The 11th Street Bridges are a pair of one-way bridges across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. The southbound structure is officially named the Officer Kevin J. Welsh Memorial Bridge, while the northbound structure is officially named the 11th Street Bridge. The bridges convey Interstate 295 across the Anacostia to its northern terminus at Interstate 695. The bridges also connect the neighborhood of Anacostia with the rest of the city of Washington. Beginning in 2009, construction began on three spans (two carrying freeway traffic, one carrying local-only traffic) to replace the existing bridges.
In 2004, the bridges carried 86,000 vehicles per day, the second-largest volume of the four "middle Anacostia River" bridge crossings.
Read more about 11th Street Bridges: History, 2009 Rebuilding, Streetcar Lane, Proposed 11th Street Bridges Recreation Project
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