The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the American Legion Bridge and the Cabin John Bridge, is a bridge in Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.A.. It carries the Capital Beltway across the Potomac River between Montgomery County and Fairfax County, Virginia.

The American Legion Memorial Bridge has five traffic lanes in each direction. However, the outermost lane in each direction is an exit-only lane. The outermost northbound lane is exit-only onto the Clara Barton Parkway, while the outermost lane in the southern direction is exit-only onto the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Georgetown Pike (Virginia State Highway 193).

The American Legion Memorial Bridge is an important commuter route because of its proximity to edge cities and high tech centers in Maryland and Virginia.

For many years Washington DC area traffic reporters on the radio exclusively referred to the bridge as "The Cabin John Bridge". However the American Legion requested that the reporters call the bridge by its official name. The reporters complied with that request. To this day they call the bridge "The American Legion Bridge".

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• Aerial view of the American Legion Memorial Bridge, from the Eyeball series

Bridges in Maryland