Rhode Island Avenue
is a diagonal avenue in the
Northwest
and
Northeast
quadrants
of
Washington, D.C.
, and the capital's inner suburbs in
Prince George's County, Maryland
.
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Paralleling
New York Avenue
, Rhode Island Avenue was one of the original streets in
Pierre L'Enfant
's plan for the capital.
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It became a major commuter route, carrying
U.S. Route 1
traffic into the city from Prince George's County.
The western terminus of Rhode Island Avenue is in
downtown Washington
, at an intersection with
Connecticut Avenue
NW and
M Street NW
.
[1]
The
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
is on Rhode Island Avenue NW, just east of that intersection.
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Just east of the cathedral, at
Scott Circle
, Rhode Island Avenue NW intersects
Massachusetts Avenue NW
and
16th Street NW
. N Street NW stops short of meeting the circle from either direction, but is instead connected to Rhode Island and Massachusetts avenues NW through two short streets, Corregidor Street NW and Bataan Street NW. From Scott Circle, Rhode Island Avenue NW continues eastward to the
Logan Circle
neighborhood. At the
traffic circle
of the same name, Rhode Island Avenue NW intersects Vermont Avenue, 13th Street, and
P Street
NW.
East of Logan Circle, Rhode Island passes through primarily residential neighborhoods such as
Bloomingdale
,
Shaw
and
Brentwood
. Rhode Island Avenue is
U.S. Route 29
between
7th
and 11th streets NW, and
U.S. Route 1
east of 6th Street NW. In Northeast Washington, Rhode Island Avenue NE is served by the
Rhode Island Avenue?Brentwood station
on the
Red Line
and the
Shaw?Howard University station
on the
Green Line
of the
Washington Metro
.
In 1926, Rhode Island Avenue NE was extended from the
District
line into
Maryland
, through
Mount Rainier
,
Brentwood
, and
North Brentwood
.
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In downtown
Hyattsville
, Rhode Island Avenue merges into Baltimore Avenue (
U.S. Route 1 Alternate
). U.S. Route 1 traffic continues north on Baltimore Avenue. Discontinuous segments of Rhode Island Avenue exist in
Riverdale Park
,
College Park
, and
Beltsville
, running along or alongside the abandoned
Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railroad
.
Retail and mixed-use near metro station
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The area along Rhode Island Avenue between 10th and 14th streets N.E. has been a key shopping area (for groceries, hardware, etc.) in D.C. at least since the 1930s. A "Park & Shop", an early name for a strip mall or
neighborhood shopping center
with the then-innovative feature of parking in front of the stores, opened here in 1938. Rhode Island Place is a 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m
2
)
power center
anchored by
Ross Dress For Less
,
Home Depot
, and a
Giant
supermarket
[3]
Adjacent Rhode Island Row has 70,000 sq ft (6,500 m
2
) of retail space.
[4]
Also adjacent is the Bryant Street NW development anchored by
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
and Bryant Street Market
food hall
.
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