16th Street NW

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16th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running from the White House area through several neighborhoods and serving as a key commuter and ceremonial route.

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16th Street NW canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf north–south arterial road
street
thoroughfare
alignedWith White House north–south axis
continuesAs Colesville Road
coordinateSystem Northwest (NW) quadrant designation
country United States
formsBoundaryBetween Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C.
Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.
hasAlternateNameType numbered street
hasFunction arterial road
ceremonial avenue
hasLandmarkAlong All Souls Church, Unitarian
Church of the Sacred Heart
Meridian Hill Park
Scott Circle
hasLandmarkNear Lafayette Square
hasLanes multiple traffic lanes
hasNeighborhoodAlong Brightwood
Columbia Heights
Crestwood
Mount Pleasant
Shepherd Park
isCeremonialRoute true
isMaintainedBy District Department of Transportation
isMajorCommuterRoute true
isPartOf Washington, D.C. street grid
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
northernExtensionLocatedIn Maryland
notableFor processions and parades
views of the White House
partOfUrbanPlanBy Pierre Charles L’Enfant
passesThrough Adams Morgan area
linked to: Adams Morgan

Brightwood
Columbia Heights
Crestwood
Downtown Washington, D.C.
Dupont Circle area
Mount Pleasant area
Shepherd Park
roadSurface paved
runsDirection north–south
southernTerminus Lafayette Square area
linked to: Lafayette Square
southernTerminusNear The White House
linked to: White House
usedBy commuters
public transit

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

Columbia Heights borderedBy 16th Street NW
Scott Circle connectsRoad 16th Street NW
15th Street NW runsParallelTo 16th Street NW