Woodrow Wilson Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Bascule bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1959 - 1961 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Washington, District of Columbia, USA, North America Alexandria, Virginia, USA, North America |
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| Part of: | |
| Will be replaced by |
Wilson Bridge (2008)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| number of lanes | 6 |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 600 000 000 |
Chronology
| 1954 | Congress appropriates US$ 15 million for the design and construction of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. |
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| 1969 | Traffic exceeds the design capacity of 75 000 vehicles a day. |
Notes
Named after Woodrow Wilson, former president of the United States.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 34-41
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0007389 |
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| Created: | 03/01/2003 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |