The 14th Street Bridges are five bridges near each other that cross the Potomac River, connecting Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. A major gateway for automotive and rail traffic, the bridge complex is named for 14th Street (U.S. 1), which feeds automotive traffic into it on the D.C. end.
The complex contains three four-lane automobile bridges—one northbound, one southbound, and one bi-directional — that carry Interstate 395 and U.S. Route 1 traffic. In addition, the complex contains two rail bridges, one of which carries the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro; the other of which, the only mainline rail crossing of the Potomac River to Virginia, carries a CSX Transportation rail line.
At the north end of the bridge, in East Potomac Park, the three roadways feed into a pair of two-way bridges over the Washington Channel into downtown Washington, one carrying traffic (including northbound U.S. 1) north onto 14th Street, and the other carrying I-395 traffic onto the Southwest Freeway. The Metro line enters a tunnel in the East Potomac Park, and the main line railroad from the Long Bridge passes over I-395 and runs over the Washington Channel just downstream of the 14th Street approach before turning northeast along the line of Maryland Avenue. The original bridge ran to the junction of 14th Street and Maryland Avenue, with access to either for cars.
There were attempts to build a bridge to link Louisville to the Indiana shore as early as the 1830s. James Guthrie, as the head of the Ohio Bridge Company, attempted to build such a bridge in 1829. An architect from New England, Ithiel Town, was to build a wooden structure. A cornerstone was laid for the bridge in 1836 by Twelfth Street in Louisville, but the Panic of 1837 stopped further construction. This failure, plus the unsuccessful attempt to woo the capital of Kentucky to Louisville, would become known as "Guthrie's Folly". An additional attempt was made in the 1850s, but that too would be stymied due to financing difficulties.
January 13th, 1982
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport.
On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just two miles from the White House.
The aircraft struck the 14th Street Bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, D.C. and Arlington County, Virginia. It struck seven occupied vehicles on the bridge and destroyed 97 feet (30 m) of guard rail before it plunged through the ice into the Potomac River.
The aircraft was carrying 74 passengers and five crewmembers. Four passengers and one flight attendan...
published: 24 Jul 2018
14th Street Bridge and Air Florida Flight 90
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published: 15 Jun 2014
VP Harris announces $72 million grant to overhaul DC's 14th Street Bridge
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40 years ago: Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into Potomac River, killing 78
On this day 40 years ago, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River shortly after take-off killing 78 people, according to the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum.
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The moment Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington D.C. in 1982
On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington D.C. Only five people survived the crash, including Joe Stiley. He had been on the plane with his assistant when it started to go down. He braced himself and felt the plane slam into a bridge, then hit the water. As it sank down to the depths of the Potomac, he said a brief prayer and didn’t expect to wake up. As icy water quickly filled the plane, it revived him and he was able to escape the plane with his assistant and swim to the surface. Badly injured, Stiley helped two women cling to the wreckage. As they waited for rescue, people gathered along the bridge and the riverfront to watch. Folks dropped ropes and things down from the river, but it was too far away to help crash survivors. A long 20 minutes...
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Demonstrators shut down I-395, 14 Street Bridge in protest of inaction over war in Ethiopia
A large number of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in D.C. and Virginia in an act of civil disobedience over ongoing fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,
On a hike, and decided to show off the 14th Street Bridge as well as the dam structures around it.
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RAW VIDEO: Construction on 14th Street Bridge Begins
Crews have started working on tearing up half of the 14th Street bridge crossing Highway 91. The crews are scheduled to start taking a part half of the bridge at 2 a.m. on Sept. 18.
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Suspicious Package Closes 14th Street Bridge In D.C.
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Commuters are experiencing major traffic delays Thursday afternoon after police closed off the 14th Street Bridge due to a suspicious package.
D.C. Police says the package fell off of a vehicle.
Traffic is significantly backed up on I-395 due to the closure.
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January 13th, 1982
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauder...
January 13th, 1982
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport.
On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just two miles from the White House.
The aircraft struck the 14th Street Bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, D.C. and Arlington County, Virginia. It struck seven occupied vehicles on the bridge and destroyed 97 feet (30 m) of guard rail before it plunged through the ice into the Potomac River.
The aircraft was carrying 74 passengers and five crewmembers. Four passengers and one flight attendant were rescued from the crash and survived. Another passenger, Arland D. Williams, Jr., assisted in the rescue of the survivors but drowned before he himself could be rescued.
Four motorists on the bridge were killed. The survivors were rescued from the icy river by civilians and professionals. President Ronald Reagan commended these acts during his State of the Union speech a few days later.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the cause of the accident was pilot error. The pilots failed to switch on the engines' internal ice protection systems, used reverse thrust in a snowstorm prior to takeoff, tried to use the jet exhaust of a plane in front of them to melt their ice, and failed to abort the takeoff even after detecting a power problem while taxiing and seeing ice and snow buildup on the wings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90
January 13th, 1982
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport.
On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just two miles from the White House.
