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A separate act of Congress in 1895 required that the street names in Georgetown be changed to conform to the street naming system used in the City of Washington. [23] However, the old street names were shown on maps as late as 1899. The commissioners of the District of Columbia mandated a new system of naming streets in 1901. [24]
Street in Kingman Park that runs from 21st Street to Benning Road. One of four state-named roadways that does not connect to another state-named roadway. 0.4 miles (0.64 km) Oregon Avenue NW: Street in North Chevy Chase that runs from Military Road, along the west side of Rock Creek Park to Western Avenue.
The Georgetown street renaming occurred as a result of an 1895 act of the United States Congress that ended even the nominal independence of Georgetown from Washington, D.C. The Act required, inter alia , that the street names in Georgetown be changed to conform to the street-naming system in use in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.
Statue of John A. Logan in the center of Logan Circle. The surface road layout in Washington, D.C., consists primarily of numbered streets along the north–south axis and lettered streets (followed by streets named in alphabetical order) along the east–west axis.
For example, there is a 4th Street NE, 4th Street NW, 4th Street SE, and 4th Street SW. Exceptions to this nomenclature include the names of the streets that line the National Mall . The north side of the mall is lined by Constitution Avenue , whereas the south side of the mall is lined by Independence Avenue .
Street names are usually renamed after political revolutions and regime changes for ideological reasons. In postsocialist Romania, after 1989, the percentage of street renaming ranged from 6% in Bucharest, [16] and 8% in Sibiu, to 26% in Timișoara. [17] Street names can be changed relatively easily by municipal authorities for various reasons.
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DC 4 — — — — — — Pennsylvania Avenue was designated DC 4, an extension of Maryland Route 4 that reached at least the east side of the White House. [citation needed] DC 5 — — — — 1939: 1949 Continued into Washington, D.C. on Naylor Road, Good Hope Road, and 11th Street to District of Columbia Route 4 (Pennsylvania Avenue). [1]