There had to be a Paul......my middle name.........art.......Da Vinci Code..........the sacred feminine......murals near Ben's Chili Bowl........................U street corridor.......U...........a Fibonacci number...........the murals have a lot of butterflies................more considered feminine.........


The Commission of Fine Arts had considered bridge designs for this site for years. Initially, designs were put forth by George Oakley Totten, Jr. and later by Paul Cret. The Commission finally settled on Cret’s concrete bridge with dressed limestone facing. Cret designed the Calvert Street Bridge in collaboration with the engineering firm of Modjeski, Masters & Chase.