Taft Bridge News Today

Lawmakers in D.C. have developed a new railing design for the Taft Bridge over Rock Creek Park to prevent more deaths.

Fall colors from around the region in this week’s Photo Friday! Compiled from images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool and posts from Instagram tagging @greater_greater_washington.

D.C.'s best goods and services include a new place to pick up queer literature, a salon for Instagram-able nail art, and curbside composting.

“Yesterday’s loss underscores the urgency in our work to add suicide barriers to the Taft Bridge,” said DDOT director Everett Lott.

MoCo judge rules MD mail-in ballots can now be counted before Election Day. Metro may shrink West Falls Church parking lot for new development. DC will assess all bridges for feasibility of suicide barriers.

The D.C. Department of Transportation reversed a previous decision on suicide-prevention barriers on bridges. The agency said Tuesday they will inspect all...

Her 29-year-old partner died in April after authorities say he jumped from the Taft Bridge in Washington, D.C.

Twenty-nine-year-old Peter Tripp died this spring after he jumped to his death off the Taft Bridge, along Connecticut Avenue NW, in DC's Woodley Park neighborhood.

At Rock Creek Park in Northwest, D.C., visitors can enjoy tennis courts, a par 65 golf course, playgrounds, horseback riding and more.

The new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge rising over the Anacostia is setting a higher standard.