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P Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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P Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

Significance: This graceful, low-slung stone-faced concrete bridge on axis with P Street maintains the understated Neoclassical styling typical of many of the bridges that cross over Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, with which it was planned to harmonize.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N132
Survey number: HAER DC-48
Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Harris, Albert
Whyte, Clifford
Pecora-Gaskill Engineering & Construction Corporation
Carozza, A T
Commission of Fine Arts
Gotwals, John C
Leach, Sara, transmitter
Oerhlein and Associates Architects, historian
Gingles, John, sponsor
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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.90561, -77.05547
Google Map of 38.905611, -77.0554705
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Source

Library of Congress
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