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removed his opposition to the extension, citing the need to accommodate defense workers needing to access the national capital. The NCPPC voted on
October 17, 1941, to extend the avenue west to the Potomac River. The agency was still unsure, however, whether to fill in the Tidal Basin's north bay,
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National Capital Park and Planning Commission (NCPPC) advocated turning the roadway into a much-widened ceremonial avenue as a counterpart to North B Street. The NCPPC proposed
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system, Independence Avenue was originally known as South B Street. Construction on the street began sometime after 1791. By
October 1803, it existed definitively between New Jersey Avenue and 1st Street East, and in 1809 it was opened between New Jersey Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. By 1816, the
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Potomac to lessen the chance of flooding. Congress also ordered that the dredged material be used to fill in what remained of the Tiber Creek estuary and build up much of the land near the White House and along Pennsylvania Avenue NW by nearly 6 feet (1.8 m) to
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Constitution Avenue. The following year, the NCPPC proposed widening South B Street to 60 feet (18 m) between New Jersey Avenue SE and 12th Street SW. Between 12th and 14th Streets SW, the street would be 80 feet (24 m) wide, to
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Pennsylvania Avenue SE. The idea was conceived by the federation's past president, Fred A. Emery, who observed that no major thoroughfare in the city commemorated George Washington (whose bicentennial birth was being celebrated that year). But no action was taken in the
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Federation of Citizens Associations of Washington, D.C., petitioned Congress to rename South B Street "Washington Avenue" between the
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at the intersection of Ohio Drive SW and 23rd Street SW. The street contains three lanes of traffic in each direction, and eastbound and westbound lanes are divided by a 55-foot (17 m) grassy
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between 1941 and 1942. The government of the District of Columbia renamed the portion of the road in the southeast quadrant of the city (west of the Anacostia River) in 1950.
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reported the bill favorably on March 10. However, the bill was held up (along with all other D.C.-related legislation) as the House debated the
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1740:Klingle Road
1720:Benning Road
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1793:Dave Thomas
1783:Chevy Chase
1735:Embassy Row
1622:and streets
1546:Connecticut
1536:State-named
1475:14th Street
875:Bednar 2006
700:D.C. Armory
644:), and the
549:Kutz Bridge
261:Tidal Basin
234:Tidal Basin
1990:Center Leg
1975:9th Street
1858:Washington
1470:7th Street
839:Burch 1823
803:References
612:, and the
374:New Jersey
136:Completion
2015:Southwest
2010:Southeast
1985:Anacostia
1899:McPherson
1889:Lafayette
1611:Wisconsin
789:rush hour
765:June 2021
736:does not
672:Longworth
478:June 2021
449:does not
325:) in the
158:southeast
154:southwest
89:junctions
2030:Category
1995:E Street
1957:Suitland
1947:Oxon Run
1929:Parkways
1879:Franklin
1874:Farragut
1828:Sheridan
1788:Columbus
1773:Banneker
1662:Southern
1601:Virginia
1581:New York
1571:Missouri
1538:roadways
1526:U Street
1521:P Street
1516:M Street
1511:K Street
1506:H Street
1501:F Street
1400:KML file
628:and the
409:causeway
66:Location
51:B Street
1914:Stanton
1894:Lincoln
1884:Freedom
1867:Squares
1848:Truxton
1833:Sherman
1760:Circles
1692:Madison
1687:Jackson
1657:Eastern
1652:Western
1556:Georgia
1551:Florida
757:removed
742:sources
676:Rayburn
636:), the
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274:skyways
188:History
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1843:Thomas
1838:Tenley
1798:Dupont
1778:Barney
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668:Cannon
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232:, the
1919:Union
1823:Scott
1818:Peace
1808:Logan
1803:Grant
1642:South
1632:North
1561:Maine
270:piers
222:levee
87:Major
1853:Ward
1637:East
1586:Ohio
1409:help
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1289:ISBN
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740:any
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139:1941
131:1791
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