A rendering of a new traffic oval near Nationals Park on the approach to a new South Capitol Street Bridge.

D.C. today unveiled renderings for a new bridge that would replace the existing South Capitol Street Bridge—also known as the Frederick Douglass Bridge—across the Anacostia River.

The new six-lane bridge would replace a span that is 63 years old, while new traffic patterns on either side—including traffic ovals on both sides and a new I-295/Suitland Parkway interchange—would ease traffic, some 70,000 cars a day, on and off of the bridge. And in one big money-saving change proposed by Mayor Vince Gray, the bridge would no longer serve as a drawbridge, potentially knocking some $140 million off of a price tag that will range between $660 million for the bridge alone and $905 million for the bridge and all the other related improvements.

In a press release, D.C. officials explained that the bridge’s age and cost of yearly repairs justify the cost of replacing it altogether. According to them, repairs along over the next five to 15 years would total between $110 to $120 million. Additionally, they say, heavy truck traffic could eventually be pushed off of the bridge over safety concerns.

When this gets done—initial design and build work would start next year—it would be the second bridge across the Anacostia River that will have been fully replaced in recent years. D.C. has been slowly rolling out the new spans of the 11th Street Bridge in the last year, most recently a segment connecting the Southeast/Southwest Freeway to D.C. 295 northbound.