Benjamin Banneker Circle

Benjamin Banneker Circle
Looking north at Banneker Park, Circle and Overlook in 1990, with L'Enfant Promenade behind it and the National Mall in the background
Location
Southwest Waterfront, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates:	38°52′54″N 77°01′34″W / 38.88167°N 77.02611°W / 38.88167; -77.02611Coordinates: 38°52′54″N 77°01′34″W / 38.88167°N 77.02611°W / 38.88167; -77.02611
Roads at junction:	L'Enfant Promenade SW G Street SW
Construction
Type:	Traffic circle
Maintained by:	DDOT

Benjamin Banneker Circle is a partial traffic circle in Southwest Washington, D.C.. The name of the circle commemorates Benjamin Banneker, an African American astronomer and almanac author. In 1791, Banneker assisted in the initial survey of the boundaries of the District of Columbia.^[1]^[2] The circle is near the south end of L'Enfant Promenade and the intersection of Interstate 395 and Maine Avenue. Benjamin Banneker Park is within the Circle.

References

↑ ""Banneker Circle: Vista to the Past: River Farms to Urban Towers — Southwest Heritage Trail" marker". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
↑ Environmental Assessment for Improvements to L'Enfant Promenade and Benjamin Banneker Park (PDF). Department of Transportation, Government of the District of Columbia and Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, Federal Highway Administration. June 2006. Retrieved 2010-05-13.

Streets of Washington, D.C.

Numbered Streets	7th Street 14th Street 16th Street 18th Street

Lettered Streets	H Street K Street M Street P Street U Street

State-named roadways	Connecticut Florida Georgia Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Wisconsin

Border avenues and streets	Capitol Streets North East South Border Avenues Western Eastern Southern Mall Boundaries Constitution Independence

Other streets	Benning Columbia Embassy Row Jackson Klingle MacArthur Madison Martin Luther King Jr.

Circles	Anna J. Cooper Barney Benjamin Banneker Chevy Chase Columbus Dupont Garfield Grant Lincoln Memorial Logan Observatory Peace Pinehurst Randle Scott Sheridan Sherman Tenley Thomas Ward Washington Westmoreland

Squares	Farragut Franklin Freedom Lafayette Lincoln McPherson Mount Vernon Seward Stanton Union

Parkways	Clara Barton George Washington Memorial Oxon Run Rock Creek & Potomac Suitland

Expressways	9th Street 12th Street Anacostia Center Leg E Street Kenilworth Avenue Potomac River Southeast Southwest

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