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Facsimile of manuscript of Peter Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the federal capital city (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1887). [2] L'Enfant's plan for Washington, D.C., as revised by Andrew Ellicott in 1792 Thackara & Vallance's 1792 print of Ellicott's "Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia", showing street names, lot numbers, depths of the Potoma River and ...
The route continues on Pennsylvania Avenue to 14th Street where it turns south. US 1 then left Washington DC on 14th Street as it does today. By 1946, US 1 entered from the north using Rhode Island Avenue continuing all the way to 14th Street (via Vermont Avenue). It was shifted to its current alignment by 1967.
Anacostia Freeway (south of the 11th Street Bridges) I-395: 3.48 [5] 5.60 14th Street Bridges (I-395 / US 1) in Arlington, VA: New York Avenue NW in Mount Vernon Square: 1977: current 14th Street Bridges, Southwest Freeway, 3rd Street Tunnel: I-495: 0.11 [3] 0.18 Woodrow Wilson Bridge (VA–DC–MD border) 1991: current
The battery held two 100-pounder Parrott rifles, placed to sweep Chain Bridge and Virginia beyond. The site is located within Battery Kemble Park, bounded by Chain Bridge Road, MacArthur Boulevard, 49th Street, and Nebraska Avenue, NW. Fletcher's Cove is on the Potomac River and the C & O Canal National Historical Park, between Chain and Key ...
At one time, it was called Canal Street, while a street named Washington Drive existed along a part of the National Mall. Along with Adams Drive, it was converted to a dirt path from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. 0.4 miles (0.64 km) West Virginia Avenue: NE: Street running from K Street NE to New York Avenue NE.
Suitland Parkway and I-295 interchange in Washington, D.C. The Suitland Parkway begins at an interchange with I-295 and South Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., heading southeast as a four-lane expressway. The road intersects Firth Sterling Avenue SE at a traffic light before passing near residential areas and curving to the south.
The 9th Street Expressway and the 12th Street Expressway are a one-way pair of freeway spurs connecting I-395 (Southwest Freeway) with US 1 and US 50 (Constitution Avenue) in Washington, D.C. The expressways also provide connections to the L'Enfant Promenade and Independence Avenue .
US 1 north (6th Street NW) Eastern end of concurrency with US 1: 3.4: 5.5: I-395 south (3rd Street Tunnel) / 4th Street NW: Northern terminus of I-395; future I-195; 4th Street NW is a one-way street, southbound access only: NoMa: 3.8: 6.1: North Capitol Street: Grade-separated interchange (also crosses the New York Avenue Bridge) Gateway: 6.0: 9.7