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36-640: Boundary Road may refer to: Boundary Road or Boundary Street, the former name of Florida Avenue in Washington DC Boundary Road Brewery, a craft beer brand produced by Independent Breweries NZ Boundary Road (Ottawa) , in the Nepean—Carleton electoral district of Ontario, Canada See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Boundary Road Boundary Street , Kowloon, Hong Kong Topics referred to by

72-591: A 1-mile extension that ran from its former terminus at 18th and Florida east along U Street NW through the neighborhood of Shaw to 7th Street NW. This double-track line intersected with several downtown lines and made Adams Morgan more readily accessible from downtown . The downtown portion of the line used the underground Love conduit system, while the Connecticut Avenue section used cheaper, more reliable overhead wires. Rock Creek streetcars were equipped for both, and switched from one delivery method to

108-439: A 1966 history of D.C. streetcars. The Rock Creek line fostered development along upper Connecticut Avenue, helping to spawn several northwest Washington, D.C. , neighborhoods: Adams Morgan , Woodley Park , Cleveland Park , North Cleveland Park , Forest Hills , and Chevy Chase . Similarly, and as explicitly intended by its founders, the line fostered the suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland . In 1923, Capital Traction gained

144-527: A deal in which the RCR issued stock with a total par value of $ 12,000,000, of which $ 10,750,000 was given to W&G stockholders. The actual value of RCR stock and bonds at the time was $ 1,500,000 ($ 54,940,000 today ). On September 21, 1895, the two formed the Capital Traction Company , the first company created during "the great streetcar consolidation." The deal also took advantage of

180-527: A lake to supply water to the railroad's northern power house . This generating plant, which burned coal that arrived on a B&O siding , used the Thomson-Houston system installed by General Electric to deliver electricity to streetcars via overhead poles. The poles—ornamented iron within the city and a mile beyond, square post lumber for the remaining mile—drove streetcars all the way to 18th and U Streets. On September 16, 1892, service opened on

216-481: A peculiar facet of the Rock Creek Railway, whose revenues were rather sparse but whose charter placed no limits on the amount of money that might be raised through the sale of stock and bonds. "This providential clause was turned to good advantage in the reorganization of the prosperous Washington and Georgetown Railroad which was severely crippled by its fixed capital ceiling of only $ 500,000", according to

252-459: A winding path due to the city's topography. From 9th Street NW, Florida Avenue follows a straight line to its eastern terminus at the "Starburst intersection" of H Street NE , 15th Street NE, Maryland Avenue NE , Benning Road NE, and Bladensburg Road NE. Florida Avenue helps to define several neighborhoods in the District of Columbia. In the northwest quadrant, it forms one of the borders of

288-583: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Florida Avenue On July 9, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act , which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. The exact location was to be selected by President George Washington, who chose a portion of the states of Maryland and Virginia on January 24, 1791. Originally, government officials did not foresee that

324-629: Is the Wicomico-Sunderland Escarpment, which is part of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line . The escarpment helps mark the transition between the Appalachian Piedmont region north of the avenue and the flat Atlantic Coastal Plain terrain of the city's downtown area to the south. The first section of Boundary Street to be opened was between North Capitol Street and 2nd Street NE in 1818. By 1828,

360-479: The Capital Traction Company , which would become one of the two major streetcar companies that operated in and around Washington, D.C., in the early decades of the 20th century. The line fostered the development of several neighborhoods of northwest Washington, D.C. , and suburban Maryland. The Rock Creek Railway was founded by Francis Newlands as part of a plan to develop streetcar suburbs in northwestern D.C. and adjacent Maryland. He and his partners incorporated

396-493: The Columbia Heights neighborhood (which straddles 16th Street NW) along with Columbia Road NW. Florida Avenue also forms the boundary between Adams Morgan to the north and Dupont Circle to the south, helping to connect the major thoroughfares of Connecticut Avenue NW and 16th Street NW , and forms the northern boundary of the 18th Street NW shopping corridor. It also connects Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle with

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432-494: The Duke Ellington Bridge ; to minimize traffic disruption, the trestle was moved 80 feet downstream on rollers and kept in use until the new bridge was completed, whereupon it was demolished on December 17 of that year .) Returning to solid ground, the track joined the recently graded extension of Connecticut Avenue NW north of Rock Creek and turned then ran north-northwest. The line continued on Connecticut to

