Agriculture Arches in Washington, DC
August 29th, 2010 by Leora
These arches are part of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. This shot was taken from 14th SW Street, close to the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
This shot is taken from the opposite end (12th SW Street). The arches are one block away from the National Mall.
Washington D.C. could use some pedestrian bridges, with all the traffic and the many pedestrians. But nothing this big for pedestrians, please.
For more bridges, visit the Sunday Bridge Series:
Update: more on the bridges between the buildings on Wikipedia
I like very much your composition.These arches are beautiful!Thanks for the good memories that your post brings to us,we visited Washington DC in 2007, I’m enchanted by this lovely place.
Have a nice Sunday
Léia
Thanks for sharing that view!
Nice week end
Elisa, Argentina
I’m going to DC this fall so maybe I’ll see this bridge! Great shot
There is so much to see in Washington, DC! I highly recommend the International Spy Museum. There is wonderful art and science for free along the National Mall. And reserve tickets for the Washington Monument.
Interesting arches, Leora… but what is their purpose if not pedestrian overpass?
Francisca, I believe they are for the workers of the Department of Agriculture to pass easily from one building to another. I couldn’t find anything official about the arches, but I did find a page about the National Agricultural Library: http://riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=8&tax_level=3&tax_subject=156&topic_id=1971&level3_id=6393
There is a little about the bridges on this Wikipedia post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_L._Whitten_Building
Nice set of photographs and perspective.
These are mighty imposing looking arches!