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    the Aqueduct Bridge that would carry canal boats across the Potomac River and downriver on the south side without unloading in Georgetown. The bridge was...
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    Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, is a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge carrying U.S. Route 29 (US 29) across the Potomac River between...
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  • Bridge, New York, U.S. Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac River), between Georgetown, Washington, D.C. and Rosslyn, Virginia, U.S. Aqueduct (bridge) This disambiguation...
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    Aqueduct is an aqueduct that provides the public water supply system serving Washington, D.C., and parts of its suburbs, using water from the Potomac...
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  • This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Within each section, crossings are listed from the...
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    The Potomac River (/pəˈtoʊmək/ ) is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia...
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    The Chain Bridge is a viaduct that crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a...
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    February 27, 1854, to build from the south end of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River south to Alexandria. That line opened in 1857. The railroad...
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    bridge was originally named the "Cabin John Bridge" because of its proximity to the community of Cabin John on the Maryland side of the Potomac River...
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    contributes roughly 15 to 20 percent of water intake from the Potomac to the Washington Aqueduct, rising to 30 percent in time of drought.[citation needed]...
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    features 330 Roman stone bridges for traffic, 34 Roman timber bridges and 54 Roman aqueduct bridges, a substantial part still standing and even used to carry...
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    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (completed 1850) in Georgetown via the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge. It would operate until abandoned in 1886.: 105–6  Railroad development...
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    the Washington Aqueduct. The bridge construction began in 1857 and was completed in 1864. The roadway surface was added later. The bridge was designed by...
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    the Georgetown Aqueduct Bridge. According to Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission executive officer Ulysses S. Grant III, the bridge's appearance would...
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  • County Wilson Creek Bridge a.k.a. the Smart Road Bridge, Montgomery County Woodrow Wilson Bridge, I-95 and I-495 across Potomac River from Alexandria through...
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    on the Potomac River, Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock River, Richmond and Lynchburg on the James River and Petersburg on the Appomattox River. It was...
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    in 1843. The Aqueduct Bridge (also begun in 1833 and completed in 1843) enabled canal boats from the C&O Canal to cross the Potomac River without descending...
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    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (category Potomac River watershed)
    of Potomac Aqueduct Bridge: 38°54′16″N 77°04′13″W / 38.904328°N 77.070407°W / 38.904328; -77.070407 (Abutment and Canal Bed of Potomac Aqueduct Bridge)...
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    simply Palisades, is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River, running roughly from the edge of the Georgetown University campus (at...
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    (Kentucky and Ohio), Arlington Memorial Bridge (District of Columbia and Virginia), B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing (Maryland and West Virginia),...
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    The Potomac Boat Club is a rowing club on the Potomac River in Washington, DC. It was established in 1869 (155 years ago) (1869), originally as the Potomac...
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    Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) (category Populated places on the Potomac River)
    the Potomac River. The Aqueduct Bridge (and later, the Francis Scott Key Bridge) connected Georgetown with Virginia. Before the Aqueduct Bridge was built...
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    Street Bridge is a bridge carrying the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C. It is the most downstream of three bridges where...
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    Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses...
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    Memorial Bridge—900' New River Gorge Bridge—876' Foresthill Bridge—730' Glen Canyon Dam Bridge—700' Phil G. McDonald Bridge—700' Rio Grande Gorge Bridge—565'...
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    The Three Sisters Bridge was a planned bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., with piers on the Three Sisters islets. Envisioned in the 1950s...
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  • Conduit Road, as it was built atop the Washington Aqueduct. The aqueduct delivers water from the Potomac River to the Dalecarlia Reservoir, which is the primary...
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  • United States: Cabin John, Maryland Cabin John Aqueduct Cabin John Bridge Cabin John Creek (Potomac River) Cabin John Middle School Cabin John Parkway This...
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    States Capitol Visitor Center United States National Arboretum Washington Aqueduct Climate of Washington, D.C. Hurricanes in Washington, D.C. Tornados in...
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    Maryland, by 1839. In 1843, the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge was constructed near the present-day Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington, D.C.) to connect the...
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