page_title: Washington Boulevard (Arlington)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Washington Boulevard (Arlington) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: WASHINGTON (Sept. 4, 2008) The Pentagon Memorial honoring the 184 people killed at the Pentagon and on American Airlines flight 77, which was flown into the building during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, will be dedicated at a ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 11 2008. The Pentagon Memorial will be the first official monument to the victims of the terrorist attacks seven years ago. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho (Released)
context_page_description: Washington Boulevard is a major arterial road in Arlington County, Virginia and Washington, DC. The western portion is designated State Route 237, the eastern portion is State Route 27 and the center is an arterial road with no designation. A short portion of the road enters the District of Columbia on Columbia Island, providing a connection between SR 27 and the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
context_section_description: The first section of Washington Boulevard was built just north of the Fairfax line of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church between Falls Church and Clarendon in the 1920s. Between I-395 and Clarendon, Washington Boulevard was built on the right-of-way of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church's South Arlington Branch in the late 1920s. The road was completed when the section from I-395 to Memorial Circle was built in the early 1940s.
caption: The Pentagon Memorial, located just east of Washington Boulevard
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