
Foggy Bottom (Washington Metro) - Washington, DC
N 38° 54.051 W 077° 03.026
18S E 322193 N 4307772
Foggy Bottom (Washington Metro) is a subway station on the Blue and Orange Lines in Washington, D.C.
Waymark Code: WMBWJ2
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2011
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"Foggy Bottom – GWU is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for both the Blue and Orange Lines, the station is located on I Street on the George Washington University campus. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line route, which is expected to start operating in 2013. It is the last westbound station in the District of Columbia on these lines before they dive under the Potomac River to Virginia.
Foggy Bottom – GWU serves the neighborhood of Foggy Bottom and the campus of The George Washington University there. It is also the nearest station to the Georgetown neighborhood. The station is located at 23rd and I streets in Northwest, just south of Washington Circle, and at the front entrance to the George Washington University Hospital. Service began on July 1, 1977. The World Bank is located one block north and east at Pennsylvania Avenue and 22nd Street and The Watergate is slightly more than .75 miles (1.2 km) southwest of the station. Slightly south of The Watergate is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts."
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