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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]National Airport
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We never say that DC is full of transplants, and we get used to having friends move away.

If someone doesn't say the federal agency where they work, chances are it's the CIA.

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Spot on![/quote]

Except the “Cabin John Bridge” was built in 1962 and renamed the American Legion Bridge in 1969, so it was called that for all of a decade (including the pre construction period) and then it’s current name for 54 years.

Only someone who is trying really hard would say cabin John bridge today. [/quote]

Ha ha ha. - just shows how silly this local versus transplant dichotomy and snobbery is.

I am a transplant but even I know that there are two Cabin John bridges. The real one is actually in Cabin John: a one lane bridge also known as the  Union Arch bridge or Cabin John Aqueduct (1857-1864 and historic civil engineering landmark). It  was completed during the Civil War. The bridge designer Alfred Rives joined the Confederates during the war so the bridge was renamed to remove his name. The Union Arch bridge was the largest Romanesque arch bridge of its type in the world when it was built and was designed to carry the water pipes (Washington Aqueduct) that transport water from the Potomac all the way down to the reservoir and water treatment plant in NW DC. That is what large trucks are forbidden on MacArthur Boulevard - to prevent damage to DCs main water supply.

The American Legion Memorial bridge (10 lane bridge built in 1962) is the 495 beltway bridge that crosses the Potomac River from Fairfax County NOVA to Montgomery County Md, and the source of endless controversy due to regular traffic jams from it all the way up the route 270. It is sometimes referred to as the CJ bridge as it crosses from NOVA to relatively close to Cabin John (closer to Potomac actually).

Next to the American Legion Bridge is Plummers Island which is the most thoroughly studied island in the US (Washington Biologist Field Club has been studying nature there for 122 years). It now belongs to the National Park Service but is in danger with proposed plans to enlarge the 10 lane bridge even more. The club still conducts scientific research there and their historic clubhouse is charming.[/quote]

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