Expanding Washington’s Long Bridge is key to region’s growing rail needs, officials say

By Luz Laso, The Washington Post; December 22, 2018

For more than a century, the Long Bridge has carried freight and passenger trains across the Potomac River between Crystal City and the District’s Southwest Waterfront, facilitating rail transportation along the Eastern Seaboard.

Officials say the bridge, a key piece of the Interstate 95 corridor’s rail network, needs to double its capacity if it is to continue to support commerce and the increasing demands for passenger rail along the East Coast.

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