American Legion Memorial Bridge

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The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the American Legion Bridge and formerly as the Cabin John Bridge, is a bridge carrying Interstate 495 across the Potomac River between Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia in the United States. It is an American Water Landmark. Plummers Island is located immediately downstream of the bridge. ()

Opened: 1962 (62 years ago)Coordinates: 38°58'9"N, 77°10'46"W

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American Legion Memorial Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Congressional Country Club, Glen Echo Park, CIA Museum, Clara Barton National Historic Site.

1.8 miN
Golf
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda
46 min walk • Congressional Country Club is a country club and golf course in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Congressional opened in 1924 and its Blue Course has hosted five major championships, including three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship. Founding life members include William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G.
2.1 miE
Art gallery, Historical place, Park
Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo
55 min walk • Glen Echo Park is an arts and cultural center in Glen Echo, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Located about 9 miles northwest of the city's downtown area, the park's site was initially developed in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly.
2.1 miSE
Museum, Military museum
CIA Museum, McLean
55 min walk • The CIA Museum, administered by the Center for the Study of Intelligence, is a national archive for the collection, preservation, documentation and exhibition of intelligence artifacts, culture, and history.
2.1 miE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Clara Barton National Historic Site, Glen Echo
55 min walk • The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton, an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross.
2.5 miNE
Golf
Burning Tree Club, Bethesda
64 min walk • Burning Tree Club is a private, all-male golf club in Bethesda, Maryland. The course at Burning Tree has been played by numerous presidents, foreign dignitaries, high-ranking executive officials, members of Congress, and military leaders.
1.1 miSW
Park, Nature and wildlife
Scott's Run Nature Preserve, McLean
29 min walk • Scott's Run Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in McLean, it is bordered by Virginia State Route 193 to its south, Interstate 495 to its east and the Potomac River to its north. It encompasses 336 acres of woodland with its...
1.8 miSE
Historical place, Farm, History museum
Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean
47 min walk • Claude Moore Colonial Farm, originally Turkey Run Farm, was a U.S. park in Virginia re-creating and re-enacting life on a tenant farm circa 1771. The park closed permanently on December 21, 2018.
~860 ftE
Area
Plummers Island, Glen Echo
5 min walk • Plummers Island is a 12-acre Potomac River island in Montgomery County, Maryland, about nine miles upriver from Washington, D.C. The Washington Biologists' Field Club has called the island "the most thoroughly studied island in North America".
3.5 miNE
Church
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda
89 min walk • Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church located at 6601 Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda, Maryland. The church has a unique partnership with the Bethesda Jewish Congregation, in which they share the same space for worship.
3.7 miE
38°58'8"N • 77°6'39"W
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda
94 min walk • Church
2.2 miS
Park
Salona, McLean
56 min walk • Salona, in McLean, Virginia, is a former plantation house on the National Register of Historic Places surrounded by land protected by two conservation easements.