John Philip Sousa Bridge
| John Philip Sousa Bridge |
The Washington Navy Yard and its vicinity circa 1960. The Anacostia River runs diagonally from lower right to upper left center, crossed by the 11th Street Bridges(in center) and the Sousa Bridge (Pennsylvania Avenue) near the top. |
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Pennsylvania Avenue |
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Anacostia River |
| Opened |
1940 |
The John Philip Sousa Bridge is a bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. It has partial interchanges with unsigned Interstate 695 at its western terminus and with District of Columbia Route 295 at its eastern terminus.
The first bridge at that location was built in 1804. An iron, underslung truss bridge on masonry piers was built between 1887 and 1890. The same masonry piers were used in the construction of the present bridge, which was named after John Philip Sousa in 1939 and completed in 1940.
Sousa, the famed conductor and composer of patriotic marches, is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Southeast Washington, not far from the bridge.
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