Independence Avenue

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avenue street in Washington, D.C.

Independence Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running along the southern edge of the National Mall and lined with prominent federal buildings and monuments.

Aliases (1)

Independence Avenue SE ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	avenue → street in Washington, D.C. →
adjacentTo	National Mall →
country	United States →
crosses	Washington Channel →
followsAlong	southern edge of the National Mall →
hasFormerName	South B Street →
hasJunctionWith	12th Street SW → 14th Street SW → 23rd Street SW → 7th Street SW →
hasNearbyMetroStation	Federal Center SW station → L’Enfant Plaza station → Smithsonian station →
hasStreetType	urban arterial road →
isMajorRouteFor	federal office buildings access →
isParallelTo	Constitution Avenue →
isPartOf	National Mall and Memorial Parks area →
isWithin	National Capital Region →
locatedIn	District of Columbia → Washington, D.C. →
maintainedBy	District Department of Transportation →
namedAfter	United States Declaration of Independence →
namedBy	United States Congress →
passesBy	Arthur M. Sackler Gallery → Bureau of Engraving and Printing → Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden → James Madison Memorial Building → James V. Forrestal Building → Library of Congress → Lincoln Memorial grounds → National Air and Space Museum → National Museum of African Art → National Museum of the American Indian → Tidal Basin → United States Botanic Garden → United States Capitol → United States Department of Agriculture headquarters → United States Department of Education headquarters → United States Holocaust Memorial Museum → Washington Monument grounds →
passesThrough	Southeast Washington, D.C. → Southwest Washington, D.C. →
runsDirection	east–west →
usedFor	commuter traffic → tourist access to National Mall →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Mall →	adjacentTo
Pennsylvania Avenue ("Independence Avenue SE") →	hasJunctionWith