On January 13 , 1982 , the northbound I-395 span was damaged by the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 . The Boeing 737-222 , which had accumulated ice while idling on the runway at National Airport , stalled soon after takeoff , fell on the bridge , and slammed into the iced-over Potomac River . The crash killed 74 passengers and crew , plus four people in cars on the bridge . The repaired span was renamed the '' ' Arland D. Williams , Jr . Memorial Bridge ' '' in spring 1985 after one of the passengers , who passed a lifeline to five survivors before permitting himself to be rescued . He succumbed to hypothermia and drowned while rescuers worked to rescue the last of the survivors . The name '' ' Rochambeau Bridge ' '' was shifted to the previously unnamed express-lane bridge
Air Florida Flight 90
Air Florida Flight 90
14th Street bridges