First Street NW

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street urban thoroughfare

First Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running near the U.S. Capitol and forming part of the city's numbered street grid.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street → urban thoroughfare →
adjacentTo	congressional office buildings area → federal buildings near the U.S. Capitol →
coordinateSystem	Washington, D.C. quadrant system →
country	United States →
direction	north–south →
formsGridAxisWith	First Street NE →
gridOrientation	orthogonal to east–west lettered streets →
hasFunction	collector route → local access →
hasLanes	multiple traffic lanes (varies by segment) →
hasName	First Street NW →
hasPublicTransitAccess	served by Washington Metropolitan Area bus routes (various) →
isNumberedStreet	true →
locatedIn	District of Columbia → Washington, D.C. →
maintainedBy	District Department of Transportation (DDOT) →
namedAfter	its position as the first numbered north–south street west of the U.S. Capitol →
partOf	numbered streets of Washington, D.C. → street grid of Washington, D.C. →
passesThrough	Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. →
quadrant	Northwest →
region	Mid-Atlantic United States →
roadType	urban street →
runsNear	Capitol grounds → United States Capitol →
urbanContext	central Washington, D.C. →
usedFor	pedestrian traffic → vehicular traffic →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
West Front →	adjacentTo
First Street NW →	hasName
United States Capitol grounds →	hasPart