The Benning Bridge is a beam bridge carrying Benning Road over the Anacostia River and Kingman Island. It is a six-lane bridge with pedestrian lanes on both sides. A separate Washington Metro bridge carrying the Blue and Orange lines crosses over the bridge near its western terminus, and parallels the bridge on the north.
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