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97-587: Southwest Waterfront is bounded by Interstate 395 to the north, Washington Channel to the west, the Anacostia River to the south, and South Capitol Street to the east. Politically, Southwest Waterfront lies in Ward 6. Southwest Waterfront is part of Pierre L'Enfant 's original city plans. It includes some of the oldest buildings in the city, including the Wheat Row block of townhouses, built in 1793,

194-529: A 60-day notice to the company. On April 9, 1895, the Newport News is launched from the city for which it is a namesake. The trial trip took place on June 6, 1895 under the command of Captain Georghegan between Old Point Light and Windmill Point Light , a distance of 46 miles and back. The average speed was 19 miles with a maximum of 21 miles. The test was considered a success. On June 18, 1895 it

291-434: A Bostonian venture capitalist named James Greenleaf, who received a discount on sixty thousand real estate lots in exchange for a promise to build ten new houses on them per year. Greenleaf, however, had not secured the financial backing he had claimed and was unable to finance the promised construction. (He declared bankruptcy in 1797.) As a result, except for a few scattered buildings such as Thomas Law's (a land speculator who

388-662: A Jury in La Platte, MD. On March 26, 1942, the wife of Harry B. Murphy sued the company for negligence due to failing to provide proper safeguards. she was asking for $ 50,000. After the Attack on Pearl Harbor , the Federal Government requisitioned the Northland and Southland on July 9, 1942. The company is given 24-hour notice with no details on what they will be used for or if they will be paid. They are given to

485-676: A companion piece to Tiber Island by the same architects. In 1968, the Titanic Memorial was moved to the Washington Channel , near Fort McNair in Southwest Waterfront. The Washington Metro built the Waterfront Metro station on its Green Line and opened it in 1991. The District of Columbia Public Library operates a branch library in the neighborhood. The Southwest Neighborhood Library

582-661: A few buildings were left intact, notably the Maine Avenue Fish Market , the Wheat Row townhouses, the Thomas Law House , and the St. Dominic's and Friendship churches. The Southeast/Southwest Freeway section of Interstate 395 was constructed where F Street, SW, separated the quadrant's business district from the residential Waterfront neighborhood. The heart of the urban renewal of the Southwest Waterfront

679-482: A glass and aluminum high-rise building that architect Charles Goodman designed. Constructed in 1965 in a pinwheel shape with a large courtyard and with town houses in its quadrants, Tiber Island , which architects Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon designed, received the American Institute of Architects award for Multi-Family Residential design in 1966. Carrollsburg was completed in 1967 and developed as

776-459: A green roof, and received LEED Platinum certification for environmental design. Starting around 2003, the Southwest Waterfront began gentrifying. A number of the neighborhood's apartment buildings began extensive renovations and condominium conversions. Residential and commercial developers started to take a more serious interest in Southwest. In 2004, the city announced that it would build

873-696: A line of steamers for the transport of passengers and freight between Washington, DC and Norfolk, Virginia on the Potomac River . The capital stock was to be no less than $ 100,000 and an option for a railroad to be built inland was introduced. The Company was to build four first-class powerful steamers with all modern improvements according to the incorporation bill. They would run from Washington, DC to Norfolk with stops in Alexandria at Old Point and Newport News. The original Commissioners were Chas. C. Duncanson, John Callahan and Levi Woodbury. In 1890,

970-474: A major real-estate project in DC, part of which lies on top of the highway. The work involves adding a $ 200-million (equivalent to $ 251 million in 2023 ) concrete platform that connects neighborhoods that have been severed by the freeway, creating a better community atmosphere in the eastern edge of downtown. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) expected the work would take up to four years. In 2015,

1067-728: A new boat is built and delivered to replace the Midland . It is called the District of Columbia . Built in Wilmington by Pusey & Jones Company, it was christened on September 12, 1924 by Miss Margaret Callahan, daughter of Daniel J. Callahan, the vice president and general manager at the time. 12 seconds later, the boat was in the water. The new steamboat was outfitted with more rooms with private bathrooms, staterooms with private toilets and showers, running hot water as well as cold water in all staterooms lavatories, mechanical ventilation of

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1164-412: A speed of 17 miles per hour. The saloon deck extended the entire length of the ship. It had forty bedrooms and eight double state-rooms. The interior was decorated and paneled and the main colors were white and gold. The Officer's quarters had a gallery containing twelve bedrooms with an inside stairway connecting it to the saloon. The staterooms and the main stairways were finished in quartered oak while

