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Glover Archbold Park is a 183-acre quasi-natural, ... Hayden's proposed highway was not built; the path is now the Glover Archbold Trail and the Massachusetts-39th Trail.
In 1947, Senator Carl Hayden proposed to build a four-lane divided highway called Arizona Avenue through the Glover-Archbold Park, from Canal Street in Georgetown to Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights. [5] Hayden's proposed highway was not built; the path is now the Glover-Archbold Trail and the Massachusetts-39th Trail.
The neighborhood's western border is an extension of Rock Creek Park called Glover-Archbold Park (named after Charles Carroll Glover and Anne Mills Archbold, who each donated part of the land). Glover Park's northern border is Fulton Street, near the Washington National Cathedral , and the Cathedral Heights neighborhood.
Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Created by Act of Congress in 1890, the park comprises 1,754 acres (2.74 mi 2, 7.10 km 2), generally along Rock Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River.
The trail was extended in September 1971 to Calvert Street, [17] and then 2 miles (3.2 km) to Bluff Bridge in 1972. [18] In 1981-82, the parkway bridge over Rock Creek at L Street was replaced and as part of that project, a separate trail bridge was built. It replaced a narrow section of the existing bridge that then served as part of the bike ...
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Foxhall, also known as Foxhall Village, is a neighborhood in northwestern Washington, D.C., bordered by Reservoir Road on the north side, Foxhall Road on the west, Glover-Archbold Park on the east, and P Street NW on the south (with some properties south of P Street). The first homes were constructed along Reservoir Road and Greenwich Park Way ...
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