The aircraft struck the 14th Street Bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, D.C. and Arlington County, Virginia. It struck seven occupied vehicles on the bridge and destroyed 97 feet (30 m) of guard rail before it plunged through the ice into the Potomac River.
The aircraft was carrying 74 passengers and five crewmembers. Four passengers and one flight attendant were rescued from the crash and survived. Another passenger, Arland D. Williams, Jr., assisted in the rescue of the survivors but drowned before he himself could be rescued.
Four motorists on the bridge were killed. The survivors were rescued from the icy river by civilians and professionals. President Ronald Reagan commended these acts during his State of the Union speech a few days later.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the cause of the accident was pilot error. The pilots failed to switch on the engines' internal ice protection systems, used reverse thrust in a snowstorm prior to takeoff, tried to use the jet exhaust of a plane in front of them to melt their ice, and failed to abort the takeoff even after detecting a power problem while taxiing and seeing ice and snow buildup on the wings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90
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On this day 40 years ago, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River shortly after take-off killing 78 people, a...
On this day 40 years ago, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River shortly after take-off killing 78 people, according to the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum.
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On this day 40 years ago, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River shortly after take-off killing 78 people, according to the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum.
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On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington D.C. Only five people survived the crash, including Joe Stiley. He had been...
On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington D.C. Only five people survived the crash, including Joe Stiley. He had been on the plane with his assistant when it started to go down. He braced himself and felt the plane slam into a bridge, then hit the water. As it sank down to the depths of the Potomac, he said a brief prayer and didn’t expect to wake up. As icy water quickly filled the plane, it revived him and he was able to escape the plane with his assistant and swim to the surface. Badly injured, Stiley helped two women cling to the wreckage. As they waited for rescue, people gathered along the bridge and the riverfront to watch. Folks dropped ropes and things down from the river, but it was too far away to help crash survivors. A long 20 minutes or so later, a helicopter arrived, and began to tow the few survivors to shore with ropes. All the survivors had serious injuries, and a sixth person that had survived the crash drowned in the river. City officials would later rename the 14th Street Bridge in honor of the man who drowned that day: the Arland D. Williams Jr., Memorial Bridge. Stiley reflected decades later that he had done the best he could to help as many people as he could. He wasn’t exactly sure why he had lived when so many had died that day: “I’m a survivor, I guess.”
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On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington D.C. Only five people survived the crash, including Joe Stiley. He had been on the plane with his assistant when it started to go down. He braced himself and felt the plane slam into a bridge, then hit the water. As it sank down to the depths of the Potomac, he said a brief prayer and didn’t expect to wake up. As icy water quickly filled the plane, it revived him and he was able to escape the plane with his assistant and swim to the surface. Badly injured, Stiley helped two women cling to the wreckage. As they waited for rescue, people gathered along the bridge and the riverfront to watch. Folks dropped ropes and things down from the river, but it was too far away to help crash survivors. A long 20 minutes or so later, a helicopter arrived, and began to tow the few survivors to shore with ropes. All the survivors had serious injuries, and a sixth person that had survived the crash drowned in the river. City officials would later rename the 14th Street Bridge in honor of the man who drowned that day: the Arland D. Williams Jr., Memorial Bridge. Stiley reflected decades later that he had done the best he could to help as many people as he could. He wasn’t exactly sure why he had lived when so many had died that day: “I’m a survivor, I guess.”
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A large number of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in D.C. and Virginia in an act of civil disobedience over ongoing fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,
A large number of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in D.C. and Virginia in an act of civil disobedience over ongoing fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,
A large number of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in D.C. and Virginia in an act of civil disobedience over ongoing fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,
Crews have started working on tearing up half of the 14th Street bridge crossing Highway 91. The crews are scheduled to start taking a part half of the bridge a...
Crews have started working on tearing up half of the 14th Street bridge crossing Highway 91. The crews are scheduled to start taking a part half of the bridge at 2 a.m. on Sept. 18.
Crews have started working on tearing up half of the 14th Street bridge crossing Highway 91. The crews are scheduled to start taking a part half of the bridge at 2 a.m. on Sept. 18.
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Commuters are experiencing major traffic delays Thursday afternoon after police closed off the 14th Street Bridge due to a suspicio...
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Commuters are experiencing major traffic delays Thursday afternoon after police closed off the 14th Street Bridge due to a suspicious package.
D.C. Police says the package fell off of a vehicle.
Traffic is significantly backed up on I-395 due to the closure.
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http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/11/19/suspicious-package-closes-14th-street-bridge-causes-major-delays/
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Commuters are experiencing major traffic delays Thursday afternoon after police closed off the 14th Street Bridge due to a suspicious package.
D.C. Police says the package fell off of a vehicle.
Traffic is significantly backed up on I-395 due to the closure.
Read More:
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/11/19/suspicious-package-closes-14th-street-bridge-causes-major-delays/
January 13th, 1982
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport.
On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just two miles from the White House.
