Duke Ellington Bridge
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The Duke Ellington Bridge, named after Duke Ellington, carries Calvert Street, N.W., over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. It connects 18th Street, N.W., in Adams Morgan with Connecticut Avenue, N.W., in Woodley Park, just north of the Taft Bridge. Originally called the "Calvert Street Bridge," it was designed by Paul Philippe Cret in a neoclassical style and built in 1935. It is a limestone structure with three graceful 146-foot arches. There are four sculptural reliefs on the abutments measuring three feet high by four feet wide. The classical reliefs by Leon Hermant represent the four modes of travel: automobile, train, ship and plane.
The bridge has security fencing because it is a suicide bridge.
The bridge replaced one built in 1891 by the Rock Creek Railway to carry streetcars. The bridge was a steel trestle bridge with a wooden floor, 750 feet long and 130 feet high.[citation needed] To avoid service disruption, the old bridge was moved 80 feet south during the construction of the Duke Ellington Bridge; however, streetcar service was discontinued before the new bridge opened.
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- Duke Ellington Bridge is at coordinates Coordinates:
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER No DC-23)
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