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The Whitney Young Memorial Bridge, otherwise known as the East Capitol Street Bridge, is a bridge
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The Whitney Young Memorial Bridge, otherwise known as the East Capitol Street Bridge, is a bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
 that carries East Capitol Street
East Capitol Street

East Capitol Street is a major street that divides the Washington DC and Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the United States Capitol to the DC-Maryland border....
 across the Anacostia River
Anacostia River

The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County, Maryland in Maryland, United States and through Washington, D.C....
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, U.S.A. It was renamed after civil rights activist Whitney Young
Whitney Young

Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an African-American civil rights leader.He spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively fought for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the...
 in 1973.