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\nAfter 81 years, landmark Memorial Bridge is in dire need of renovation<\/a> | GRAPHIC: Memorial Bridge: A crumbling landmark<\/a> – The Post<\/em>
\nArlington Memorial Bridge, which connects Arlington Cemetery and Northern Virginia to the Lincoln Memorial and Washington, D.C. needs significant renovation that could cost $250 million and take several years. The 81-year old span may need to be closed for several months as well.<\/p>\n

“The bridge .\u2009.\u2009. is really at the end of, and beyond, its life cycle,” Charles N. Borders II, a Park Service transportation branch chief, said Friday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No funding has been identified for reconstruction.<\/p>\n

It is considered by many to be Washington\u2019s most beautiful bridge, but few may remember it functioning as a drawbridge.<\/p>\n

“This is as much a memorial as it is a working bridge,” James said.<\/p>\n

Designed in the 1920s by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White, the 2,100-foot-long bridge has a central draw span that, in its time, was the longest, heaviest and fastest-opening in the world.<\/p>\n

It took one minute to open, according to a Park Service historical study.<\/p>\n

The drawbridge, or “bascule,” is 216 feet long. It\u2019s the most complex part of the bridge and would be the most challenging part to fix, the Park Service said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bridge is administered by the George Washington Memorial Parkway section of the National Park Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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