Woodrow Wilson Bridge -2/16/2005

[levy.dave at epamail.epa.gov]

Presentation about the Woodrow Wilson Bridge -
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 National Building Museum <NationalBuildingMuseum at nbm.org>               
                                                                         
 02/12/2005 08:14 AM                                                     
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
 February 16                                                             
 D.C. Builds                                                             
 The Woodrow Wilson Bridge                                               
 Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm                                               
 When the Woodrow Wilson Bridge connecting Maryland and Virginia was     
 completed in 1961, it was designed to handle 75,000 cars a day. Today,  
 that volume has almost tripled, and the bridge has become one of the    
 worst traffic bottlenecks in the country.                               
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
 Alex Lee, AICP, assistant project coordinator for Potomac Crossing      
 Consultants which is managing the $2.4 billion infrastructure           
 replacement project, and other senior construction managers will        
 explain the process and plans for replacing the existing bridge and     
 upgrading four interchanges, while maintaining traffic during           
 construction. He will also discuss how the bridge, scheduled for        
 completion in 2008, will improve traffic patterns.                      
 1.5 CEU                                                                 
 $10 Museum members and students; $15 nonmembers. Registration required. 
                                                                         





February 20
Film
Millau Viaduct
Sunday, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
This recent film documents the design and construction of the Millau
Viaduct located in southern France and designed by Lord Norman Foster.
Completed in December 2004, it stands as the world’s highest bridge and
forms the last connection in a major highway linking Barcelona and
Paris. The viaduct project is featured in the exhibition Liquid Stone:
New Architecture in Concrete.
Free. Registration not required.

Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete is made possible by the
generous support of Lafarge, the world leader in building materials.


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