Missouri Avenue

Missouri Avenue at 2nd Street NW
Length	1.70 mi (2.74 km)
Location	Washington, D.C.
West end	Joyce Road eastbound exit 17th Street NW
Major junctions	US 29 ( Georgia Avenue)
East end	North Capitol Street Riggs Road

Missouri Avenue is a major diagonal west–east thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.

History

Until 1946, Missouri Avenue was named Concord Avenue and was renamed for Harry S. Truman's home state of Missouri when he became president the year before. Previously, Missouri Avenue was the name of a street in the National Mall, which was demolished several years before. ^{[1] [2]}

Route

Missouri Avenue begins as an eastbound one-way road at the Joyce Road ramp and 17th Street NW for 0.36 mi (0.58 km) before intersecting Military Road and becoming a 4-lane thoroughfare, continuing slightly southeast towards Georgia Avenue ( US 29). Missouri Avenue makes a 0.02 mi (0.032 km) curve south along Georgia Avenue and continues further southeast, eventually ending at North Capitol Street where the road continues northeast as Riggs Road, which leads into Maryland.

Major intersections

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	0.00	0.00	Joyce Road eastbound exit 17th Street NW	Western terminus of Missouri Avenue
	0.06	0.097	Military Road eastbound exit
	0.11	0.18	16th Street NW	Military Road westbound accessible via 16th Street NW interchange
	0.16	0.26	Military Road westbound entrance
	0.27	0.43	14th Street NW
	0.36	0.58	Military Road	End of one-way section of Missouri Avenue
	0.49	0.79	13th Street NW
	0.58	0.93	US 29 ( Georgia Avenue)
	0.71	1.14	9th Street NW
	0.81	1.30	8th Street NW
	1.06	1.71	5th Street NW
	1.26	2.03	3rd Street NW
	1.35	2.17	Kansas Avenue Kennedy Street
	1.43	2.30	2nd Street NW
	1.62	2.61	New Hampshire Avenue
	1.70	2.74	North Capitol Street	Eastern terminus of Missouri Avenue Continuation beyond eastern terminus as Riggs Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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