As the capital of the United States, 51 roadways in Washington, D.C. are named after each state and the territory of Puerto Rico. Many of these roadways are major avenues that serve as the citys principal traffic arteries. Every state lends its name to an avenue except for California Street and Ohio Drive. While streets in Washington are generally laid out in a grid pattern, the state-named avenues often form diagonal connections between the citys many traffic circles and squares as envisioned in the LEnfant Plan for the city. However, avenues named for Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, and Texas connect to no other state-named roadways. Avenues named for Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin continue into neighboring Maryland, often as state highways, but none of the state-named avenues continue into Virginia.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:00:39 +0000
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