George Washington Memorial Parkway

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United States national parkway parkway protected area scenic roadway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway is a scenic roadway and protected parkland along the Potomac River in the Washington, D.C. area, designed to honor George Washington while providing access to historic sites and natural areas.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arlington Memorial Drive	1
George Washington Memorial Parkway (NPS administrative unit)	1
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States national parkway ⓘ parkway ⓘ protected area ⓘ scenic roadway ⓘ
connects	Memorial Bridge ⓘ surface form: Arlington Memorial Bridge George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum ⓘ surface form: Mount Vernon Estate
contains	Arlington House plantation ⓘ surface form: Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Belle Haven Marina ⓘ Belle Haven Park ⓘ Columbia Island ⓘ Daingerfield Island ⓘ Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve ⓘ Fort Marcy ⓘ Gravelly Point ⓘ Great Falls Park ⓘ Gulf Branch Nature Center area ⓘ Jones Point Park ⓘ Lady Bird Johnson Park ⓘ Mount Vernon Trail ⓘ Netherlands Carillon ⓘ Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail ⓘ surface form: Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail segments Theodore Roosevelt Island ⓘ Turkey Run Park ⓘ Marine Corps War Memorial ⓘ surface form: U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial
country	United States of America ⓘ
designatedAs	memorial parkway ⓘ
follows	Potomac River ⓘ
hasComponent	Clara Barton Parkway ⓘ George Washington Memorial Parkway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mount Vernon Memorial Highway Spout Run Parkway ⓘ
hasRecreation	bicycling ⓘ boating access ⓘ hiking ⓘ picnicking ⓘ
locatedIn	Maryland ⓘ Virginia ⓘ Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
maintainedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
namedAfter	George Washington ⓘ
opened	1930s ⓘ
overseenBy	George Washington Memorial Parkway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Washington Memorial Parkway (NPS administrative unit)
partOf	United States National Park System ⓘ surface form: National Park System
passesNear	Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ Arlington, Virginia ⓘ McLean ⓘ surface form: McLean, Virginia
purpose	commemorate George Washington ⓘ preserve scenic and natural areas ⓘ provide access to historic sites ⓘ
roadType	limited-access highway ⓘ
terminusNorth	Interstate 495 ⓘ
terminusSouth	Mount Vernon, Virginia ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

CIA Headquarters → connectedBy → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Theodore Roosevelt Bridge → hasApproachRoad → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

George Washington Memorial Parkway → hasComponent → George Washington Memorial Parkway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vernon Memorial Highway

Crystal City → hasMajorRoadAccess → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia → hasTransportation → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

National Parkways → includes → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: National Parkway

Georgetown → locatedNear → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Navy–Merchant Marine Memorial → locatedOn → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

1000 Colonial Farm Road → near → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Langley Headquarters → near → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

U.S. Park Police → operatesIn → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Park Police

George Washington Memorial Parkway → overseenBy → George Washington Memorial Parkway self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Washington Memorial Parkway (NPS administrative unit)

Great Falls Park → partOf → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Marine Corps War Memorial → partOf → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Memorial Bridge → partOf → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

Georgetown Pike (Virginia State Route 193) → passesNear → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: Georgetown Pike

Memorial Bridge → roadCarried → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arlington Memorial Drive

Langley, Virginia → roadJunctionOf → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

McLean → servedByRoad → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ

National Landing → transportationAccess → George Washington Memorial Parkway ⓘ