1261-414: A stream of water from a fire hose, knocking him 20 feet in the water. He was saved by two soldiers standing on another dock who had jumped in a boat to fish him out. He jumped back to the scow and managed to move it way. The fire destroyed $ 75,000 worth of freight stored in the warehouse and on the steamboat. Among the goods damaged on the steamer were several chasses, two automobiles, two airplane engines,

1358-665: A sugar refinery, in 1797. He also initiated the construction in 1802 of the Washington City Canal , which connected Tiber Creek , at the western foot of the National Mall , with the Anacostia River —then called the "Eastern Branch"—just east of the Arsenal. The canal opened in 1815 but was too shallow and subject to unstable tides to be useful as the industrial pipeline Law had hoped for; instead, it quickly filled with trash and stagnant water, isolating

1455-702: A third steamer was to be built. The route had been a success for the company and the traffic warranted a new addition to the line. It would operate during the day and be larger and more powerful than the other two steamers while retaining their comfort. The contract was awarded to the Newport News Shipbuilding Company on November 15, 1894. The steamer would operate the day trip during the summers leaving Washington, DC at 8:30 am and arriving in Norfolk at 6:30 pm. It would be touching Alexandria, Piney Point , Point Lookout and Old Point . In

1552-441: A width of 46 feet and a depth of 23 feet. It was made of iron and double-plated from the front to mid-ship at the waterline to allow it to cut through the ice that could form in the area. Six bulk heads divided the ship and offered additional protection in case of a leak occurring in a compartment. It was driven by a screw propeller of 13 1/2 in diameter with triple expansion engines of 2,000 horse power and 14 feet boilers guaranteeing

1649-486: Is now better known as the I-95 corridor. The Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway featured the nation's first reversible bus lanes, a precursor to today's HOV lanes. During an evening rush-hour snowstorm in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on takeoff from what was then known as Washington National Airport , hitting the easternmost of the three highway bridges known as the 14th Street bridges. The oldest span, formerly named

1746-565: Is referred to as the "Mixing Bowl". This moniker causes confusion, because the intersection of I-395, Washington Boulevard, and State Route 244 (SR 244; Columbia Pike) several miles north was historically known by that name and continues to be recognized by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) as such. I-395 contains a third roadway: reversible, barrier-separated Virginia high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes with their own entrances and exits, also known locally as

1843-483: The 14th Street bridges . Potomac River crossings for the Washington Metro 's Yellow Line and for a major CSX Transportation railroad line are immediately downstream here. This site has long been a major Potomac River crossing, with the first bridge constructed here in 1809. Of the present highway spans, the eastern one was built in 1950, the western one in 1962, and the central one in 1972. After crossing

1940-401: The 9th and 12th Street Expressways , two tunnels that carry traffic under the National Mall . A series of complex interchanges (numbered 4, 5, 6, and 7) provide partial access to Maine Avenue and C Street Southwest, as well as connections to I-695 . Immediately after I-695, the freeway makes a hard turn to the due north to follow the 3rd Street Tunnel immediately under Union Square , just to

2037-802: The American Civil War . It was also the access point to the Capital for steamboat lines. The following lines operated from there in 1903: the Washington & Potomac Steamboat Company , the Maryland, Delaware & Virginia B.Y. Company and the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company . In the 1950s, city planners working with the Congress decided that the entire Southwest quadrant should undergo significant urban renewal — in this case,

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2134-484: The L'Enfant Promenade and Independence Avenue . Both highways pass through tunnels under the National Mall and are named for the streets that extend northward from their respective northern termini. The 9th Street Expressway and the 12th Street Expressway run southbound and northbound, respectively, between I-395 and Constitution Avenue. The 9th Street Expressway begins at the intersection of Constitution Avenue and 9th Street Northwest. The highway heads southbound along

2231-626: The Layden as there was already another Northland in the Navy. The steamboats were then used in the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944. The British D-Day planners were looking for vessels able to cross the British Channel to be transport personnel or serve as hospital ships. The District and Maryland men from the 29th Division landing on Omaha Beach recognized the steamboats and wrote about

2328-710: The Mount Vernon Trail , and the Pentagon . Construction is expected to be completed in 2024. I-395's turn-off-to-stay-on movement into the 3rd Street Tunnel causes confusion among drivers who intend to continue straight on the Southeast Freeway, but do not realize that they need to follow the posted "Exit 5" for I-695 to do so. WTOP traffic reporters monitor the area with their own cameras, and note numerous incidents of dangerous weaving, as well as trucks – which may be over-height or prohibited from

