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The Duke Ellington Bridge, named after American jazz pianist Duke Ellington, carries Calvert Street NW over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., United States. It connects 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan with Connecticut Avenue NW in Woodley Park, just north of the Taft Bridge.

History

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Facing east over the Duke Ellington Bridge

Originally called the "Calvert Street Bridge", it was designed by Paul Philippe Cret in a neoclassical style and built in 1935. It was rededicated as the Duke Ellington Bridge following the death of the Washington native and famous band leader in 1974.[1] It is a limestone structure with three graceful Шаблон:Convert arches. There are four sculptural reliefs on the abutments measuring three feet high by four feet wide. The classical reliefs by Leon Hermant represent the four modes of travel: automobile, train, ship, and plane.

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Calvert Street Bridge, 1926

The bridge replaced one built in 1891 by the Rock Creek Railway to carry streetcars. The bridge was a steel trestle bridge with wooden decking, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert high.Шаблон:Citation needed To avoid streetcar service disruption, the old bridge was moved Шаблон:Convert south during the construction of the new replacement Calvert Street Bridge; however, streetcar service was discontinued before the new bridge opened.

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1922 cartoon by Clifford Berryman depicting the old Calvert Street Bridge

See also

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