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Re: Directions from Union Station via Car?
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lugnet.events
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Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:37:46 GMT
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"Constantine Hannaher" <channaher@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> I'll give it a try. Maybe you can get on I-395 south at Massachusetts Ave • and
> 3rd Street NW. Once on I-395 south follow it under the Mall and over the
> Potomac River to the exit as in the brickfest.com instructions for from • points
> north. But I usually take Louisiana Avenue southwest from the station to
> Constitution Avenue. A half-right onto Constitution Avenue westbound. • Right
> again onto Pennsylvania Avenue westbound. Half-left to return to • Constitution
> Avenue westbound (about where 5th Street would be). Left into the tunnel • at 9th
> Street (unmarked! you must know it-the tunnel, not the street-is there!) • The
> 9th Street tunnel goes under the Mall and L'Enfant Plaza and comes up • again at
> the Southwest Freeway (I-395). Take the ramp to the right westbound (which • is
> I-395 south, no less) and over the marina, past the Jefferson Memorial and
> across the Potomac River. One of the joys of giving directions around here • is
> that there are three ways of doing anything. Others should feel free to • chime
> in.
>
> Constantine
Hmm ... I know exactly how I would go but of course, don't know any of the
street names. Wouldn't it be easiest to take Constituion Avenue back
towards Virginia and get on I-66? From there it can't be more than five
miles to GMU which is right off of I-66. As I recall, it is fairly easy to
get from Union Station onto Constitution.
Mike
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| You are quite right, for some reason I was trying to simplify my directions by merging them with those already available. To say "right off" I-66 is a little stretch because of the spacing of the interchanges. But, yes, that is certainly an option. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Directions from Union Station via Car?
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| I'll give it a try. Maybe you can get on I-395 south at Massachusetts Ave and 3rd Street NW. Once on I-395 south follow it under the Mall and over the Potomac River to the exit as in the brickfest.com instructions for from points north. But I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.events)
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