468-538: The Shaw neighborhood and the U Street retail and entertainment corridor. Heading east toward North Capitol Street, Florida Avenue borders LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale to the north, and Truxton Circle to the south. In the northeast quadrant, Florida Avenue serves as the demarcation between the Eckington , Gallaudet University and Trinidad neighborhoods to the north, with NoMa and H Street / Atlas District to

504-451: The District line at Chevy Chase Circle , then on trackage built by Newlands' Chevy Chase Land Company 1.7 miles due north to just past Coquelin Run in today's unincorporated Chevy Chase, Maryland . “The road bed, after leaving the improved streets of the city, was constructed with great difficulty, and at an enormous expense. Connecticut Avenue (extended) having as yet been unimproved, and

540-541: The area, whose sidewalks and other infrastructure along this stretch do not meet modern ADA and safety requirements. A 2015 report by the District Department of Transportation brought few immediate changes, but renewed pressure in spring 2019 brought announcements of some plans for improvements. The western terminus of Florida Avenue is at Massachusetts Avenue NW, 22nd Street NW, and Q Street NW. From that terminus to 9th Street NW, Florida Avenue follows

576-573: The city of Washington would expand to fill the boundaries of the entire District of Columbia. The "Federal City", or City of Washington, originally lay within an area bounded by Boundary Street (northwest and northeast), 15th Street Northeast, East Capitol Street , the Anacostia River , the Potomac River , and Rock Creek . Boundary Street was drawn to follow the foot of the hilly terrain of Northwest Washington, D.C. The hilly area

612-615: The city, so the railroad used the Love conduit system between the rails to provide power to the cars. (These original tracks would be removed in 1899 as the city's streetcar network developed. ) Meanwhile, the Land Company was extending Connecticut Avenue, down whose center the railroad would run, from the Rock Creek valley past the D.C.-Maryland line and into the land that would become Chevy Chase, Maryland. Tracks were laid from

648-400: The city. Union Market and the adjacent retail strip anchor several blocks along the north side of northeast Florida Avenue, just west of Gallaudet University. Former landmarks on Florida Avenue include Henderson's Castle, a massive red sandstone mansion built at the corner of Florida Avenue and 16th Street NW in 1888 for Senator John B. Henderson . The mansion was razed in 1949, although

684-679: The company on June 23, 1888 (just four days after D.C.'s first electric trolley company, the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway ). The railroad's officers were the same as the Chevy Chase Land Company's: Newlands, president; Edward J. Stellwagen, vice-president; Howard S. Nyman, secretary; Thomas M. Gale, treasurer, and A. J. Warner, manager. In 1890, the railroad began operations on its first quarter-mile of track, connecting Connecticut Avenue NW and 18th Street NW along Florida Avenue (recently renamed from Boundary Street). Overhead trolley poles were forbidden in this part of

720-444: The country being very rugged, a succession of deep cuts and fills were necessary, as well as the bridging of several deep ravines," wrote Electrical World. Some 454,000 cubic yards were removed, including 242,000 of solid rock, 97,000 of loose rock, 32,000 of hard pan, and 83,000 of earth: an average of 75,000 cubic yards for each of the six miles. A bridge was built to carry road and track across Klingle Ford Road . The overhead wire

756-698: The first to extend into Maryland . Created to increase the value of land owned by the Chevy Chase Land Company , the railroad began service in 1890. By 1893, it stretched more than seven miles from the Cardoza/Shaw neighborhood of D.C. to Coquelin Run in Maryland. The trip from Chevy Chase to downtown took about 35 minutes. In 1895, the railroad purchased the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company and changed its name to

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792-506: The line advertised its route past the National Zoological Park , which opened in 1889. And like many streetcar companies, the Chevy Chase Land Company built its own trolley park : Chevy Chase Lake Amusement Park , which opened on 1894 just east of Connecticut Avenue at the railroad's northern terminus. A central feature was the power house's artificial lake, landscaped for boating. One more source of passenger traffic

828-565: The name of Boundary Street had depressed the value of their land. Later that year, the Rock Creek Railway opened electric streetcar service on a quarter-mile of track along Florida Avenue NW from Connecticut Avenue to 18th Street NW. In 1899, as the city's streetcar system developed, service along this stretch of Florida was discontinued and the track removed. In the 2010s, high-profile pedestrian and cyclist deaths on Florida Avenue NE prompted traffic safety discussions about

