Anacostia Waterfront Initiative

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Anacostia Waterfront
FINAL REPORT JUNE 2005

Creating a World-Class Waterfront

30-Year, $10 Billion Series Projects
Created by March 2000 Memorandum of
Understanding Between the District and
19 Other Federal and Regional Agencies
5 Key Themes:
o Restore: A clean and active river.
o Connect: Eliminating barriers and
gaining access.
o Play: A great riverfront park system.
o Celebrate: Cultural destinations of
distinct character.
o Live: Building strong waterfront
neighborhoods.
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AWI Transportation Master Plan

2014 Update
Continuous Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Along
Waterfront
Modal Shift to Public Transit
Great Urban Boulevards with Mixed Uses,
Landscaping and Great Civic Spaces
Redesign Bridges in the Tradition of Great Civic
Architecture
Reduce Highway and Freeway Barriers Between
Neighborhoods and Waterfront Parks
Reconnect the City Street Grid to Waterfront
Parks
Support and Foster Economic Development
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AWI Program Transportation Projects

Anacostia Riverwalk Trail

Backbone of Anacostia
Waterfront
15 of 28 Planned Miles of
Trail Open
From Tidal Basin with
Northeast and Southeast
Borders with Maryland
Seamless Pedestrian and
Bicycle Travel Between
Popular Destinations and
16 Neighborhoods
$33 Million of Anticipated
$50 Million Invested to
Date
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Anacostia Riverwalk Trail

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Segment
Better Connect 16
Communities, the River
and Recreational Sites
Increase Transit Station
Accessibility
Make Bicycle Commuting
More Attractive
Provide Link Between
Benning Road and
Bladensburg Waterfront
Park in Larger 70-mile
Regional Trail Network
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11th Street Bridge Project

Increase Mobility Via Separate
Freeway and Local Traffic
Connections
Provide a Shared-Use Path for
Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Replace Functionally Deficient,
Structurally Obsolete Bridges
Provide Additional Alternate
Evacuation Route
Include New Trail Connections,
Improved Drainage and Other
Environmental Investments

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

63-years-old, End of Useful
Life
Replacement Due to:
o Age and Condition,
o Functional Limitations, and
o Importance to the
Districts Transportation
Network and Plans
Deterioration Requires
Repairs with Increasing
Frequency, Cost and Traffic
Impacts

South Capitol Street Corridor Project

Creating a Grand
Urban Boulevard

Traffic Oval West of Bridge

Half Street,
SW

New Frederick
Douglass Memorial
Bridge

R Street, SW

West
Oval

Q Street, SW

Potomac
Avenue, SE
South Capitol
Street

Nationals
Ballpark

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Potomac
Avenue, SW

New Frederick Douglass

Memorial Bridge

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East Oval and I-295 Interchange

New Frederick
Douglass Memorial
Bridge

Poplar
Point
Anacostia
Drive

East Oval

DC Water
Pump House
Joint Base
Anacostia Bolling

South Capitol
Street

Howard
Road

Suitland
Parkway

I-295

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South Capitol Street Trail

Provide Bicycle/Pedestrian
Access on South Capitol
Street/Overlook Avenue
Corridor

Increase Multi-modal
Connectivity for
Communities, Military Bases
and Recreational Destinations

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Provide Link south from

Districts Anacostia
Riverwalk Trail to
Marylands Oxon Run Trail and
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Connection with Virginia

Parkside Pedestrian Bridge

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Better Connect
Neighborhoods on Each
Side of DC 295

Provide new access to

Minnesota Avenue Metro
Station.

Make bridge safe, well-lit

and disabilities-accessible

M Street SE/SW Transportation Study

Completed in 2013
Special Events Study completed in
2014
EA now underway by DDOT
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Malcolm X/Interstate 295 Interchange

New Access to Southbound
I-295 from St. Elizabeths
Campus
Design to Start in 2013

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Barney Circle Southeast Boulevard

Transportation Study

Transform Southeast Freeway

into a Boulevard Integrated with
Neighborhoods Between 11th
Street Bridge and Barney Circle

Reconstruct Barney Circle to

Accommodate Vehicle Turning
Movements and Multi-modal
Access

Improve Pedestrian and Bicyclist

Connections to Anacostia River

Evaluate Design Options that

Consider Multi-modal
Transportation Uses

Pennsylvania Avenue

John Philip
Sousa Bridge

Southeast Boulevard

L Street SE
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Pennsylvania-Potomac Avenue SE
Pedestrian Safety Study

Potomac Avenue
Metro Station

Potomac
Avenue SE
14th Street SE

Pennsylvania
Avenue SE

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Enhance Safety and Multimodal Connections

Direct Pedestrian Paths
across Pennsylvania
Avenue SE
Reduce Pedestrian
Crossings to Potomac
Avenue Metro Station
Improve Intersection
Connection to Anacostia
Waterfront areas
Improve Public Space
Aesthetics

More Information
For more information, visit
www.anacostiawaterfront.org
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QUESTIONS

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