Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

the District line is the new Piney Branch
bridge Il is single sweeping concrete
arch CARRYING 10th street extended over
Piney branch and the little valley II
flows through. Sixteenth street. II viii
he remembered starts from Lafayette
Square Just opposite the front door OF
the White House. The Piney Branch
bridge is now only y feet wide, AND Is
set we'll over 10 one side or the line or
18th street. the idea being that when.
ever travel demands il II Will be widened
20 90 feet by building another 25-foot
bridge on the other side OF the street ana
laying a central roadway on beams JOIN
ing the two parallel bridges The present
structure cost about $4,000.
Following Piney branch down Sream
into the park one comes to very hfgn
iron trestle bridge which carries PARK
road over the valley of Piney branch just
above its junction with Rock Creek rms
is with the possible exception OF the Cal
vert street bridge. by which the Chevy
Chase trolleys cross over to Connecticut
avenue extended from the Calvert street
terminal of the eth street line. the highest
of the park bridges.
Scattered up and down throughout the
park are perhaps half dozen bridges
over the creek and its branches that.
while they involved no engineering prob
lens and are. with the possible excep-
ton of the Zoo bridge. in nowise remark
able INTELLECTUALLY. do add considerably
to the picturesqueness of the park. This
possible exception is timber bridge do.
signed by local architect. II is situated
on the main driveway in the Geological
Park, and while by no. means pretentious.
is regarded by artists as a little gem OF
bridge. Near the lower end OF the park
is the Quarry Road bridge. an ornamental
little affair spanning the creek. and built
IN 1900
The Ross Road Bridge.
Beyond this are the pebbledash bridge
and the so-called boulder bridge. really
of concrete but faced with boulders for
effect. Just above this is the most recent
concrete bridge built on the Ross road
and spanning q small valley. II Is event
ually to be covered with vines. and Is OF
the highest possible construction, in order
not to interfere with landscape effects.
The Ross Road bridge. being merely
over a valley. brings us by easy stages
to the viaducts. crossing railroad right
of-ways. some of which are decidedly
creditable affairs-most OF them new and
some Of them still uncompleted. Among
them Is the new bridge at Brookland OF
ornate concrete material. crossing the
Baltimore and Ohio right-of-way. This
has just been finished. and will be open
for travel in a few months. There are
the small bridges of ornamental concrete
carrying 9th. 18th and 18th streets over
the Pennsylvania tracks. There are the
T street and the new bridge on the line
of New York avenue extended, two rather
imposing vfaducts over the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks. about half a mile apart.
and both to be finished during the COM
ing summer. The New York avenue
bridge is decidedly ornamental. and will
have cost when completed about $300.00
The street bridge. about half a mile
north OF this. estimated to have cost
about $50, 900 less. is of the most ornate
type of steel truss bridge on concrete
piers Both bridges are due to be nm
ished in about three months.
This Is by no means an exhaustive list
of the Capital city's bridges. but II, Is
enough. surely. to establish her claim to
being a city of bridges. large and small.
ornamental and purely useful. notable for
one reason or another and absolutely in
conspicuous. but bridges. bridges. bridges
all around the city bridges. and all
through the city bridges-and then bridges
long since demolished. and bridges years
hence TO be built.