Northwest street naming system of Washington, D.C.

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street naming system urban grid system

The Northwest street naming system of Washington, D.C. is the grid-based scheme that organizes and labels streets in the city's northwest quadrant using letters, numbers, and state names radiating from the Capitol.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street naming system ⓘ urban grid system ⓘ
appliesTo	Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
basisOfQuadrantDesignation	position relative to the Capitol ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
coordinateReferenceFeature	Capitol building NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
definesBlockNumbering	distance from the Capitol ⓘ
diagonalAvenuesNamedAfter	U.S. states ⓘ
distinguishesFromOtherQuadrantsBy	NW quadrant suffix and relative position to Capitol ⓘ
feature	combination of orthogonal grid and diagonal avenues ⓘ systematic naming based on distance and direction from the Capitol ⓘ
goal	create a rational, navigable street layout in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasIrregularities	yes ⓘ
hasQuadrantIndicatorInAddresses	NW ⓘ
includesDiagonalAvenues	yes ⓘ
influencedByPlan	L’Enfant Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
irregularitiesCausedBy	historic roads predating the grid ⓘ topography ⓘ
organizes	commercial streets in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ residential streets in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf	street naming system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
primaryOrientationOfLetteredStreets	east–west GENERATED ⓘ
primaryOrientationOfNumberedStreets	north–south GENERATED ⓘ
quadrant	Northwest ⓘ
relatedTo	Northeast street naming system of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast street naming system of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest street naming system of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
skipsLetter	J ⓘ X ⓘ Y ⓘ Z ⓘ
streetNamePattern	lettered streets increase alphabetically moving north from the National Mall ⓘ numbered streets increase moving away from the Capitol ⓘ
usedFor	addressing in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ navigation in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ
usesAlphabeticSequence	yes ⓘ
usesCoordinateOrigin	United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesGridLayout	yes ⓘ
usesStreetTypes	lettered streets ⓘ numbered streets ⓘ state-named avenues ⓘ
usesSuffixes	Avenue ⓘ Place ⓘ Road ⓘ Street ⓘ Terrace ⓘ

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

L Street NW → hasCoordinateSystem → Northwest street naming system of Washington, D.C. ⓘ