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454.............Robert Langdon...............or 495..............the capital beltway..................and the most famous bridge on it...............infamous around here..............b/c it was a draw bridge....which pissed us off so much..........we made then build another to connect Maryland and Virginia over the Potomac at that point...........


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Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Bascule bridge in Prince George's County, Maryland
The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Potomac River between the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, and Oxon Hill in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Wikipedia
Address: Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, Fort Washington, MD 20744
Total length: 6,736′
Opened: December 28, 1961
Construction started: 1958
Closed: 1961 span closed July 15, 2006. Demolished August 29, 2006

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