2425-481: The National Mall near the US Capitol and ends at a junction with US 50 at New York Avenue , roughly one mile (1.6 km) north of the 3rd Street Tunnel. Despite its proximity to I-395 in Maryland , the route is unrelated and unconnected. I-395 is known by three different names over its various segments. The Virginia portion is part of the larger Shirley Highway that continues southward on I-95 beyond

2522-540: The Northland and Southland in the war, the company was operating the service with only one steamer by 1945: the District of Columbia . They did not return to the company after the war. In October 1948, the steamer was involved in a crash with a tanker in Hampton Roads. A passenger was killed and several others were injured. A $ 25,000 lawsuit was filed on December 20, 1948 by the Texas Company accusing

2619-550: The Northland . These boats had steel hulls unlike its predecessors who were made of charcoal iron. The Norfolk and the Washington were sold to the Colonial Line where they were renamed the Lexington and Concord . They operated the line between New York and Providence until World War I. 1918 was a catastrophic year for the company. On the morning of September 3, 1918, C.B. Abbott, watchman and night clerk for

2716-490: The Potomac River , have been in the works since inspections between 2005 and 2009 revealed that the bridge was deteriorating. A small $ 27-million (equivalent to $ 36.1 million in 2023 ) project was done between 2010 and 2011, but a 2014 inspection revealed that the bridge still had problems. However, DDOT pushed the date to fix the problems until 2020 due to the expense and the need to replace or repair several deficient bridges elsewhere in DC. On April 13, 2023, DDOT announced

2813-929: The Rochambeau , is now named the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge, in honor of a passenger of Flight 90 who survived the crash, escaped from the sinking aircraft, and perished in the Potomac River while saving others from the icy waters. The center span is now called the Rochambeau Bridge and the western span the George Mason Memorial Bridge, after a US delegate to the Constitutional Convention . Original plans called for I-95 to travel through Washington DC and Prince George's County, Maryland , toward

2910-490: The Soviet Premier that the nation's capital was working to assist its more impoverished citizens. Due to its history of urban redevelopment, most of the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood is composed of large cooperatives or condominiums, often containing both townhouses and apartment buildings. Most of the building projects are examples of Modern Architecture . Constructed in 1962, River Park contains townhouses and

3007-459: The Thomas Law House , built in 1796, and Fort McNair , which was established in 1791 as "the U.S. Arsenal at Greenleaf Point." Before the federal government's survey and appropriation of the District of Columbia, most of what is now Southwest Waterfront was part of a large slave plantation owned by Notley Young. After the city was established, much of the former Young plantation was purchased by

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3104-618: The US Department of Transportation had provided $ 72 million to help fund the rehabilitation project. The $ 90-million project, which will also be funded in part by the DC government, would start with preliminary engineering and the environmental review for the project later that spring, with the preliminary design expected to be completed later that year. Construction is estimated to take two years. Exits in Washington DC were unnumbered until 2008. In 2014, in conjunction with

3201-626: The airspace over the Center Leg Freeway portion of I-395. The $ 425-million (equivalent to $ 580 million in 2023 ) office, residential, and retail project at the east end of the Judiciary Square neighborhood will also restore the area's original L'Enfant Plan street grid by reconnecting F and G streets over the freeway. The project was awaiting final regulatory approval and expected to be complete by 2016. In 2015, work began on I-395 in conjunction with Capitol Crossing ,

3298-677: The "express lanes", between South Eads Street near the Pentagon in Arlington County and SR 610 (Garrisonville Road) in Stafford County . During morning and evening rush hour, traffic on this roadway flows in the direction of rush-hour traffic. This third roadway was built as a single-lane busway , the first in the US, before being expanded and converted to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) use. A 2007 survey found that during

3395-476: The 1,500-ton ship would provide run the day trip. The interior was furnished with heavy oak furniture richly upholstered in brown corduroy with Louis XVI design . The interior woodwork was enameled white, picked out in gold in artistic mermaid designs and panelings. In 1907, the company experience the best year during the Jackson Exposition in Norfolk. A modern, all-steel day boat was built for

3492-510: The 14th Street bridges, the freeway has a left-side exit allowing access to US 1 (exit 1). The southbound side of I-395 has no access to northbound US 1 here. I-395 crosses East Potomac Park (exit 2) and a second bridge, the Francis Case Memorial Bridge over the Washington Channel . Here, the route bends from a generally northeast direction to a due east direction, interchanging (exit 3) with

3589-603: The 3rd Street Tunnel is to be renumbered as a new I-195. Although the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) also approved the request on April 23, DDOT subsequently delayed updating signage in the area. This prompted renewed pressure on DDOT from the FHWA in September 2023, as both printed and digital maps were beginning to show the long-since-approved but still unsigned designations. The FHWA stated at

