Connecticut Avenue NW

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avenue major thoroughfare street

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