Lecture: "Bridges of Washington, D.C."

Join us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local authors, with the first featuring Bob Dover, author of Bridges of Washington, D.C. A History and Guide.
Title:Lecture: "Bridges of Washington, D.C."
Date & Time:Sunday, September 27, 2026 • 3-4:30 p.m.
Location:Lloyd House, 220 N. Washington St. (Map This)
Event Details:Join us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local authors, with the first featuring Bob Dover, author of Bridges of Washington, D.C. A History and Guide. Explore the history of our nation's capital through this history of its bridges. In the late 1700s, the first bridges, now completely gone, connected the new Federal City to the outside world. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, more and bigger crossings arose to support industry, allow the expansion of suburbs, commemorate cultural and civic leaders, and enhance the aesthetics of the District’s waterfronts and parks. Although the city abandoned civic-minded, commemorative, and monumental constructions for utilitarian highway monoliths in the mid-twentieth century, a recent renaissance has seen a welcome shift to walkability and beauty instead of brute utility. Using the city’s bridges as an index of the times, author and D.C. native Bob Dover tracks the growth, decay, and rebirth of the District from the 1750s to today.
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Fees:$15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volunteers.
Tags:Book Discussion Group, Lecture, Museums, Old & Historic Alexandria, Old Town


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