864-786: The original terminus at U Street NW up 18th Street through the neighborhood today known as Adams Morgan , where it formed a junction with the Metropolitan Railroad at Columbia Road. Turning west along Erie Street (today's Calvert Street), the line approached the Rock Creek gorge. Bridging the valley was the railroad's single most difficult engineering challenge. The company hired the Edge Moor Iron Works to build an iron truss bridge at Cincinnati Street NW (now Calvert Street NW). The 775-foot, 1,226-ton bridge, whose six trusses sat on 125-foot-high iron trestles,

900-468: The other on every run at 18th and V Streets NW, a process that took 30 seconds or less. (In 1899, the Love conduit would be replaced by overhead poles. ) In 1894, the line regularly operated 20 streetcars on 15-minute headways —and 7-minute headways on Sundays and holidays. The price for a single streetcar ride was 5 cents, or 6 rides for 25 cents. (It would rise to 7 cents in 1919.) To boost ridership,

936-403: The retaining wall and gates have survived. Another former landmark was Holmead's Burying Ground , located on Florida Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets. Founded in 1796, it was the city's most prominent cemetery for the first 50 years of the 19th century. It was closed in 1874, and the bodies removed over the next decade. Griffith Stadium , also known as Boundary Stadium (for Boundary Street),

972-594: The right to run its streetcars on the tracks of the Kensington Railway, which allowed it to operate through service from downtown D.C. through Chevy Chase Lake to Norris Station in Kensington. Twelve years later, Capital Traction was given permission to replace streetcars on the Chevy Chase line with buses. The last streetcars ran on September 15, 1935. The trolley poles, safety domes, and most of

1008-456: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boundary Road . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boundary_Road&oldid=1193275789 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1044-474: The six-mile extension of the line, making the Rock Creek Railway the first D.C.-based streetcar to operate in Maryland. Congress approved two proposed extensions on April 30, 1892. One was a northern spur to the National Zoo that was never built, but the authorization to lay track east along Florida Avenue to North Capitol Street was eventually used. On March 2, 1893, the Rock Creek Railway opened

1080-468: The south (also known as Near Northeast ). Gallaudet University , the American national university for the deaf, is located at 800 Florida Avenue NE. The campus consists of a unique collection of Victorian and Queen Anne style buildings on grounds with a landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted . The Florida Avenue Grill, located at 1100 Florida Avenue NW, opened in 1944 and is a historic restaurant in

1116-541: The street extended westward at least to 19th Street NW. Boundary Street was graded in late 1869 and early 1870, which dropped the street some 7 to 8 feet (2.1 to 2.4 m) in places. Boundary Street was renamed Florida Avenue on January 14, 1890, by a decision of the Board of Commissioners . The Washington Post reported the next day that the Commissioners had received numerous complaints by property owners that

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1152-475: The waiting stations were removed the following week. The tracks remained for several years, but when the Export Control Act was passed barring the sale of most scrap metal to Japan it had a loophole for old rails, which made Rock Creek rail very lucrative. At that point, the tracks in Maryland were pulled up and sold to Japan by the state of Maryland. It's likely the tracks were melted down for use in

1188-504: Was a major league baseball stadium bounded by Florida Avenue NW, W Street NW, Georgia Avenue NW, and 5th Street NW. Built in 1911, it was torn down in 1965. Where Florida Avenue intersects New York Avenue is colloquially referred to as " Dave Thomas Circle ". Rock Creek Railway The Rock Creek Railway , which operated independently from 1890 to 1895, was one of the first electric streetcar companies in Washington, D.C. , and

1224-465: Was hung from poles set every 125 feet: iron poles manufactured by John A. Roebling’s Sons Co. The line ended just south of the grade crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 's Georgetown Branch at Connecticut Avenue. Here the Rock Creek built a terminus complex that included a small station and the railroad's six-track car barn. Coquelin Run, a small tributary of Rock Creek, was dammed to create

1260-426: Was officially completed on July 21, 1891. On the previous day, the railroad, under the terms of its charter, had transferred both of its bridges to the city of Washington, D.C. (In 1911, the rickety Rock Creek bridge would be shored up by narrowing its roadway from 40 feet to 25 and adding timber cribbing, which would in 1922 be replaced by steel joints and asphalt surface. The bridge itself would be replaced in 1935 by

1296-627: Was the Chevy Chase Lake & Kensington Railway (later, the Kensington Railway Company), a streetcar line that opened in 1895 and ran two winding miles north from the Rock Creek's terminus to the town of Kensington . On March 1, 1895, Congress authorized the Rock Creek Railway to purchase the Washington and Georgetown Railroad as part of an attempt to consolidate the streetcar system. Negotiations in August led to

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