The parkway as seen from the Pennsylvania avenue bridge looking north.

The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, often known simply as the Rock Creek Parkway, is a parkway maintained by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1231 KB) Summary a picture I took of ROck Creek and potomac parkway from the pennsylvania avenue bridge looking north. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1231 KB) Summary a picture I took of ROck Creek and potomac parkway from the pennsylvania avenue bridge looking north. ... A parkway is a general designation of a type of limited-access highway in some parts of the US and Canada. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Rock Creek Park is an urban natural area with public park facilities which bisects Washington, DC. East of the park, except for a few enclaves, the city has a decidedly urban character. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...

During rush hour, all lanes are used for the prevailing direction of travel. More specifically, the Parkway is one-way south on weekdays from 6:45 am to 9:45 am, and one-way north from 3:45 pm to 6:30 pm. An alternate northbound route for morning travel, is to take 16th Street north, to Military Road west, then turn left on Glover Rd. In the evening, an alternate route to travel south, is to take Glover Rd to Military Road east then south on 16th (from National Park Service Web Site http://www.nps.gov/rocr/pphtml/planyourvisit.html). 16th Street is a prominent north-south thoroughfare in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Part of Pierre LEnfants design for the city, 16th Street begins just north of the White House accross Lafayette Park at H Street and continues due north in a straight line passing...

The Parkway has at-grade intersections with the Interstate 66 interchange ramps, the Kennedy Center garage south entrance, F Street/Kennedy Center garage north entrance, and Virginia Avenue. North of Virginia Avenue, the Parkway has partial interchanges with K Street/Whitehurst Freeway, Pennsylvania Avenue, P Street, Massachusetts Avenue via Waterside Drive, Cathedral Avenue, Calvert Street/Connecticut Avenue via 24th Street, and Beach Drive. Interstate 66 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. ... The Kennedy Center as seen from the Potomac River. ... K Street, epicenter of American lobbying. ... The Whitehurst Freeway is an elevated highway over K Street in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was built in 1949 to allow traffic on U.S. Highway 29 and Canal Road to bypass Georgetown between the Key Bridge and K Street downtown. ... Pennsylvania Avenue street sign, 2004. ... Massachusetts Avenue, colloquially abbreviated Mass. ... Connecticut Avenue is a major route in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. ...

The parkway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 2005. The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plans for Rock Creek Park announced by the National Park Service in November 2005 include a redesign of the intersection between the Parkway and Beach Drive for greater safety and a reduction of the speed limit on part of Beach Drive from 25 to 20 mph. For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Rock Creek Park map, from the National Park Service