Intersection of 22nd Street and New Hampshire Avenue, NW in the West End neighborhood

New Hampshire Avenue is a diagonal street in Washington, D.C., beginning at the Kennedy Center and extending northeast for about 5 miles (8 km) and then continuing into Maryland where it is designated Maryland Route 650. New Hampshire Avenue, however, is not contiguous. It stops at 15th and W Streets NW and resumes again on the other side of Columbia Heights at Park Road NW, a few blocks from Georgia Avenue.

New Hampshire Avenue passes through several Washington neighborhoods including Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle, Petworth and Lamond-Riggs.

In Maryland, New Hampshire Avenue passes the neighborhoods and towns of Chillum, Takoma Park, Carole Highlands, Langley Park and Silver Spring. Eventually, it feeds into Damascus Road (Maryland Route 108) at Etchison. Many Maryland residents regard New Hampshire Avenue as a convenient access road to Washington's North Capitol Street, a wide road that starts north of the United States Capitol and divides the city into its northwest and northeast quadrants.

[edit] Transit service

While no single transit route follows New Hampshire Avenue for very long, it nonetheless runs in proximity of and briefly carries an assortment of transit services.

[edit] Metrobus

The following Metrobus routes run along the avenue (listed from south to north):

• H1, L1 (20th St. NW to Washington Circle)
• L2 (18th St. NW to 21st St. NW)
• 64 (Missouri Ave. to Park Rd.)
• 63 (Georgia Ave. to Park Rd.)
• K6 (White Oak to Fort Totten)
• R1 (Northbound only from Metzerott Rd. to Adelphi Rd.)
• C8 (Randolph Rd. to Adelphi Rd.)
• Z2 (Olney-Sandy Spring Rd. to Lockwood Dr.)

[edit] Ride-On

The following Ride On routes run along the avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland (listed from south to north):

• 16 (Ruatan St. to Ethan Allen Ave.)
• 20, 24 (Schindler Dr. to Northampton Dr., and Southampton Dr. to Piney Branch Rd.)
• 10 (Lockwood Dr. to Powder Mill Rd.)
• 21 (Wolf Dr. to Columbia Pike)

[edit] Metrorail

The following Metrorail stations have stops located near New Hampshire Avenue:

• Foggy Bottom–GWU      Blue Line      Orange Line
• Dupont Circle      Red Line
• Georgia Avenue–Petworth      Green Line      Yellow Line

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