3686-483: The British Allies. They were used in a decoy convoy along with several other ships in the area of St. John's, Newfoundland on September 21, 1942. They were used to draw German submarines away from another convoy carrying thousands of troops. The Southerland's gun crew is credited with a "probable kill" a U-boat in the mid-Atlantic. The crew shot 14 rounds out of the 12-pounder to a periscope which had appeared on

3783-510: The Canal covered, the Southwest Waterfront became more organized. However, it remained a neighborhood for the poorer classes of Washingtonians. The neighborhood was divided in half by Fourth Street SW—then known as 4 1 ⁄ 2 Street— with Scottish, Irish, German, and eastern European immigrants to the west and Blacks to the east. Each half was centered on religious establishments: St. Dominic's Catholic Church and Temple Beth Israel on

3880-422: The District of Columbia in the morning and toward Virginia in the afternoon. In December 2023, VDOT permanently closed Exit 9 for Clark St as part of construction on Boundary Channel Drive. As part of the project, VDOT is converting Exit 10 to a dumbbell interchange to "improve traffic operations and safety." VDOT is also building new pedestrian and bicycle paths to connect Crystal City to Long Bridge Park ,

3977-680: The L'Enfant Promenade, specifically D Street Southwest. The expressway's ramps from both directions of I-395 merge and the highway descends into the 12th Street Tunnel, before which the highway receives a ramp from Independence Avenue. The 12th Street Expressway passes under the National Mall and then ascends to the west of the National Museum of Natural History to its terminus at the intersection of Constitution Avenue and 12th Street Northwest. Norfolk %26 Washington Steamboat Company The Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company

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4074-520: The Newport News as on fire from flames of the warehouse. Explosions were heard on the steamer due to cans of paint in the hold bursting. A consignment of several hundred two-quart and one-gallon tins were on the ship. The fire department was unable to save the boat. A second alarm was turned on within ten minutes as the fire was spreading quickly. By 4 am, four alarms had sounded. A scow belonging to Portch & Jones, dock builders and pile drivers,

4171-447: The Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company was sitting in the office. Around 3:30 am, he smelled smoke and went to the back of the building to investigate. He discovered smoke in the linen room and ran out the building. There flames were shooting up the side of the building. He pulled the alarm and yelled at the watchman on the boat that there was a fire. Within a few minutes, the fire had spread to three or four rooms. Five minutes later,

4268-534: The Potomac. Captain Posey was in command and had been on the Potomac since the 1890s. The poor visibility due to fog was blamed for the incident with 75 passengers on board and 29 automobiles. The passengers were removed from the boat by the ferry-boat, Lord Baltimore on the following day at 10:15 am and taken to Morgantown, MD . From there, they were taken to Potomac Beach where they were loaded on buses to Norfolk. In

4365-795: The Southwest Waterfront neighborhood, during which time he attended Syphax Elementary School and then Randall Junior High School . 38°52′52″N 77°00′59″W  /  38.8812°N 77.0164°W  / 38.8812; -77.0164 Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia) Interstate 395 ( I-395 ) in Virginia and Washington, D.C. , is a 13.79-mile-long (22.19 km) spur route of I-95 that begins at an interchange with I-95 in Springfield and ends at an interchange with US Route 50 (US 50) in Northwest Washington, D.C. It passes underneath

4462-530: The Southwest from the rest of the city. As a result of Law's canal, the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood was known as The Island . It was further cut off from the city when railroad tracks were built along Maryland Avenue SW. It was known primarily for its brothels, its crime, and its filthy, decrepit alley slums, and was regarded as among the worst neighborhoods in Washington. After the Civil War , with

4559-543: The afternoon, a Government tug-boat was attempting to pull the boat out but with no success. High tide was expected to pull it out. On April 13, 1941, a scuffle occurred on board the Northland between Raymond F. Reutt, 24, a former football player and wrestler star of the Virginia Military Institute living of Norfolk and the First Officer, Harry B. Murphy. Murphy was thrown over board from

4656-489: The area. The residential aspect of the project began with a large apartment complex and park called Potomac Place, located on 4th Street between G and I Streets. When Nikita Khrushchev visited Washington in 1959, he pointed out to President Dwight D. Eisenhower the substandard dwellings that stood on the way from Bolling Air Force Base (where Khrushchev had arrived in the city) to the downtown area; Eisenhower, in response, ordered their driver to pass by Potomac Place to show

