Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge

Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge

Coordinates: 38°55′04″N 77°03′30″W / 38.9178892°N 77.0583107°W / 38.9178892; -77.0583107

Financier and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover, after whom the bridge is named.

The Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge or Massachusetts Avenue Bridge in Northwest Washington, D.C. conveys Massachusetts Avenue over Rock Creek and Rock Creek Park. The concrete arch bridge was constructed in 1939[1] and has a length of 386.2 feet.[1]

On November 20, 1946, Stephen Norman, grandson of Theodor Herzl, jumped off the bridge to his death three weeks after learning that his parents had died in the Holocaust.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
  2. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/931424.html



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