Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia Crystal City is an urban neighborhood in the southeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, south of downtown Washington, D.C. Due to its extensive integration of office buildings and residential high-rise buildings using underground corridors, travel between stores, offices, and residences is possible without going above ground; thus, a large part of Crystal City is an underground city. Crystal City includes offices of numerous defense contractors, the United States Department of Labor, the United States Marshals Service and many satellite offices for The Pentagon. It is also the location of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Crystal City
Construction of the Virginia approaches to Arlington Memorial Bridge steel, timber, and other building materials as well as construction personnel were being diverted to war needs, federal officials believed it would be 12 to 18 months before the bridge could be rebuilt. In fact, the bridge was not replaced until 1949. Steel for the new Lee Boulevard connecting bridge was obtained only in December 1948. Reconstruction of the bridge occurred in spring 1949. In 1951, the name of Lee Boulevard was changed to Arlington Boulevard to end confusion with Lee Highway. Construction of the Virginia approaches to Arlington Memorial Bridge The construction of the Virginia approaches to Arlington Memorial