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In June 2006, the Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission (2B) discussed a proposal to give the bridge a ceremonial designation to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the end of the
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The bridge was closed for a $ 3.5 million reconstruction in 2003, the first since its completion, and reopened on July 15, 2004.
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to points east. During the American Revolution, the Baltimore Light Dragoons and French units led by the
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The location of the bridge was long used as a ford over Rock Creek, connecting the town of
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P Street Bridge, with Dumbarton Bridge in the background
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Built in 1935, it replaced an older iron truss bridge.
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P Street Bridge
38°54′35″N 77°03′01″W / 38.909588°N 77.050279°W / 38.909588; -77.050279

concrete
arch bridge
P Street
Rock Creek
Rock Creek Park
Georgetown
Dupont Circle
Northwest
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown
Marquis de Lafayette
Rochambeau
Armand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun
covered bridge
truss bridge
streetcars
Metropolitan Railroad
American Revolutionary War
Lauzun's Legion
French
French Army
Navy
Siege of Yorktown
Jean-David Levitte
Jacques Bossiere
Daughters of the American Revolution
Children of the American Revolution

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