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alphabetical order. Alphabetical names after the letter W would be two- and then three-syllable names starting with A (e.g., Allison St) ending with W (e.g., Whittier St), and then three-syllable names. Selected names are common across the quadrants. Only in the
Northwest Quadrant was a "fourth alphabet" necessary. This fourth alphabet uses botanical names without regard to the number of syllables: Aspen, Butternut, Cedar, etc. Verbena Street NW is the last in this series before the Maryland state line. South of the center city, a similar system would be used with streets named after famous Americans or prominent geographical locations. In 1905, the streets east of Rock Creek Park, north of Florida Avenue, and west of North Capitol Street were renamed in conformity with the single street-naming system. Eventually all street names in the District of Columbia were made to conform to a single street-naming system.
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the street plan. The
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detailing the history of the Latin script.) Following that same idea, "I" Street is often written as "Eye" Street, to distinguish it from the letter "L" and the numeral "1", and "Q" Street is often written "Que", "Cue", or "Queue". Urban legend had said that J Street was omitted deliberately by
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1420:Centennial History of the City of Washington, D.C.
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1676:. Washington, D.C.: John Byrne & Co. p.
1111:. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from
1080:List of state-named roadways in Washington, D.C.
1219:George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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1711:Proctor, John Clogett, ed. (1930).
1691:Proctor, John Clogett, ed. (1930).
1075:List of circles in Washington, D.C.
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1296:San-Antonio-GĂłmez, Carlos (2019).
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1815:. August 15, 1901. p. 2.
1183:Passanneau, Joseph R. (2004).
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1912:History of D.C. Street Names
1241:Major Peter Charles L'Enfant
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2904:Streets in Washington, D.C.
1713:Washington Past and Present
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519:United States Supreme Court
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1257:February 28, 2010, at the
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332:. The axes bounding the
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1886:Ovason, David (2002).
1540:L'Enfant Plan Ellicott
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1105:"Public Road Length"
1091:Notes and references
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991:North Capitol Street
979:Massachusetts Avenue
666:North–south streets
491:Massachusetts Avenue
288:L'Enfant's plan for
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1836:The Washington Post
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1168:Library of Congress
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999:East Capitol Street
987:South Dakota Ave NE
975:Independence Avenue
971:Constitution Avenue
967:Pennsylvania Avenue
899:E Street Expressway
861:and links with the
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809:to the Beltway and
783:11th Street Bridges
738:Interstate highways
549:Organic Act of 1871
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476:Independence Avenue
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