found to be beyond restoring. The United States Commission of Fine Arts worked with the city in the late 1990s to oversee the production of the replacement lions that now sit on the bridge. The sculptor Reinaldo Lopez-Carrizo of Professional Restoration produced molds based on the existing sculptures and photographs, and used them to cast new concrete lion sculptures that were installed on the bridge in July and August 2000. The same molds were used to cast bronze lions installed at the main pedestrian entrance to the National Zoo farther north on Connecticut Avenue in 2002. The white lion in the lobby of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is a quarter-size replica from that effort. Bairstow Eagle Lampposts Twenty-four lampposts are equally spaced along both sides of the Taft Bridge. Created by sculptor Ernest Bairstow in 1906, the lampposts are composed of concrete bases (about 5 feet high, 8 inches deep and four feet wide) with painted iron lampposts (about 17 feet high and 4 wide) set in them. The pedestals are decorated with garland and a fluted column featuring acanthus leaves at the top and bottom. Above the leaves is a horizontal bracket with two globes hanging from each side of the column. Each lamppost is topped with a painted iron eagle with its wings spread. A replica of the Bairstow eagles is seen in a World War I monument in Middletown, Delaware. Gallery See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington, D.C. List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places listings in the District of Columbia Architecture of Washington, D.C. References Further reading J. Goode, Washington Sculpture, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. , A cultural history of outdoor sculpture in the Nation's capital. Williams, Paul K., Gregory J. Alexander, & Gregory V. Alexander. Woodley Park Arcadia Publishing, 2003. External links 1911 Postcard of Connecticut Avenue Bridge - Ghosts of DC blog 1907 establishments in Washington, D.C. Bridges completed in 1907 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Buildings and monuments honoring American presidents in the United States Bridges over Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary) Historic American Engineering Record in Washington, D.C. Neoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C. Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States Concrete bridges in the United States Sculptures of lions Sculptures by