Connecticut Avenue NW

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Connecticut Avenue NW is a major diagonal thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., known for connecting downtown to upper Northwest neighborhoods and passing through prominent areas like Dupont Circle.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Connecticut Avenue 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf avenue
major thoroughfare
street
connects Downtown Washington, D.C.
surface form: downtown Washington, D.C.

upper Northwest neighborhoods
country United States of America
surface form: United States
formsPartOf L’Enfant Plan diagonal avenues system
hasBikeInfrastructure bike lanes on some segments
hasBusService Metrobus routes
hasDirection diagonal
hasIntersection Calvert Street NW
Chevy Chase Circle
Dupont Circle
Military Road NW
Porter Street NW
Van Ness Street NW
hasMetroStationNearby Cleveland Park station
Dupont Circle station
Friendship Heights station
Van Ness–UDC station
Woodley Park–Zoo/Adams Morgan station
hasNearbyInstitution University of the District of Columbia (Van Ness)
hasNearbyLandmark Embassy Row
surface form: Embassy Row area (near Dupont/Kalorama)

National Zoo
surface form: National Zoo (Smithsonian National Zoological Park)
hasNearbyPark Rock Creek Park
surface form: Rock Creek Park (adjacent in some segments)
hasPublicTransit Washington Metro Red Line
surface form: Washington Metro Red Line (nearby)
hasRoute U.S. Route 29
surface form: U.S. Route 29 (segment)
hasZoningAlongCorridor commercial
mixed-use
residential
isMajorArterialFor Northwest Washington, D.C.
knownFor commercial corridors
high-density residential buildings
restaurants and retail
locatedIn Northwest Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
maintainedBy District Department of Transportation
namedAfter Connecticut
surface form: U.S. state of Connecticut
orientation generally north–south
partOf Connecticut Avenue NW self-linksurface differs
surface form: Connecticut Avenue
passesThrough Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
surface form: Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C.

Cleveland Park
Dupont Circle
Forest Hills
Kalorama
Van Ness
Woodley Park

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Kalorama borderedBy Connecticut Avenue NW
Northwest Washington, D.C. contains Connecticut Avenue NW
Woodley Park hasCommercialCorridor Connecticut Avenue NW
19th Street NW hasIntersectionWith Connecticut Avenue NW
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway hasJunctionWith Connecticut Avenue NW
The Dupont Circle Building hasStreetOrientation Connecticut Avenue NW
Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States locatedOn Connecticut Avenue NW
subject surface form: Chevy Chase, Maryland
this entity surface form: Connecticut Avenue
Woodley Park–Zoo/Adams Morgan station locatedOn Connecticut Avenue NW
Dupont Circle station nearbyPlace Connecticut Avenue NW
Connecticut Avenue NW partOf Connecticut Avenue NW self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Connecticut Avenue
Dupont Circle traversedBy Connecticut Avenue NW
Woodley Park traversedBy Connecticut Avenue NW