4753-407: The beltway became I-395, while the eastern half of the beltway was redesignated I-95 (and, later, cosigned I-95/I-495). I-395 terminates in Washington DC at a traffic signal at US 50 , which is New York Avenue , near Mount Vernon Square . The DC government finalized a deal in 2010 with Louis Dreyfus Company to construct a 2.1-million-square-foot (200,000 m ) mixed-use development in

4850-478: The chassis of an automobile truck, several bed springs and mattresses, thousands of bottles of soda water, 100 sacks of peanuts, fourteen barrels of tar, two marine engines, the chassis of an automobile steam boilers and several tanks of carbonated water. The wharves and office were destroyed which was valued at $ 25,000. The superstructure of the steamer was damaged to the extent of $ 100,000. The hull, engine and machinery were unharmed. The passenger service to Norfolk

4947-399: The city as well as when they docked. Superintendent Callahan promptly acknowledged the concern and replied that he had ordered the captains to be careful and make sure no damages were done. This prompt response was probably warranted by the upcoming announcement done only two days later. On September 15, 1894, after months of speculation, it was announced by Superintendent John Callahan, that

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5044-629: The city would acquire nearly all land south of the National Mall (except Bolling Air Force Base and Fort McNair), either through voluntary purchases or through the use of eminent domain , evict virtually all of its residents and businesses, destroy many of its streets and all of its buildings and landscapes, and start again from scratch. There was some opposition to the plan, notably from the Southwest Civic Association, because of its emphasis on building luxury housing rather than supplying low and moderate-income dwellings to replace

5141-464: The command of Captain S. B. Davis who had been navigating the Potomac since 1871. On September 29, 1890, it was recommended by Captain Rossell that a lease be approved for a wharf located next to the arsenal wall. The steamboat company had made a request a few days earlier to have a landing point in the city. The recommendation called for an annual rent of $ 2,500 with an allowance of $ 1,500 for keeping

5238-668: The commonwealth of Virginia announced that the HOV lanes between the Turkeycock Run bridge and Eads Street (at the Pentagon) would be converted to toll lanes as part of the I-395 Express Lanes Extension project. The existing HOV lanes, which ran in both directions in some areas, became reversible HOT lanes for the entire scope of this project, spanning eight miles (13 km). Part of the project involved

5335-515: The company started operating with a sidewheeler named the George Leary . It operated from Washington to Norfolk with stops in Alexandria and Old Point Comfort. Two additional boats were specially ordered to run the line at night. Two other boats were to be built if the business need arose to have day trips. These boats would be known as the Washington and the Norfolk . Its first steamer of

5432-423: The dining room was made of maple and could accommodate 60 people. The kitchen with its pantry and refrigeration and steward's room were equipped with the latest standard in appliances at the time. The main deck had 22 staterooms, a social hall, a barbershop, bathroom, a purser's office and a baggage room decorated in paneling terra-cotta, butternut and gold. The entire ship was lighted with electricity. A trial trip

5529-488: The dining saloon as well as the staterooms. It was decorated with luxurious furniture and able to carry approximately 600 passengers. It was powered with a single screw and made of steel. It was 305 feet 6 inches long, an extreme beam of 52 feet, a molded depth of 18 feet and a dept of floor of the pilot house of 42 feet. In the night of January 7, 1935 at 10:50 pm, the District of Columbia ran aground near Five-Point Lighthouse, 7 miles from Colonial Beach, VA , 60 miles down

5626-527: The direction of the Tidal Basin . The highway continues south beyond I-395 to an intersection with Maine Avenue at The Wharf (Washington, D.C.) . The 12th Street Expressway begins as a flyover ramp from northbound I-395 as the Interstate crosses the Francis Case Memorial Bridge . Southbound I-395 also has a ramp to the expressway as part of its ramp to Maine Avenue. The two ramps both have exits for

5723-482: The east side of the National Museum of Natural History and descends into the 9th Street Tunnel under the National Mall. The 9th Street Expressway emerges from the tunnel just north of L'Enfant Plaza and receives a ramp from Independence Avenue. At the south end of L'Enfant Plaza, ramps for northbound I-395 and southbound I-395 split from the roadway; the southbound I-395 also provides access to Maine Avenue in

5820-526: The excitement of seeing these local boats in letters home. While the idea of buying back the boats had been entertained, the state-rooms had been ripped out to make room for the troop hammocks. The cost was to great and they were sold to Chinese interest though it was not clear is the Communist or the Nationalists had them. The company was paid $ 338,275 by the government for the two steamboats. With

