Talk:Three Sisters (District of Columbia)

Removal of Three Sisters Bridge
The article says that opposition to the three sisters bridge in 1972 led to its cancellation, but this post shows Arlington has scrapped plans for the bridge by 1966. Anybody know any more details? 141.161.137.230 (talk) 21:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Various locales had responsibility for building the bridge. The new citation says that, after Rep. Natcher's blackmail efforts were overturned by the House in 1972, the bridge was effectively dead. The rest of the Schrag book (uncited here, because it is not necessary to this article about the rocks) points out D.C. kept the bridge on its highway maps (unfunded, unwanted, no work done to begin it) until 1976. Arlington County probably did as well (there were big battles going on over I-66 construction and whether to link it to a nonexistent Three Sisters Bridge). U.S. Dept. of Transportation did not delete the bridge from their plans until 1977.  "Keeping something in the plans for political reasons" and "actively building a bridge" are two different things, and I think we see that here. - Tim1965 (talk) 18:09, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 08:42, 30 April 2016 (UTC)