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The streets and highways of Washington, D.C., form the core of the surface transportation infrastructure in Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. Given that it is a planned city, the city's streets follow a distinctive layout and addressing scheme. There are 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of public roads in the city, of which ...
DC. State-Named Streets. As the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. has 51 roadways which are named after each state and the territory of Puerto Rico. Many of these roadways are major avenues that serve as the city's principal traffic arteries. Every state-named roadway is an avenue except for California Street and Ohio Drive .
Added to NRHP. May 4, 2005. The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, informally called the Rock Creek Parkway, is a parkway maintained by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. It runs next to the Potomac River and Rock Creek in a generally north–south direction, carrying four lanes of traffic from the Lincoln ...
Road closures and restrictions in the area of the Mellon Auditorium and the White House: The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking from Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 6:00 a.m ...
ROAD CLOSURES. The following roads will be closed and off limits to vehicles: Starting at 4 a.m. on July 4 and until approximately 12 a.m. (midnight) on July 5
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a geographical area of 68.3 square miles (176.9 km 2 ), 61.4 square miles (159.0 km 2) of which is land, and the remaining 6.9 square miles (17.9 km 2) (10.16%) of which is water. The Anacostia River and the smaller Rock Creek flow into the Potomac River in Washington.
Interstate 395 I-395 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of I-95 Maintained by VDOT and DDOT Length 13.79 mi (22.19 km) Existed 1977–present NHS Entire route Restrictions No hazardous materials or vehicles over 13 ft (4.0 m) in the 3rd Street Tunnel Major junctions South end I-95 / I-495 in Springfield, VA Major intersections US 1 in Arlington, VA George Washington Parkway ...
74002166 [1] Added to NRHP. October 22, 1974. Massachusetts Avenue is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C., and the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is a historic district that includes part of it. Massachusetts Avenue was part of Pierre Charles L'Enfant 's original plan for the development of Washington, D.C.