<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Wilson Bridge</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/wilsonbridge?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><description>Wilson Bridge</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10709-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10709-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     THE REGION  Mixing Bowl Closures to Resume Tonight <br>Weather permitting, the Springfield interchange today will again be the scene of major construction requiring road closures and detours.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Meetings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49728-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49728-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> The following is a list of selected Alexandria boards, committees and commissions that will hold meetings today through April 27.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend Beltway Delays Expected]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14006-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14006-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The first in a series of planned closings over the next few months will hit the Mixing Bowl starting late Saturday and end early Sunday.]]></description><author> Steven Ginsberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands Expected At Watershed Cleanup]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11774-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11774-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Saturday is both the 17th annual Potomac River Watershed cleanup and the National Park Day annual historic preservation event.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Life for Bridge's Renovation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1446-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1446-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After years on the back burner, plans for a new Washington Boulevard bridge -- judged one of the most decrepit in the state -- are alive again.]]></description><author> Brigid Schulte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wilson Bridge Traffic Targeted]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51521-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51521-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Traffic tie-ups in Alexandria caused by the construction of a new Woodrow Wilson Bridge have gotten so severe that lanes in the area will be reconfigured, traffic lights will be re-timed and extra police officers will be stationed at critical intersections, city officials said.]]></description><author> Steven Ginsberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next Phase of Wilson Bridge Project Poses Big Challenges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37054-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37054-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A large, brightly colored map is spread out over a conference room table, and John Undeland studies it from above, his hands firmly planted on each side of the complex schematic.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tough Road Ahead For Wilson Bridge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29090-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29090-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A large, brightly colored map is spread out over a conference room table, and John Undeland studies it from above, his hands firmly planted on each side of the complex schematic.]]></description><author> Leef Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Cold, Deadly Plunge Into the 'Surreal']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39819-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39819-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Washington -- busy and brightly lighted as he flew over it the night of Jan. 10 -- suddenly became a dark, lonely place for flight nurse Jonathan Godfrey after the medevac helicopter crashed into the Potomac River, stranding him in 39-degree water where he clung to a piece of the aircraft's skeleton and watched cars pass on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jet's Presence Noted in Copter Crash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27697-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27697-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A preliminary report on the Jan. 10 medevac helicopter crash near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge says that a 70-passenger jet passed the area less than two minutes before the helicopter went down and notes that the only survivor, a flight nurse, wondered whether it might have left a wake of dangerous air turbulence.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagles Have Landed Among Us]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14561-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14561-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bald eagles found urban haven on Rosalie Island and have learned to live alongside humans.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Path of Downed Helicopter Suggests It Missed Cranes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8106-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8106-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal investigators looking for the cause of a deadly medical helicopter crash said yesterday that initial data about the aircraft's path show that it flew 300 feet from the nearest crane.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2nd Body Found From Helicopter Crash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5370-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5370-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The body of 56-year-old Joseph E. Schaefer III, the pilot of a medical helicopter that went down Monday night in the Potomac River, was found yesterday near the crash site, as federal aviation investigators continued to inspect nearby Woodrow Wilson Bridge construction cranes to see if any of them had been hit by the helicopter.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cause of Copter Crash Unknown]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1943-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1943-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Investigators were trying to determine yesterday what caused Monday night's fatal crash of a civilian medical helicopter into the Potomac River,  one of nearly a dozen accidents in the past year that have raised safety questions about such flights.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo  and Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fuel Slick Led Rescuers to Survivor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1948-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1948-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It was cold and nearing midnight Monday as Alexandria firefighter Tom Wheatley stood in the bow of the rescue boat, scanning the Potomac River with a hand-held light, searching for signs of life.]]></description><author> Leef Smith  and Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helicopter Crashes Into River; Two Killed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64683-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64683-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A civilian medical evacuation helicopter crashed in the Potomac River Monday night, killing two of the three crew members on board, according to authorities.]]></description><author> Allan Lengel  and Martin Weil</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Looking Down the Road on Bay Bridge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49821-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49821-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For those frustrated by today's delays crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Maryland transportation officials have a sobering message: The future looks far, far worse.]]></description><author> John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On-Ramp to Beltway Will Close Tomorrow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56117-2004Oct23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56117-2004Oct23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The entrance ramp from northbound Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) to the outer loop of the Capital Beltway is scheduled to close tomorrow for about a year, state and federal transportation agencies involved with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project have said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Bridge on the Rise]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27969-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27969-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After four years of dredging and foundation work in and around the Potomac River, 368 steel beams will connect pier to pier and, after several months, shore to shore.]]></description><author> Steven Ginsberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangerous Debris, on the Road Again]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4306-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4306-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/wilsonbridge</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:39:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After 11 years with the Virginia Department of Transportation's safety service patrol, Mike Karbonski can only shake his head at some of the things he sees that have dropped off vehicles on Northern Virginia's highways.]]></description><author> C. Woodrow Irvin</author></item></channel></rss>