Scott Circle

Scott Circle
Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott at the center of the circle
Location
Washington, D.C.
Roads at junction:	Massachusetts Avenue NW Rhode Island Avenue NW 16th Street NW Various other local roads
Construction
Type:	Traffic circle
Maintained by:	DDOT

Scott Circle is a traffic circle in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, and 16th Street, N.W. N Street stops short of meeting the circle from either direction, and is connected to Rhode Island and Massachusetts avenues through Corregidor Street and Bataan Street.

The through-lanes of 16th Street NW pass under Scott Circle in a $317,000 tunnel that began construction in February 1941^[1] and opened on December 29, 1941. The service lanes of 16th Street intersect the circle.

The embassies of Australia and the Philippines are located on Scott Circle, as is the University of California, Washington Center and the General Scott Condominiums.

A sculpture of Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott was erected in Scott Circle in 1874. The Daniel Webster Memorial and Samuel Hahnemann Monument can be found on the periphery of the circle.

References

↑ "District's 'Face Lifting' Cost $40,000,000 in '40". The Washington Post. January 15, 1941.

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Streets of Washington, D.C.

Numbered Streets	7th Street 14th Street 16th Street 18th Street

Lettered Streets	H Street K Street M Street P Street U Street

State-named roadways	Connecticut Florida Georgia Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Wisconsin

Border avenues and streets	Capitol Streets North East South Border Avenues Western Eastern Southern Mall Boundaries Constitution Independence

Other streets	Benning Columbia Embassy Row Jackson Klingle MacArthur Madison Martin Luther King Jr.

Circles	Anna J. Cooper Barney Benjamin Banneker Chevy Chase Columbus Dupont Garfield Grant Lincoln Memorial Logan Observatory Peace Pinehurst Randle Scott Sheridan Sherman Tenley Thomas Ward Washington Westmoreland

Squares	Farragut Franklin Freedom Lafayette Lincoln McPherson Mount Vernon Seward Stanton Union

Parkways	Clara Barton George Washington Memorial Oxon Run Rock Creek & Potomac Suitland

Expressways	9th Street 12th Street Anacostia Center Leg E Street Kenilworth Avenue Potomac River Southeast Southwest

Coordinates: 38°54′26″N 77°02′11″W / 38.90724°N 77.036508°W / 38.90724; -77.036508

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Scott Circle

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