Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
US 50 west (Arlington Boulevard) Continuation into Virginia: 0.2: 0.32: George Washington Parkway north: Westbound exit only: I-66 west (Theodore Roosevelt Bridge west) Western end of I-66 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance: 0.2– 0.5: 0.32– 0.80: Eastern end of Theodore Roosevelt Bridge: Foggy Bottom: Independence Avenue
List of rivers and creeks of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, sorted alphabetically. Anacostia River; Barnaby Run; Bennings Branch (historical) Bingham Run; Broad Branch; Davis Branch (historical) Deep Branch (historical) Duck Creek (historical) Dumbarton Oaks; Fenwick Branch; Fletchers Run; Fort Chaplin Tributary; Fort ...
Washington, D.C. is located on the fall line, the border of two considerably different geological terrains or provinces; the hard rock of the Piedmont Plateau to the north and west and the soft sediments of the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the east. The Piedmont Plateau is located north and west of the city.
Despite the new bridge and widening of Columbia Road, real estate development was somewhat slow in Kalorama Triangle until the 1890s. [5]: 38–41 [6] This was due in part to the Panic of 1893 and Highway Act of 1893, which required L'Enfant Plan street layouts to be followed in the former Washington County. After an exemption for existing ...
An emergency response team with Washington, DC Fire and EMS make their way to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.
The National Capital Planning Commission defines Hillcrest as bounded by Branch Avenue SE, Gainesville Street SE, 32nd Street SE, and Alabama Avenue SE. [1] It is bordered on the west by Hillcrest Park, which contains the Winston Education Center, Hillcrest Park Public Tennis Center, Hillcrest Recreation Center, and Washington Seniors Wellness Center.
Sixty-seven people are feared dead after a military helicopter collided with a commercial airplane in the sky over Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night before crashing into the Potomac River near ...
On July 23, 1864, a new, stronger bridge, built by the Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad Company was completed about 100 feet (30 m) downriver. Work on the 5,104 ft long (1,556 m) bridge began in June 1863 and built a bridge with 203 spans and two 82 ft long (25 m) draws, completed without rails.