Potomac River
This list contains only crossings of the main channel. See also Washington Channel#Crossings and Boundary Channel#Crossings.
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Within each section, crossings are listed from the source moving downstream.
This list contains only crossings of the main channel. See also Washington Channel#Crossings and Boundary Channel#Crossings.
| Dam | Impoundment name | Location (WV/MD) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings Randolph Dam | Jennings Randolph Lake | Mineral County / Garrett County | 39°25′56″N79°07′22″W / 39.43222°N 79.12278°W |
| NewPage Dam | Mineral County / Luke | 39°28′21″N79°03′37″W / 39.47250°N 79.06028°W | |
| Cumberland Flood Control Dam | Ridgeley / Cumberland | 39°38′55″N78°45′57″W / 39.64861°N 78.76583°W |
Listed heading downstream from source to mouth at the South Branch Potomac River.
| Bridge | Route | Location | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | ||||
 SR 614 (Cowpasture River Road N.) | 38°24′55″N79°22′39″W / 38.4153°N 79.3774°W | |||
| SR 614 (Cowpasture River Road N.) | Palo Alto | 38°25′25″N79°22′14″W / 38.4235°N 79.3706°W | ||
| West Virginia | ||||
| Sweetwater Spring Road | ||||
| Buck Hill Lane | ||||
| driveway | ||||
| Harveys Lane | ||||
 CR 30 (Brushy Fork Road) | 38°28′37″N79°19′44″W / 38.4769°N 79.3288°W | |||
 CR 217 (Stony Run Flats) | ||||
 CR 216 (Big Stony Road) | ||||
| driveway | ||||
 CR 21 (Sugar Grove Road) | Sugar Grove | 38°30′47″N79°18′38″W / 38.5130°N 79.3106°W | ||
| Honeycomb Lane | ||||
| Puffenbarger Lane | ||||
 CR 214 (Mill Gap Road) | ||||
| Propst Memories Lane | ||||
| Propstburg Road | ||||
 CR 2112 (Dickinson Mountain Road) | ||||
| Cassell Lane | ||||
 CR 2113 (Old Sugar Grove Road) | Brandywine | |||
 |  US 33 (Blue Gray Trail) | Brandywine | 38°37′52″N79°14′38″W / 38.6310°N 79.2438°W | |
 CR 512 (Bolton Road) | ||||
| Siple Lane | ||||
 CR 34 (Conrad Road) | Oak Flat | 38°40′26″N79°12′11″W / 38.6740°N 79.2030°W | ||
 CR 3 (Sweedlin Valley Road) | Fort Seybert | 38°41′42″N79°11′26″W / 38.6950°N 79.1906°W | ||
 CR 33 (Corner Road) | ||||
 CR 7 (South Fork Road) | 39°03′22″N78°58′13″W / 39.0562°N 78.9704°W | |||
| Zirk Farm Road | ||||
| driveway | ||||
| Peru Hollow Road | ||||
| Alum Road | ||||
| Blue Rock Lane | ||||
| driveway | ||||
| driveway | ||||
| Bass Lane | ||||
| CR 7 (South Fork Road) | Milam, West Virginia | 38°47′52″N79°06′28″W / 38.7977°N 79.1078°W | ||
| driveway | ||||
 | South Branch Valley Railroad | Moorefield | 39°03′12″N78°57′59″W / 39.0533°N 78.9663°W | |
 | Wendell Del Hester Memorial Bridge |    US 220 / WV 28 / WV 55 (S. Main Street) | Moorefield | 39°03′22″N78°58′13″W / 39.0562°N 78.9704°W |
The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It is 405 miles (652 km) long, with a drainage area of 14,700 square miles (38,000 km2), and is the fourth-largest river along the East Coast of the United States. More than 6 million people live within its watershed.
The 14th Street bridges refers to the three bridges near each other that cross the Potomac River, connecting Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Sometimes the two nearby rail bridges are included as part of the 14th Street bridge complex. A major gateway for automotive, bicycle and rail traffic, the bridge complex is named for 14th Street, which feeds automotive traffic into it on the D.C. end.
U.S. Route 340 is a spur route of US 40, and runs from Greenville, Virginia, to Frederick, Maryland. In Virginia, it runs north–south, parallel and east of US 11, from US 11 north of Greenville via Waynesboro, Grottoes, Elkton, Luray, Front Royal, and Berryville to the West Virginia state line. A short separate piece crosses northern Loudoun County on its way from West Virginia to Maryland.
The Battle of White Oak Swamp took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. As the Union Army of the Potomac retreated southeast toward the James River, its rearguard under Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin stopped Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's divisions at the White Oak Bridge crossing, resulting in an artillery duel, while the main Battle of Glendale raged two miles (3 km) farther south around Frayser's Farm. White Oak Swamp is generally considered to be part of the larger Glendale engagement. Because of this resistance from Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's VI Corps, Jackson was prevented from joining the consolidated assault on the Union Army at Glendale that had been ordered by General Robert E. Lee, producing an inconclusive result, but one in which the Union Army avoided destruction and was able to assume a strong defensive position at Malvern Hill.
