Washington DC Street Names Trivia Answers

Getting around in Washington, DC, isn't necessarily the easiest of tasks. Many of the roads change names at intersections or as you cross into Virginia or Maryland. Some roads are referred to by their route or highway number, which doesn't change, but this doesn't help unless you know the number.

Below are the answers to the questions from the Washington, DC Street Map Trivia.

2. When traveling northeast on New Hampshire Ave NW, it becomes Florida Ave NW once you cross 16th Street NW.

3. After crossing 16th Street NW, Military Road NW, which begins in Washington, DC's western side, turns into Missouri Ave NW. Once you cross over North Capitol Street, it becomes Riggs Road NE which takes you into Maryland. Once in Maryland Riggs Road merges into Powder Mill Road which takes you out past Laurel Bowie Road, when its final name is American Holly Drive near the Patuxent Research Refuge.

4. Indian Head Highway (Highway 210) changes its name to South Capitol Street SE when you enter into Washington, DC. You know when you pass the T-intersection of Southern Ave SE, which forms the boundary to Washington, DC, on its southern flank.

5. Highway 193 begins as University Blvd (beginning at Connecticut Avenue near Wheaton Plaza), changes to Greenbelt Road (after crossing Rhode Island Avenue in Greenbelt, Maryland), becomes Glenn Dale Road (after crossing Lanham Severn Road), then Enterprise Road (after crossing Annapolis Road), then becomes Watkins Park Road (after crossing Central Ave at Kolbes Corner) before ending shortly as Oak Grove Road (in Oak Grove) coming to an end at Largo Road.

6. Though there may be much quicker ways to get from Washington Navy Yard on M Street SE to Riggs Road in Maryland, here's how you can do it all on one road.

Head north on 5th Street SE near Van Ness Elementary School.

Once you go under I-295, the road changes into 6th Street SE.

You'll pass by Seward Square as you cross over Pennsylvania Ave SE.

The street then becomes 6th Street NE once you cross East Capitol Street.

You'll pass Stanton Park at C Street NE, continuing north when the road will begin to curve in the NNE direction as you cross Florida Ave NE.

You'll pass by Gallaudet University.

Once you pass Penn Street NE, the road becomes Brentwood Parkway NE, traveling alongside Brentwood Park.

The road forks, but stay on Brentwood Parkway and head north, crossing over New York Ave NE.

For a split second the road changes its name to 9th Street NE, but almost immediately becomes Brentwood Road NE.

Once you cross over Rhode Island Ave NE, the road changes its name to 13th Street NE.

You'll head north, passing Fort Bunker Hill Park between Otis and Perry Streets NE.

As you pass Webster Street NE, the road becomes Sargent Road NE.

You simply follow this road, crossing South Dakota Ave NE, cutting through Fort Totten Park, passing Eastern Blvd and entering Maryland, crossing over Chillum Road and finally, ending at Riggs Road in Maryland.

7. Wisconsin Ave NW leaves Washington, DC, entering Montgomery County and changes its name to Rockville Pike as you pass National Naval Medical Center. Once you pass Viers Mill Road, it becomes Hungerford Drive. Just when you pass Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, the road changes its name to Frederick Road. When you cross under I-370 into Gaitherburg, Maryland, the name modifies to South Frederick Ave. It become North Frederick Ave when you cross East Diamond Ave. As you cut through Great Seneca Park, the name again changes to Frederick Road. If you continue north for that long, it becomes Urbana Pike and then South and North Market Streets once you enter Frederick, Maryland.

8. Michigan Ave, which begins in the east at 5th Ave NW near Howard University, changes its name to Queens Chapel Road as you cross Eastern Blvd entering Maryland.

9. The curved road in front of Union Station, Washington, DC's main transportation hub just around the corner from the U.S. Capitol Building, is Columbus Circle NE. Both ends of the road, though, change names to Massachussets Ave NW when entering and leaving the circle.

10. Monroe Street NE, which begins at Catholic University of America on Michigan Ave NE near the Brookland Metro Station, changes its name to 34th Street once it crosses into Maryland at Eastern Blvd and starts heading north. It then becomes Chillum Road, wraps through Prince George County until it comes back across Eastern Blvd and changes into Rittenhouse Street NE, crossing over New Hampshire Ave NE and ended at Kansas Ave NE.

11. Pennsylvania Ave first changes its name once it crosses over the Patuxent River. It then becomes Southern Maryland Blvd. It merges with Solomons Island Road and continues south as Routes 2 and 4. The road eventually becomes Louis Goldstein Highway once you get near the Chesapeake Bay. The road then crosses Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge over the Patuxent, becoming Patuxent Beach Road. The final name change is St. Andrews Church Road once you cross over Three Notch Road, coming to an end at Leonardtown Road in Leonardtown, Maryland in St. Mary's County. How's that for living on the same street as the president?

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