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as seen from Georgetown Waterfront Park
Georgetown Waterfront Park

File:Georgetown Waterfront Park - Washington, D.C..jpgThe Georgetown Waterfront Park is a new national park that is under construction in Washington, D.C....
.]] The Whitehurst Freeway is an elevated highway
Highway

A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as city and towns. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated freeway....
 over K Street and Water Street in the Georgetown
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. Founded in 1751, the city of Georgetown substantially predated the establishment of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia....
 neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 It was built in 1949 to allow traffic on U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

U.S. Route 29 passes through the Washington, D.C. between Arlington County, Virginia, and Silver Spring, Maryland, predominantly along surface streets....
 and Canal Road
Canal Road (Washington, D.C.)

Canal Road is an east-west street and important commuter route in the Northwest, Washington, D.C. of Washington, D.C. Its western terminus is at Chain Bridge and the Clara Barton Parkway....
 to bypass heavily congested Georgetown between the Key Bridge
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington)

The Francis Scott Key Bridge, or, more commonly, the Key Bridge, is a reinforced concrete arch bridge conveying U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia traffic across the Potomac River between the Rosslyn, Virginia section of Arlington County, Virginia, and the Georgetown, Washington, DC section of Washington, D.C....
 and K Street downtown
Downtown Washington, D.C.

Downtown Washington, D.C. is the central business district in the Washington, D.C. of the District of Columbia, the capital city of the United States....
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as seen from Georgetown Waterfront Park
Georgetown Waterfront Park

File:Georgetown Waterfront Park - Washington, D.C..jpgThe Georgetown Waterfront Park is a new national park that is under construction in Washington, D.C....
.]] The Whitehurst Freeway is an elevated highway
Highway

A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as city and towns. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated freeway....
 over K Street and Water Street in the Georgetown
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. Founded in 1751, the city of Georgetown substantially predated the establishment of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia....
 neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 It was built in 1949 to allow traffic on U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

U.S. Route 29 passes through the Washington, D.C. between Arlington County, Virginia, and Silver Spring, Maryland, predominantly along surface streets....
 and Canal Road
Canal Road (Washington, D.C.)

Canal Road is an east-west street and important commuter route in the Northwest, Washington, D.C. of Washington, D.C. Its western terminus is at Chain Bridge and the Clara Barton Parkway....
 to bypass heavily congested Georgetown between the Key Bridge
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington)

The Francis Scott Key Bridge, or, more commonly, the Key Bridge, is a reinforced concrete arch bridge conveying U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia traffic across the Potomac River between the Rosslyn, Virginia section of Arlington County, Virginia, and the Georgetown, Washington, DC section of Washington, D.C....
 and K Street downtown
Downtown Washington, D.C.

Downtown Washington, D.C. is the central business district in the Washington, D.C. of the District of Columbia, the capital city of the United States....
. Prior to construction of the freeway, the Georgetown waterfront experienced periods of prosperity and decline. The structure was built by African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 engineer Archibald Alexander
Archie Alexander

Archie Alphonso Alexander was an African-American mathematician and engineer and the first African-American graduate of the University of Iowa....
. It was named after Herbert C. Whitehurst, an early director of the D.C. highway department. It now carries US 29
U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

U.S. Route 29 passes through the Washington, D.C. between Arlington County, Virginia, and Silver Spring, Maryland, predominantly along surface streets....
 and I-66
Interstate 66

Interstate 66 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. As indicated by its even route number, it runs in an east-west direction....
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Proposed demolition

, the Georgetown waterfront is in the process of redevelopment. Though the freeway was last rebuilt in a project ending in 1998, the Government of the District of Columbia has proposed demolishing the Whitehurst Freeway and upgrading K Street to a 4- or 6-lane through street. One engineering difficulty in doing so is to connect K Street to Canal Road, which is about above the waterfront. Another engineering difficulty is to connect K Street to the Key Bridge. To address the latter difficulty, architect Arthur Cotton Moore
Arthur Cotton Moore

Arthur Cotton Moore is an architect in Washington, D.C. Born in 1935, he studied architecture at Princeton University. He received an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1977 and became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1979....
 has proposed replacing the present ramp from the northbound Key Bridge to the eastbound Whitehurst Freeway with a spiral ramp that would loop under the Key Bridge before connecting to eastbound K Street.

Demolition study freeze

Mayor Adrian Fenty
Adrian Fenty

Adrian Malik Fenty is the sixth and current List of mayors of Washington, D.C. of the District of Columbia, having begun his term of office on January 2, 2007....
 has halted plans for an environmental impact study for the proposed demolition, stating that his administration is "not going to be spending money on this particular issue. You do not have to worry." The study would have cost nearly $1,000,000; the DC Department of Transportation spent more than $500,000 on a previous study that examined proposed alternatives to the highway.

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