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When Greer Johnson Gillis met with reporters on the west bank of the Anacostia River in December to outline construction plans for the new 11th Street bridge, we could see a few workers in mid ...
WASHINGTON — Work continues to build an elevated bridge park atop the Anacostia River. The 11th Street Bridge Park plans to bring everything from recreational space to an environmental center to ...
The man's body was found near 1900 Anacostia Drive SE, along a stretch of the river between the 11th street bridge and the Frederick Douglass Bridge. Police said the body is believed to be an ...
The park would span the Anacostia River using existing piers from the old 11th Street Bridge, connecting communities from both sides of the river that have long been kept separate. The park ...
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has approved final designs for the 11th Street Park Bridge, a $92 million project that ... connect the communities on both sides of the Anacostia River.
When he crosses the Anacostia River, Dan Bell uses the 11th Street Bridge, but he doesn't enjoy it. "The weave patterns on the bridges are opposite of what they should be," he said. "So you have a ...
There’s still a long way to go, but the nonprofit hoping to build a park connecting neighborhoods east and west of the Anacostia River got some good news this week. The 11th Street Bridge Park ...
The 11th Street Bridge Park will physically connect both sides of the Anacostia River. It’s a 1,200-foot-long, pedestrian-only expanse that will let people stroll between Capitol Hill and Anacostia.
A vehicle went off a road and plunged into the Anacostia River on Tuesday afternoon ... managed to get out of the vehicle near the 11th Street Bridge and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Potential placement of the 11th Street Bridge Park in relation to roads that cross the Anacostia River. The High Line in Manhattan is an obvious reference. Both projects are — or, in the case of the ...
A third bridge, scheduled for completion next summer, will connect Anacostia and Capitol Hill and include a path for pedestrians and bicyclists. DDOT expects the new 11th Street Bridges to carry ...
A wave of excitement and relief swept over DC artists Martha Jackson Jarvis and Njena Surae Jarvis when they learned their piece—entitled “Anacostia’s Sunrise/Sunset Portals”—was selected as the 11th ...