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Places (POIs) visited during this tour

Place #1
Distance: 0.43mi , Attraction : Exit to Francis Scott Key Bridge
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2209 N Oak Ct, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
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Let's Get Started!
Awesome! You found our starting point! That bridge in front of you with the arches is the Francis Scott Key Bridge and that’s where we are headed. Please take the Key Bridge exit and stay in the far right lane when you get on the bridge because we will be turning right on 29 North near the end of the bridge. Washington DC has seven bridges that cross over the Potomac River and we are going to check out four of them, starting with the oldest bridge first.
Place #2
Distance: 0.29mi , Attraction : Bridge
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2001 N Lynn St, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
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Francis Scott Key Bridge
Coming up is the Francis Scott Key Bridge. He was the guy who wrote the Star Spangled Banner. Hey did you know that the melody for that song was actually borrowed from an old British drinking song? It’s true.Anyway, the Key bridge was built in 1923 and is about a third of a mile long. It was designed by a guy named Nathan Wyeth, who also happened to design the very first “oval office” for the President Taftback in 1909. This bridge is made of concrete and steel and has 5 really cool arches of varying widths that you can see from underneath. The views as you drive over the Potomac here are amazing. I especially love that big grey creepy looking building with the spires ahead on the left. That’s Georgetown University Campus. Did you know that the horror movie “The Exorcist” was filmed there? Yup. And UCPlaces actually offers a few tours through the Georgetown area. You really should check them out.Maybe we should talk about the Potomac River for a little bit since we will be driving over it four times in this tour. It is known as “The Nation’s River” and it runs through West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington DC. It is about 383 miles long and you are NOT allowed to swim in it. But people don’t listen and there are around 10 drownings in that water every year.

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Tour itinerary stops | Additional places you'll see on this self-guided tour

Map Pin Place 1 Let's Get Started!
Map Pin Place 2 Francis Scott Key Bridge
Map Pin Place 3 Turn right on 29 North
Map Pin Place 4 Washington Harbor
Map Pin Place 5 Watergate complex
Map Pin Place 6 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Map Pin Place 7 Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
Map Pin Place 8 Exit Right on 50 West, then follow it to the left
Map Pin Place 9 Marine Corps War Memorial
Map Pin Place 10 Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima)
Map Pin Place 11 Exit Toward Cemetery/Freedman's Village
Map Pin Place 12 Directions
Map Pin Place 13 Arlington Memorial Bridge
Map Pin Place 14 Arts of War and Peace Statues
Map Pin Place 15 Marin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Map Pin Place 16 Tidal Basin
Map Pin Place 17 395 S/Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Map Pin Place 18 14th Street Bridges
Map Pin Place 19 Exit 10C
Map Pin Place 20 Pentagon/Air Force Memorial
Map Pin Place 21 Potomac River



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