5917-584: The fleet that was to be nicknamed the Potomac Palaces was the Washington . It named after one of the ports being serviced by the company and was launched on November 22, 1890 in Wilmington, Delaware . Manufactured by Harlan and Hollingsworth , it was launched at 9 am on that day in the presence of several members of the company who had traveled to the city for the occasion. It was christened by Miss Jane McCoy, aged 12 years old and daughter of Dr. McCoy of Philadelphia . It measured 258 feet in length with

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6014-472: The homes slated for demolition. John Ihlder , the director of the Alley Dwelling Authority, also spoke out about the plan's failure to provide enough affordable and public housing. However, the redevelopment plans, which had been crafted by architects Louis Justement and Chloethiel Woodward Smith and included modernist buildings, ample green spaces, and plenty of parking, were popular among many city residents and officials, and their appeal eventually won out. Only

6111-523: The hurricane deck by Reutt and disappeared. The Northland stayed on site for two hours looking for Murphy but was unsuccessful in finding his body. The search for his body continued for several days. Reutt was arrested in Norfolk upon arrival. Since the incident took place in Charles County, Maryland , it was determined that Maryland had jurisdiction. He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter with his bail set at $ 2,500 pending extradition proceedings to Maryland. According to Captain Hewett's statement, he

6208-434: The interchange with I-95 and the Capital Beltway in Springfield is part of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway, named for the Virginia Highway Commissioner who died on July 16, 1941, just a few weeks after approving work on the new expressway. Originally SR 350 , the full length of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway was opened on September 6, 1949, from south of the Pentagon to Woodbridge, Virginia , along what

6305-438: The late House Representative John Conyers and former Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey . Hubert Humphrey lived there while serving as U.S. Vice President, and Thurgood Marshall , Lewis Powell , and David Souter all had homes in Southwest during their tenures on the United States Supreme Court . Singer Marvin Gaye spent his youth (until about age 15) living at the Fairfax Apartments (now demolished) at 1617 1st Street SW in

6402-417: The morning rush hour, the HOV lanes carry about 65 percent of travelers on I-395 (61,000 commuters), including 32,000 in transit busses and 29,000 in private vehicles with two or more people. The other 33,000 commuters (35 percent of total users) drove alone. I-395 and US 1 cross the Potomac River from Virginia to Washington DC on three parallel four-lane bridges, together known as

6499-403: The neighborhood was a very poor shantytown of tenements, shacks, and even tents. The latter were frequent subjects of photographs published with captions like, "The Washington that tourists never see." It was also a major traffic hub from Virginia. The Long Bridge connected horse, stagecoach, and foot traffic from Alexandria, VA to Maryland Avenue SW before becoming a railway bridge during

6596-403: The new Washington Nationals baseball stadium just across South Capitol Street from Southwest. The Southwest Waterfront has been targeted as a site for the next wave of DC redevelopment. Large development projects include a mixed retail-commercial-residential development at Fourth & M Streets SW (Waterfront Station); the expansion and redesign of Arena Stage; and the redesign and overhaul of

6693-402: The northeastern portion of the Capital Beltway , from which I-95 presently continues its northbound route. However, neighborhood opposition in DC halted this plan in 1977, diverting planned funding toward construction of the Washington Metro . The only remnant of the Maryland extension is a series of ramp stubs near College Park , which now lead to a park and ride . The portion of I-95 within

6790-416: The occasion. It was a sidewheeler called the Jamestown and ran the entire summer. It ran again in 1908 but the success was not there. The boat was sold to an Argentine firm. On October 3, 1908 at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Newport News Shipbuilding Company yard, the Southland is launched in front of a crowd of hundreds. In 1909, the new steamer is delivered, followed in 1911 with its sister ship,

6887-401: The other arm. The defendant snatched his arm away from the Captain and whirled around toward the First Officer. The First Officer went overboard as the deck did not have a railing. The body of Harry B. Murphy was found on April 30, 1941 near where he had fallen and was found by another Captain operating between Morgantown and Colonial Beach. Raymond F. Reutt was acquitted on November 26, 1941 by

6984-450: The project to be an interim improvement that could be in place for ten years while the area awaited further redevelopment. Hoffman-Madison Waterfront and the District of Columbia government agreed to invest $ 4 million in the project in an effort to improve neighborhood connectivity in the area. Construction began on the project in September 2017 and was completed during the spring of 2018. Current and former residents of Southwest D.C. include

