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Washington DC Metro Map-2012 (To Scale).svg by Noclip Maps template-en.svg by Sting Own work using: OpenStreetMap transportlayer Information from: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Requested by and knowledge from Multituberculata; Author: Goran_tek-en: Permission (Reusing this file)
Actual map of the Washington Metro. Map of the network is drawn to scale. Since opening in 1976, the Metro network has grown to include six lines, 98 stations, and 129 miles (208 km) of route. [78] The rail network is designed according to a spoke–hub distribution paradigm, with rail lines running between downtown Washington and its nearby ...
After the Pentagon station, the Yellow Line emerges from its tunnel east of the Pentagon and crosses the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge over the George Washington Memorial Parkway, the Potomac River, and Ohio Drive. [40] At the end of the bridge, the Yellow Line re-enters a tunnel near the Jefferson Memorial and crosses under the Washington Channel ...
Topological map of the Washington Metro system depicting integration of the Purple Line The "Purple Line" has been the name of two different transit proposals. In 1994, John J. Corley Jr., an architect with Harry Weese Associates (which designed the Washington Metro system) proposed a multibillion-dollar Metro line around the 64-mile (103 km ...
By 1991, five rail lines were open: the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue Lines. The system, as originally planned, was completed in 2001 with the extension of the Green Line to Branch Avenue . In 2004, three stations were opened: an extension of the Blue Line to the Morgan Boulevard and Downtown Largo stations and the first infill station ...
This diagram is current as of January 2024.This is a route-map template for rail transport in Washington, D.C., a United States railway network.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
In 1959, the study's final report included two rapid transit lines that anticipated downtown Washington subways. [3] Because the plan called for extensive freeway construction in Washington, D.C., alarmed residents lobbied for federal legislation creating a moratorium on freeway construction through July 1, 1962. [4]
[59] [62] [63] A poster displaying a map of similar design has been hanging in DC Councilman Jack Evans' office for a number of years, but received scant attention until 2008. [64] Wyman, one of the original designers of the map, was confirmed as the layout specialist who would be redesigning the map by The Washington Post on June 4, 2011. [65]