Government Officials Tour Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge Construction Site

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Construction workers work on the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on May 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. The nearly $500 million project to replace the old Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is the largest public works project in District of Columbia history and employed more than 1300 workers at the height of construction. The bridge, which carries South Capitol Street over the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, is tentatively scheduled to open in the fall of 2021. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)