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spans Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway at Connecticut , Washington, District of Columbia, DC

CALL NUMBER:
HAER DC,WASH,560-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 23 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Color Transparencies: 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER DC-6

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N269).

Building/structure dates: 1897 initial construction

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.

SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
civil engineering
roads
concrete arch bridges

OTHER TITLE:
William H. Taft Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0594

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
9. AERIAL VIEW LOOKING EAST
10. SOUTHWEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST
11. SOUTHWEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST
12. DETAIL OF ARCH OVER PARKWAY DRIVE, LOOKING EAST
13. NORTHWEST ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTH
14. LOOKING NORTHWEST ALONG TOP OF BRIDGE, FROM ADJACENT APARTMENT BUILDING
15. DETAIL OF ORNAMENTAL LAMP POSTS, LOOKING NORTHWEST
16. DETAIL OF ORNAMENTAL LAMP POSTS
17. DETAIL OF PLAQUE WITH DESIGN CREDITS, SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT
18. DETAIL OF PLAQUE WITH ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION, SOUTHEAST ABUTMENT
19. DETAIL OF PLAQUE DESCRIBING LION SCULPTURES BY ROLAND HINTON PERRY, NORTHWEST ABUTMENT
20. DETAIL OF LION SCULPTURE, NORTHWEST ABUTMENT
21. DETAIL OF LION SCULPTURE, SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT
22. DETAIL OF LION SCULPTURE, SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT
23. HISTORIC VIEW OF CONNECTICUT AVENUE BRIDGE, WITH WOODLEY AVENUE BRIDGE ABUTMENT (BELOW SECOND ARCH FROM RIGHT), CA. 1910. MLK LIBRARY (Negative No. 8427).
Perspective view looking to southeast elevation (similar to HAER No. DC-6-11)
Detail, lampposts (similar to HAER No. DC-6-4)

CONTROL #:
DC0594

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