Arlington Memorial Bridge

Washington, D.C., United States

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Find out more

The Arlington Memorial Bridge is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1932 to cross the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Long delayed by political disagreement over its memorial purpose, the bridge's construction was finally spurred by traffic congestion following the 1921 dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the desire to complete it for George Washington's bicentennial. Adorned with monumental statues of valor and sacrifice sculpted by Leo Friedlander and cast by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry in Florence, it marks the western terminus of the National Mall. Its central bascule section remained unused after 1961 and was replaced in 2018 with a non-opening span.