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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Time to change the bridge name - who is responsible MD or VA?[/quote]

Parts of the bridge are in VA, MD and even a bit of DC -- the tiny southernmost point of the District. It is overseen now by VA and MD, according to Wikipedia:

"After the completion of the Wilson Bridge project, the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia became the joint owners of the completed bridge, and both states exercise joint responsibility and oversight of bridge activities, maintenance, and operations. The District of Columbia, a jurisdiction that once had ownership rights to the 1961 Wilson Bridge span, relinquished future ownership rights and responsibility for the new bridge."

I think there is a joint VA/MD committee that oversees bridge issues and that would be the body to deal with any renaming if and when that happens. I suspect that neither state would really resist changing the name in the current climate, and with the current governors each state has right now. With the publicity of the Princeton change, the idea of changing the bridge name is going to be coming up very soon, I'm sure! [/quote]

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