7081-474: The rebuilding of the 11th Street Bridges and the Southeast Freeway , some exit numbers were converted to a mileage-based numbering system . Washington The 9th Street Expressway and the 12th Street Expressway are a one-way pair of freeway spurs connecting I-395 (Southwest Freeway) with US 1 and US 50 ( Constitution Avenue ) in Washington, D.C. The expressways also provide connections to

7178-592: The reconfiguring of the Pentagon interchange to provide greater access to Army Navy Drive, as well as the closing of the onramp—from the southbound HOV lanes to the mainline Interstate southbound—located just west of the Pentagon interchange. All existing HOV interchanges within the project's scope became tolled. Vehicles carrying three or more passengers are still able to use the former HOV lanes for free if they have E-ZPass Flex transponders in HOV mode. The express lanes opened on November 17, 2019. The lanes are operated by Transurban . The reversible portion runs toward

7275-707: The redevelopment project opened with a four-day series of public events during October 2017. In April 2017, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approved plans for a staircase and bicycle paths through Benjamin Banneker Park to connect the Mall and L'Enfant Plaza to the Southwest Waterfront. In addition, the project would add lighting and trees to the area. The NCPC and the National Park Service intended

7372-605: The same numbering changes when the work was closer to completion. The FHWA, which is responsible for updating the designations within the National Highway System , as well as producing maps, did not take any action on the request. The agency told WTOP that it had "reviewed and provided comments" and "expects an updated request from the District soon". Plans to rehabilitate the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge , which carries northbound I-395 and US 1 over

7469-457: The starboard quarter. It was followed with a second emerging on the port quarter leading to 18 shells being sot. Only five of the eleven American ships made it to Great Britain, including the two steamers. All masters and chief engineers and 14 other officers received decorations from King George VI . The vessels were used to train British commandos and Royal Marines. The Northland was renamed

7566-412: The steamboat of going too fast in a foggy area and being outside of the Norfolk channel as the time of the incident. On November 26, 1948, after 58 years of service, the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company published a legal notice published in the local newspapers calling for a board of directors meeting recommending the liquidation of the company. The primary reason for this closure had to do with

7663-672: The terminus of I-395. In the District of Columbia, it is known as the Southwest Freeway from the 14th Street bridges to the Southeast Freeway interchange ( I-695 ) and the Center Leg or Center Leg Freeway from the Southeast Freeway interchange to New York Avenue. The intersection where I-395, I-95, and the I-495 ( Capital Beltway ) meet is called the Springfield Interchange . Unofficially, this interchange

7760-454: The time they would work with DDOT to start resigning work before the end of 2023. Instead, on March 15, 2024, DDOT submitted a letter to AASHTO asking for rescission of the numbering changes. DDOT admitted that work on the re-signing had not started and would take an estimated two to three years, and sought to reduce the increasing confusion caused by updated third-party maps. AASHTO approved this on May 7, with DDOT stating it would re-apply for

7857-557: The trips on time. Ice was reported to be heavy all the way to Piney Point and fields off Point Lookout. The line operated with two boats from 1891 to 1894. On September 13, 1894, the Alexandria Gazette reported that the Mayor of Alexandria, Henry Strauss , addressed a letter to the company informing them that its steamers were damaging the wharves as well as the small crafts docked there. They were going too fast as they passed

7954-548: The tunnel – reversing up the exit ramp to continue on the Southeast Freeway. Additionally, I-395 uses sequential exit numbering while I-695 uses mileage-based numbers, resulting in both roads having exits numbered 1 and 2. In January 2021, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved a request by the District of Columbia to eliminate the entirety of I-695 and renumber it as an extension of I-395. I-395's previous route along

8051-677: The waterfront itself, to include residences, office space, hotels, and retail establishments. On March 19, 2014, developers PN Hoffman and Madison Marquette broke ground on a massive redevelopment of D.C.’s Southwest Waterfront into a mixed-use complex named "The Wharf" . Stretching across 24 acres of land and more than 50 acres of water from the Municipal Fish Market to Fort McNair, The Wharf, when complete, will feature more than 3 million square feet of residential, office, hotel, retail, cultural, and public uses including waterfront parks, promenades, piers and docks. The first phase of

8148-505: The west and Friendship Baptist Church on the east. Each half of the neighborhood was the childhood residence of a future American musical star; Al Jolson lived on 4 1 ⁄ 2 Street and Marvin Gaye was born in a tenement on First Street.) The Waterfront developed a thriving commercial district with grocery stores, shops, a movie theater, as well as a few large and elaborate houses—mostly owned by wealthy blacks— but most of

