Chevy Chase Circle

Chevy Chase Circle
The Francis Griffith Newlands Memorial Fountain at the center of Chevy Chase Circle
Location
Washington, DC and Chevy Chase, MD
Roads at junction:	MD 185 Connecticut Avenue NW Western Avenue Chevy Chase Parkway NW Magnolia Parkway Various other local roads
Construction
Type:	Traffic circle
Maintained by:	DDOT, MDSHA

Chevy Chase Circle is a traffic circle straddling the border of Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. and Chevy Chase, Maryland. The circle sits upon the convergence of Western Avenue, Grafton Street, Magnolia Parkway, Chevy Chase Parkway NW, and Connecticut Avenue (signed as Maryland Route 185 in Maryland). In the center of the circle is a fountain dedicated to Representative and Senator Francis Griffith Newlands of Nevada.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Chevy Chase Circle" (PDF). Town of Chevy Chase. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
↑ Sisson, Edward Hawkins (26 February 2009). "Chevy Chase Circle Fountain: A Call To Rededicate a Memorial to Racism". newgeography.com. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

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

Villages

Other

Schools†

Montgomery County, MD	Westland Middle Bethesda-Chevy Chase High

District of Columbia	Woodrow Wilson High

Roads

Footnotes

†Inclusion on this list means that residents are zoned to these schools, not necessarily that these schools are in Chevy Chase. ‡School is private.

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