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14-535: It is bounded by Albemarle Street NW to the north, Rodman and Quebec Streets NW to the south, Wisconsin and Nebraska Avenues NW to the west, and Connecticut Avenue to the east. It is served by the Van Ness–UDC station on the Washington Metro 's Red Line , and is therefore — like the adjacent Forest Hills neighborhood — frequently referred to as Van Ness . North Cleveland Park should not be confused with

28-430: Is provided by banks of escalators on either side of Connecticut Avenue, north of Veazey Terrace, which meet in an upper mezzanine and connect to a set of three long escalators to reach fare control. An elevator on the southwest corner of the intersection connects directly to the main mezzanine. The station opened on December 5, 1981. Its opening coincided with the completion of 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of rail northwest of

42-471: Is the northernmost station in the tunnel beneath Connecticut Avenue, one of Washington's busiest thoroughfares. After northbound trains leave the station, the tunnel shifts westwards underneath Yuma Street and at the next station, Tenleytown–AU , the tunnel then parallels the route of Wisconsin Avenue into Maryland . Architecturally, Van Ness–UDC is similar to other stations along the underground stretch of

56-806: The Dupont Circle station and the opening of the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park stations. It would serve as the northwestern terminus of the Red Line until the opening of an extension to the then-named Grosvenor station on August 25, 1984. Wisconsin Avenue Wisconsin Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C. , and its Maryland suburbs. The southern terminus begins in Georgetown just north of

70-627: The National Highway System as an arterial route from M Street to the Capital Beltway . Wisconsin Avenue follows the route of an ancient Native American trail. It was used by Europeans since the 1690s. Between 1805 and 1820, it was turned into a toll road by the Georgetown and Rockville Turnpike Company to carry tobacco and other products between Georgetown and Frederick. The section of Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown

84-562: The Potomac River , at an intersection with K Street under the elevated Whitehurst Freeway . Wisconsin Avenue ends just north of Bethesda, Maryland—though the road designated as Maryland Route 355 continues north for miles under the name of Rockville Pike. From the Georgetown riverfront on the Potomac River , Wisconsin Avenue climbs steeply north through Northwest Washington, D.C. along two travel lanes, with parked vehicles generally filling both curb lanes. The road passes through

98-804: The United Arab Emirates . Many of these embassies are located within the International Chancery Center , the former site of the National Bureau of Standards . This article about a location in Washington, D.C. , is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Van Ness %E2%80%93 UDC (WMATA station) Van Ness–UDC station is a Washington Metro station serving the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. , United States. The island platformed station

112-504: The Washington Metro . Metrorail stations on or near Wisconsin Avenue are all served by the Red Line . They include: The following Metrobus routes travel along the street (listed from south to north): The D.C. Circulator's Georgetown-Union Station route travels along the street: The following Ride On routes travel along the street (listed from south to north): Once designated U.S. Highway 240 , Wisconsin Avenue remains part of

126-474: The Red Line between Woodley Park and Medical Center . Because of the high cost of the four-coffer waffle design and the relative large depth of these stations, pre-fabricated concrete segments were shipped to the construction site and placed together to form the structure of the station. This resulted in what is now known as the "Arch I" station design of the Washington Metro. Access to the station

140-483: The neighborhoods of Glover Park , Cathedral Heights next to the Washington National Cathedral , Cleveland Park , Tenleytown , and Friendship Heights with its several broadcasting towers. In Friendship Heights, Wisconsin Avenue intersects with Western Avenue, which forms much of the northwest border of Washington, D.C., and then crosses into Montgomery County, Maryland . In Maryland ,

154-831: The neighboring Cleveland Park to its south: although both are part of the original tract of land on which President Grover Cleveland built his summer estate in the 1880s, they are separate neighborhoods. The neighborhood is home to the Van Ness campus of the University of the District of Columbia , the former headquarters of Intelsat , Sidwell Friends School , Sheridan School and several embassies , including those of Austria , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Brunei , China , Egypt , Ethiopia , Ghana , Honduras , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Malaysia , Monaco , Morocco (future site), Nigeria , Pakistan , Singapore , Slovakia and

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168-464: The road is also known as Maryland Route 355 . As Wisconsin Avenue passes through Bethesda , it forms one of the main streets of downtown Bethesda. Just north of downtown Bethesda, at the intersection with Glenbrook Parkway, the avenue's name changes to Rockville Pike and continues north. From the Tenleytown-AU station north, Wisconsin Avenue runs approximately parallel to the Red Line of

182-463: Was called High Street before the street names in Georgetown were changed in 1895 to conform to those of the L'Enfant Plan for the federal city (although Georgetown predates the planned capital by half a century). In 1864, General Jubal A. Early marched down this road from Monocacy Junction in an attempt to take Washington, D.C. that ended in the Battle of Fort Stevens . For more than half

196-618: Was opened on December 5, 1981, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line , the station is on the 4200 block of Connecticut Avenue NW , with exits on either side of the street. The station is also close to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), as well as to both Howard University School of Law and the Edmund Burke School . Van Ness–UDC station

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