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Until the 1930s, the area was virtually uninhabited with only one road, Bladensburg Road, passing by it. New York Avenue was extended to Bladensburg Road in 1931. [1] [2] In 1932, Cafritz Construction began building the first homes in the neighborhood on Randolph Place NE, later renamed Rand Place NE.
In the District of Columbia, Route 1 followed Maryland Avenue SW and NE to the intersection with Bladensburg Road and then followed Bladensburg Road to the District boundary with Maryland. [2] In Maryland, U.S. Route 1 was a two-lane, shoulder-less highway that rapidly became clogged with traffic in the 1930s.
Fort Lincoln is a neighborhood located in northeastern Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Bladensburg Road to the northwest, Eastern Avenue to the northeast, New York Avenue NE to the south, and South Dakota Avenue NE to the southwest.
The portion from Constitution Avenue NE to Bladensburg Road NE once carried U.S. 1. There are plans to make the section along the railroad tracks continuous within the Federal Center Southwest neighborhood. Until 1992, an entrance to the National Arboretum existed at the easternmost terminus of Maryland Avenue. [26] 2.8 miles (4.5 km)
The Bladensburg Road-Anacostia Line, designated as Route B2, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Anacostia station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro & Mount Rainier Terminal in Mount Rainier. Route B2 operates every 10 - 20 minutes at all times. B2 trips are roughly 56 minutes to ...
Bladensburg Road NE; 14th Street NE (to Anacostia) 15th Street NE (to Mount Rainier) Minnesota Avenue SE; Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE; 24-hour service; Some peak hour trips terminate at Bladensburg Road & V Street NE; Bladensburg; Shepherd Parkway; C25 Stanton Road-Anacostia Line 2500 Pomeroy Rd. SE ↔: Anacostia station: Sheridan Road SE ...
Three said to be in critical condition
A topographical survey map from 1793 shows the Old Bladensburg Rd. (present-day Brentwood Rd. NE, a few fragments of which still dot the present-day grid just north of Rhode Island Ave. NE), running right by the land that would become the neighborhood. [2] Washington County was integrated into the City of Washington in 1871.