Subject: Re: Further to DC-VA -another correction
Date: Jun 11, 2003 @ 13:03
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> This para.: Also, a little north of Gravelyu Point just south ofLadfy
> Bird Johnson park, there are loops on Hwy 395 formingaccess ramps
> that are on "added land that weren't there when the border wasnamed
> to be along the shore - this part was added and the added partdidn't
> cause the border to change - it is still Virginia.and
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> It is still DC (not Virginia) - where the water used to be was DC
> even after having adding land to accommodate the ramps, thearea
> stayed as DC territory.<lnadybal@c...>
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "L. A. Nadybal"
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> > To continue my prompt to study the map for more short
> > highways that dip into Virigina, see also the section atGraveley
> > Point (southern end of the map) where there is an inlet to abird
> > sanctuary - it's unclear how far the District shoreline extendsinto
> > the channel leading to the santuary lake, but part of this roadmight
> > well be in DC at this point, too.ramps that are
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> > Also, a little north of Gravelyu Point just south of Ladfy Bird
> > Johnson park, there are loops on Hwy 395 forming access
> > on "added land that weren't there when the border wasnamed to be
> > along the shore - this part was added and the added partdidn't cause
> > the border to change - it is still Virginia.last
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> > Lastly, a technical correction, the overpass I mentioned in my
> > message west of Roosevelt Island is not part of 66, but partof the
> > George Washington Memorial Parkway that parallels 66 atthis point.
> > The parkway is an unnumbered federal highway under thejurisdiction of
> > the Park Service. It starts on the northern section of thebeltway
> > the encircles the District of Columbia, and parallels thePotomac
> > River, ending at Washington's home at Mt. Vernon, about 10miles south
> > of the District.
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> > LN