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Roads In Washington, D.C.
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 of public roads in the city, of which are owned and maintained by city government. City layout The District of Columbia was created to serve as the permanent national capital in 1790. Within the district, a new capital city was founded in 1791 to the east of an existing settlement at Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown. The original street layout in the new City of Washington was designed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant. As a planned city, Washington was modeled in the Baroque style and incorporated avenues radiating out from rectangles, providing room for open space and landscaping. At L'Enfant's request, Thomas Jefferson provided plans of cities such as Amster ...
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I-66
Interstate 66 (I-66) is a 76.32 mile east–west Interstate Highway in the East Coast of the United States, eastern United States. The highway runs from an interchange with Interstate 81 in Virginia, I-81 near Middletown, Virginia, on its western end to an interchange with U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia, U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Washington, D.C., at the eastern terminus. The route parallels Virginia State Route 55, State Route 55 (SR 55) from its western terminus at I-81 to Gainesville, Virginia, Gainesville, and U.S. Route 29 in Virginia, US 29 from Gainesville to its eastern terminus in Washington. I-66 is unrelated to U.S. Route 66, US 66, which was located in the Midwest-West region of the United States. The E Street Expressway is a spur from I-66 into the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Route description , - , Virginia, VA , 74.8 , 120.54 , - , Washington, D.C., DC , 1.6 , 2.57 , - , Total , 76.4 , 123.11 V ...
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