Look at the Final Designs for DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park
Insta-worthy views, an amphitheater, and lots of green space will knit together Anacostia and Navy Yard.
The 11th Street Bridge Park (Bridge Park) is a project of the nonprofit Building Bridges Across the River and the DC government, whose partnership ensures that the park meets a diverse set of social, health, environmental, and economic goals. The Bridge Park team has led their work with a strong focus on equity by engaging with hundreds of community members to develop an Equitable Development Plan that addresses how cities can make smart investments in communities to ensure longtime residents can stay and thrive in their neighborhoods. To that end, the team has secured over $10 million to implement the plan’s strategies and is working with Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC.) LISC has committed $63 million through their Elevating Equity initiative that makes direct investment to organizations working toward equity in the Bridge Park’s impact area.
Infrastructure Type | Highway |
Status | In Construction |
Opening | 2023 |
Size | 7 acres |
Design Team | OMA, OLIN, WRA |
Management | Building Bridges Across the River |
Project Leader | Scott Kratz |
Steering Committee Member
Insta-worthy views, an amphitheater, and lots of green space will knit together Anacostia and Navy Yard.
A decade in the works, the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C., has yet to be built. But it could be a model for how to create public space while lessening the effects of gentrification.
Scott Kratz is the senior vice president of Building Bridges Across the River (Building Bridges), and director of the 11th Street Bridge Project, Building Bridge’s largest project to date. Building Bridges and the Washington, D.C., city government are transforming an old freeway bridge into a park above the Anacostia River. The base of one of the bridges will become a one-of-a-kind civic space supporting active recreation, environmental education, and the arts.