Taft Bridge, Washington, DC
19 December 2019 The Taft Bridge, opened in 1907, spans Rock Creek Park via Connecticut Avenue in Northwest Washington, DC. The bridge comprises seven unreinforced concrete arches 182 feet above Rock Creek, and may be the largest such structure in the world. It was originally the "Connecticut Avenue Bridge", but in 1931 was renamed in honor of former President and Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who had lived nearby in Kalorama. (Taft, of course, is perhaps most famously remembered as one of our more portly presidents, but he apparently maintained an active routine of regular daily walks that included this bridge in his later years.) Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/9), Cambo WRS-1600 camera, Phase One IQ4/150 back (@ ISO 50). Full resolution available. No emulsions were harmed in the making of this image. 0000201