8245-624: The west of the US Capitol building and underneath its reflecting pool and the Frances Perkins Building . I-395 follows a depressed roadway (the Center Leg Freeway), which was placed underground in 2019, that has three more partial interchanges (exits 8, 9, and 10) with local streets before terminating at New York Avenue / US 50 . The portion of I-395 between the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and

8342-538: The wharf in working order. It was approved by the Commissioners. The second steamer of the fleet was named the Norfolk after the second port being serviced by the company and was launched on January 10, 1891 at 12:25 in Wilmington and also manufactured by Harlan and Hollingsworth as its sister ship. It was christened by Bessie Callahan, the 18-year-old of John Callahan, one of the company's commissioner. It

8439-574: The winters, she would relieve the other two ships o the company during their annual docking and overhauling On March 9, 1895, the District Commissioners granted a revocable permit to the Company. This permit allowed them to dredge a slip 56 feet wide, support the sides with piles to make it a steamboat berth. It was not to extend beyond he west building line of Water Street SW nor beyond the harbor line. The permit could be revoked with

8536-580: Was Waterside Mall, a small shopping center/office complex mostly occupied by a Safeway grocery store and satellite offices for the United States Environmental Protection Agency . The Arena Stage was built a block west of the Mall, and a number of hotels and restaurants were built on the riverfront to attract tourists. The now closed Southeastern University , a very small college that had been chartered in 1937, also established itself as an important institution in

8633-530: Was a steamboat company that transported passengers and freight between Washington, DC and Norfolk, Virginia on the Potomac River . The company was organized in the Spring of 1889 and charter in 1890 with the capital largely coming from Washingtonians. A bill was introduced on January 4, 1890 for incorporation in the Virginia State Senate . The object of the company was to equip and operate

8730-427: Was able to put down pounds sterling) and workers' shanties, settlement of the Southwest Waterfront was extremely slow. Despite his crippling of the region's growth, Greenleaf's name was eventually given to the section of land along the bank of the river on which the Arsenal stood. Law himself was the other prominent figure in defining the early character of the Southwest Waterfront. He built its first industrial outpost,

8827-406: Was built to exactly the same specification as its twin-sister, the Washington . The Washington and the Norfolk were the only ones in Washington, DC able to navigate the Potomac when ice formed. Due to their design, they were able to crush the ice under their weight and make a channel to navigate. On February 7, 1895, while the rest of the boats had to remain docked, the steamboats were able to make

8924-491: Was conducted on March 12, 1891 on the Delaware River and Bay from Christian's Creek to Ledge Light and back, a distance of eighty miles. Guests including the commissioners, were on board to witness the trial and were served a luncheon by the builders. A speed test was conducted during the run resulting in the boat making a mile in three minutes and seven seconds. The steamer arrived at the DC wharf on March 26, 1891 under

9021-517: Was first opened in 1940 as part of the then-new Thomas Jefferson Memorial Junior High School and then reopened in its current location in 1965. In 2019, it was fully demolished and reopened with a completely new structure May 15, 2021 (at a cost of approximately $ 18 million). The new Southwest Library offers a large meeting room, multiple smaller conference and study rooms, an outdoor reading porch, and an Innovation Lab with 3D printers . It features an environmentally sustainable design with solar panels and

9118-401: Was formally turned over to its owners. A formal ceremony took place. The same day, it made the trip upriver to Washington leaving Norfolk at 6:30 pm on rough waters and arriving in Washington at 6:00 am. The public was invited to visit the ship on Sunday, June 23, 1895. It would take over for a few days the evening trip while the other ships were overhauled until July 1. Starting on July 4, 1895,

9215-411: Was moored to the wharf which was also on fire. Emmett I. Portch, head of the company, climbed over a wooden fence between the street and the river before jumping in a small boat in an attempt to row to the scow to save it. He took a butter barrel sitting on the dock and started throwing water at the fire while trying to untie the scow to move it from the dock. At that very moment, he was hit in the chest by

9312-450: Was not interrupted as the company had other steamers. The old Jamestown dock and adjoining offices would be used during the reconstruction. It was rebuilt and renamed the Midland . Two years later, another fire started in the wharf. The steamboat was saved by pulling her out of the channel. She burned again in 1924 and was sold to the Colonial Line. It remained moored near Alexandria for a few years before finally being scrapped. In 1924,

9409-420: Was told by the saloon watchman that three men were bothering other passengers and that Mr. Reutt was one of the men. He had posted a watchman in front of his room but found that the man along with another passenger had climbed on the top deck. Mr. Murphy arrived on the deck a few minutes later and took his right arm to encourage him to go back to his room as he was afraid he might fall overboard. The Captain grabbed

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