Talk:Three Sisters (District of Columbia)

Removal of Three Sisters Bridge

The article says that opposition to the three sisters bridge in 1972 led to its cancellation, but this post shows Arlington has scrapped plans for the bridge by 1966. Anybody know any more details? 141.161.137.230 (talk) 21:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

• Various locales had responsibility for building the bridge. The new citation says that, after Rep. Natcher's blackmail efforts were overturned by the House in 1972, the bridge was effectively dead. The rest of the Schrag book (uncited here, because it is not necessary to this article about the rocks) points out D.C. kept the bridge on its highway maps (unfunded, unwanted, no work done to begin it) until 1976. Arlington County probably did as well (there were big battles going on over I-66 construction and whether to link it to a nonexistent Three Sisters Bridge). U.S. Dept. of Transportation did not delete the bridge from their plans until 1977. "Keeping something in the plans for political reasons" and "actively building a bridge" are two different things, and I think we see that here. - Tim1965 (talk) 18:09, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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Suggest changes due to current bias in article. The limited construction which had begun on the bridge footing was damaged by hurricane-caused flooding, not leftist student radicals. Craigie4 (talk) 00:02, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Last edited at 00:02, 14 September 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 08:42, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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