Everything about Thomas Circle totally explained
Thomas Circle is a
traffic circle in the
northwest quadrant of
Washington, D.C., at the junction of
Massachusetts Avenue, Vermont Avenue,
14th Street, and
M Street, N.W.
The through lanes of Massachusetts Avenue pass under Thomas Circle. The
service lanes of Massachusetts Avenue intersected the circle until the redevelopment from 2005–2006. The circle itself had inner and outer roadways, both going counterclockwise; the inner roadway was reserved for 14th Street traffic.
A
statue of General
George Henry Thomas by
John Quincy Adams Ward was erected in Thomas Circle in 1879. The circle is considered to mark the boundary between the downtown section of 14th Street and the emerging uptown 14th Street neighborhood.
History
Thomas Circle was originally implemented as a true traffic circle. Later, 14th Street was extended through the circle to increase traffic flow. In December 1938, construction began on the Massachusetts Avenue underpass; it opened for traffic on
March 14,
1940.
In 2006, the D.C. Department of Transportation completed a $6 million restoration of the circle. The restoration includes the addition of bike lanes, pedestrian crosswalks mid-circle (which didn't exist before), new in-circle traffic lights, better street lighting, and new sidewalks and landscaping.
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In 2007, artists
Mark Jenkins and Sandra Fernandez turned the circle temporarily into a Merry-Go-Round.
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Gallery
Image:Thomas Circle 1906.jpg|Thomas Circle, 1906
Image:Thomas circle December 1943.JPG|Thomas Circle, 1943
Image:Thomascircle1808.jpg|Thomas Circle as it appeared in the 1908 DC Telephone Directory.
Image:Gen Thomas.JPG|Statue of General Thomas in Thomas Circle
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