Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Designed to connect, both physically and symbolically, the North and the South, this bridge, as designed in the Neoclassical style, complements the other monumental buildings in Washington such as the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial. Memorial Bridge was designed by William Mitchell Kendall while in the employ of McKim, Mead and White, a prominent architectural firm based in New York City. Although designed and built almost thirty years after the McMillan Commission had been disbanded, this structure reflects the original intention of the Commission, which was to build a memorial bridge on this site which would join the North and South.
Survey number: HAER DC-7
Building/structure dates: 1929- 1932 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1949-1951 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 2008 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000346, 14000146