Interstate 395 (I-395) in Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a 13.79-mile-long (22.19 km) spur route of I-95 that begins at an interchange with I-95 in Springfield and ends at an interchange with US Route 50 (US 50) in Northwest Washington, D.C. It passes underneath the National Mall near the US Capitol and ends at a junction with US 50 at New York Avenue, roughly one mile (1.6 km) north of the 3rd Street Tunnel. Despite its proximity to I-395 in Maryland, the route is unrelated and unconnected.
The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is a bridge crossing the Potomac River which connects Washington, D.C., with the Commonwealth of Virginia. The bridge crosses over Theodore Roosevelt Island, and carries Interstate 66/U.S. Route 50. The center lane in the bridge is reversible; the middle barrier is moved with a barrier transfer machine. It's operated eastbound during the morning rush hour from 6-11 am. The bridge is named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States.
Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. It is 80 miles (129 km) in length, with 57 miles (92 km) in Pennsylvania and 23 miles (37 km) in Maryland. The watershed of Conococheague Creek has an area of approximately 566 square miles (1,470 km2), out of which only 65 square miles (170 km2) are in Maryland.
The South Branch Potomac River has its headwaters in northwestern Highland County, Virginia, near Hightown along the eastern edge of the Allegheny Front. After a river distance of 139 miles (224 km), the mouth lies east of Green Spring, Hampshire County, West Virginia, where it meets the North Branch Potomac River to form the Potomac.
The Cacapon River, located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's eastern panhandle region, is an 81.0-mile-long (130.4 km) shallow river known for its fishing, boating, wildlife, hunting, and wilderness scenery. As part of the Potomac River watershed, it is an American Heritage River.
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.
Mill Creek is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) tributary stream of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. The stream is located in Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Mill Creek flows into the South Branch west of Romney Bridge near Vanderlip along the Northwestern Turnpike.
Pimmit Run is a 7.8-mile-long (12.6 km) stream in northern Virginia that runs from Fairfax County to the Potomac River at Chain Bridge in the Arlingwood neighborhood of Arlington.
Goose Creek is a 53.9-mile-long (86.7 km) tributary of the Potomac River in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties in Northern Virginia. It comprises the principal drainage system for the Loudoun Valley.
Canal Parkway, which carries the unsigned Maryland Route 61 designation, is a state highway and automobile parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The road begins at the West Virginia state line at the North Branch Potomac River opposite Wiley Ford, where the highway continues south as West Virginia Route 28. The parkway runs 1.94 miles (3.12 km) north to MD 51 within the city of Cumberland. Canal Parkway provides a connection between downtown Cumberland and the South Cumberland neighborhood and with Greater Cumberland Regional Airport, which is located in Mineral County, West Virginia.
The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1978, for its significance in commerce, engineering, industry, invention, and transportation.
Sycamore Dale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house overlooking the South Branch Potomac River southwest of Romney, West Virginia. Sycamore Dale is one of several historic estates along South Branch River Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1980.
Cameron Run is a 3.0-mile-long (4.8 km) tributary stream of the Potomac River, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. A third-order stream, it is formed by the confluence of Backlick Run and Holmes Run. It flows eastward from Alexandria and forms the border between Fairfax County and Alexandria before opening into Hunting Creek and then into the Potomac River. The lower course near Eisenhower Avenue is largely channelized and flows just north of the Capital Beltway until it crosses under it near Telegraph Road The lower 1 mile (1.6 km) or so is tidal and was navigable in colonial times. Cameron Run Regional Park, a water park, lies along a portion of the stream. Cameron Run is part of the Cameron Run Watershed, which encompasses a total of 44 square miles (110 km2) in Northern Virginia. The Watershed is made up of eight subwatersheds: Tripps Run, Upper Holmes Run, Lower Holmes Run, Turkeycock Run, Backlick Run, Indian Run, Pike Branch, and Cameron Run and its tributaries.
Boundary Channel is a channel off the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The channel begins at the northwestern tip of Columbia Island extends southward between Columbia Island and the Virginia shoreline. It curves around the southern tip of Columbia Island before heading northeast to exit into the Potomac River. At the southwestern tip of Columbia Island, the Boundary Channel widens into the manmade Pentagon Lagoon.
The Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge, formerly known as South Branch Bridge or Romney Bridge, is a historic Whipple truss bridge in Capon Lake, West Virginia. It is located off Carpers Pike and crosses the Cacapon River. The bridge formerly carried Capon Springs Road over the river, connecting Capon Springs and Capon Lake.
The North Branch Potomac River flows from Fairfax Stone in West Virginia to its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River near Green Spring, West Virginia, where it turns into the Potomac River proper.
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