Detail looking south showing middle span of bridge. - Connecticut Avenue Bridge, Spans Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway at Connecticut Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

ID: 2661 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: 1995

This file appears in: Taft Bridge: The Taft Bridge, constructed from 1897 to 1907, is a monolithic arched structure spanning Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway.

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This file appears in: Taft Bridge: The Taft Bridge, constructed from 1897 to 1907, is a monolithic arched structure spanning Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway.

Taft Bridge: The Taft Bridge, constructed from 1897 to 1907, is a monolithic arched structure spanning Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The William Howard Taft Bridge, constructed between 1897 and 1907, represents the culmination of 19th-century bridge design, exemplifying the transition from utilitarian structures to artistic…