The aircraft struck the 14th Street Bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, D.C. and Arlington County, Virginia. It struck seven occupied vehicles on the bridge and destroyed 97 feet (30 m) of guard rail before it plunged through the ice into the Potomac River.
The aircraft was carrying 74 passengers and five crewmembers. Four passengers and one flight attendant were rescued from the crash and survived. Another passenger, Arland D. Williams, Jr., assisted in the rescue of the survivors but drowned before he himself could be rescued.
Four motorists on the bridge were killed. The survivors were rescued from the icy river by civilians and professionals. President Ronald Reagan commended these acts during his State of the Union speech a few days later.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the cause of the accident was pilot error. The pilots failed to switch on the engines' internal ice protection systems, used reverse thrust in a snowstorm prior to takeoff, tried to use the jet exhaust of a plane in front of them to melt their ice, and failed to abort the takeoff even after detecting a power problem while taxiing and seeing ice and snow buildup on the wings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90
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On this day 40 years ago, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River shortly after take-off killing 78 people, according to the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum.
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On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington D.C. Only five people survived the crash, including Joe Stiley. He had been on the plane with his assistant when it started to go down. He braced himself and felt the plane slam into a bridge, then hit the water. As it sank down to the depths of the Potomac, he said a brief prayer and didn’t expect to wake up. As icy water quickly filled the plane, it revived him and he was able to escape the plane with his assistant and swim to the surface. Badly injured, Stiley helped two women cling to the wreckage. As they waited for rescue, people gathered along the bridge and the riverfront to watch. Folks dropped ropes and things down from the river, but it was too far away to help crash survivors. A long 20 minutes or so later, a helicopter arrived, and began to tow the few survivors to shore with ropes. All the survivors had serious injuries, and a sixth person that had survived the crash drowned in the river. City officials would later rename the 14th Street Bridge in honor of the man who drowned that day: the Arland D. Williams Jr., Memorial Bridge. Stiley reflected decades later that he had done the best he could to help as many people as he could. He wasn’t exactly sure why he had lived when so many had died that day: “I’m a survivor, I guess.”
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A large number of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in D.C. and Virginia in an act of civil disobedience over ongoing fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,
Crews have started working on tearing up half of the 14th Street bridge crossing Highway 91. The crews are scheduled to start taking a part half of the bridge at 2 a.m. on Sept. 18.
www.undergroundworldnews.com
Commuters are experiencing major traffic delays Thursday afternoon after police closed off the 14th Street Bridge due to a suspicious package.
D.C. Police says the package fell off of a vehicle.
Traffic is significantly backed up on I-395 due to the closure.
Read More:
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/11/19/suspicious-package-closes-14th-street-bridge-causes-major-delays/
The 14th Street Bridges are five bridges near each other that cross the Potomac River, connecting Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. A major gateway for automotive and rail traffic, the bridge complex is named for 14th Street (U.S. 1), which feeds automotive traffic into it on the D.C. end.
The complex contains three four-lane automobile bridges—one northbound, one southbound, and one bi-directional — that carry Interstate 395 and U.S. Route 1 traffic. In addition, the complex contains two rail bridges, one of which carries the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro; the other of which, the only mainline rail crossing of the Potomac River to Virginia, carries a CSX Transportation rail line.
At the north end of the bridge, in East Potomac Park, the three roadways feed into a pair of two-way bridges over the Washington Channel into downtown Washington, one carrying traffic (including northbound U.S. 1) north onto 14th Street, and the other carrying I-395 traffic onto the Southwest Freeway. The Metro line enters a tunnel in the East Potomac Park, and the main line railroad from the Long Bridge passes over I-395 and runs over the Washington Channel just downstream of the 14th Street approach before turning northeast along the line of Maryland Avenue. The original bridge ran to the junction of 14th Street and Maryland Avenue, with access to either for cars.
There will be a designated anchorage zone north of the 14th StreetBridge on the east side of the PotomacRiver (West Potomac Park shore side); this zone will be just north of the 14th Street Bridge complex to south of the ArlingtonMemorial Bridge.
Larry became a hero on January 13, 1982, when he leaped into the icy waters of the PotomacRiver to rescue one of the five survivors of the crash of Air Florida 90, which had clipped the 14th Street bridge and plunged into the water.
My Dad loved jets and his obsession rubbed off on me ... As we approached Washington, D.C., a gentleman next to us kindly commented about the Boeing jet that had crashed into the 14th StreetBridge on the PotomacRiver earlier that year ... ....
My Dad loved jets and his obsession rubbed off on me ... As we approached Washington, D.C., a gentleman next to us kindly commented about the Boeing jet that had crashed into the 14th StreetBridge on the PotomacRiver earlier that year ... ....
It's been 42 years since Air Florida Flight 90 struck the 14th StreetBridge before plunging into the icy PotomacRiver. But the daring helicopter rescue and heroic efforts of bystanders saved five people, and their actions are unforgettable ... .
The Telegraph - Alton
13 Jan 2024
The Telegraph - Alton
13 Jan 2024