Frederick Douglass Bridge

We knew the Frederick Douglass Bridge in SE DC was christened for opening last year. It sits near the nationals stadium on South Capitol Street and crosses the river to Anacostia. There is supposed to be a park on the other side along with pedestrian and bicycle lanes to walk or bike over to it. That’s what we wanted to do last week. The reason was because it met the “unexplored” challenge for the 52Frames photo contest. We parked in our old Capitol Hill neighborhood and walked down to the area, passing by all the familiar places. Unfortunately when we reached our destination there was major road construction and we couldn’t get near the site. But I still wanted to get some photos of the bridge so we walked along the SE waterfront instead. The old bridge has been removed so at least what was on front of us was only the new structure. Hopefully we will return after all the construction is complete and actually walk across it, stopping by the specific areas allocated to view the river and the surroundings. Things have certainly changed since we moved to DC sixteen years ago!