THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Old Long Bridge, also known as the 14th Street Bridge, has inspired ghost stories connected to tragic accidents and deaths along the Potomac River. Witnesses have reported mysterious figures, unexplained lights, and eerie encounters near the bridge after dark. Local legends continue to surround the historic crossing.
General Edward Braddock’s 1755 expedition to capture Fort Duquesne was attacked, killing or wounding 900 men, in what is now known as the Battle of the Monongahela. Rumor has it that on the anniversary of Braddock’s departure near the bridge or along the nearby bluffs, the ghostly sounds of military orders, horse hooves, marching, and metal-on-metal clanking ring out.