List of Circles in Washington, D.C.

The surface road layout in Washington, D.C. consists primarily of numbered streets along the north-south axis and lettered streets followed by streets named in alphabetical order along the east-west axis. Avenues named for each of the fifty U.S. states crisscross this grid diagonally. Traffic circles often occur where avenues intersect with each other and with streets. Neighborhoods are often identified by nearby traffic circles. Circles are often named for American Civil War generals and admirals.

Northwest

* Anna J. Cooper Circle - Intersection of 3rd and T streets
* Blair Circle - Intersection of 16th Street, Eastern Avenue, Colesville Road, and North Portal Drive (This circle is only half within the District; the other half is in Silver Spring, Maryland.)
* Chevy Chase Circle - Intersection of Western and Connecticut Avenues, and Chevy Chase and Magnolia Parkways and Grafton Street (This circle is only half within the District; the other half is in Chevy Chase, Maryland.)
* Dupont Circle - Intersection of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire Avenues, and 19th and P streets, with an underpass for Connecticut Avenue and an express lane for Massachusetts Avenue
* Grant Circle - Intersection of New Hampshire and Illinois Avenues and Varnum and 5th Streets
* Logan Circle - Intersection of Rhode Island and Vermont Avenues and 13th and P streets
* Observatory Circle - Intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street. The street does not form a complete circle. ("See United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.")
* Peace Circle - Intersection of First Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue
* Pinehurst Circle - Intersection of Western and Utah Avenues and 33rd and Worthington Streets (note, this forms a semi-circle along the border with Maryland)
* Scott Circle - Intersection of Rhode Island and Massachusetts avenues, 16th Street, with an underpass for 16th St.
* Sheridan Circle - Intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and R and 23rd streets
* Sherman Circle - Intersection of Kansas and Illinois avenues and Crittenden and 7th streets
* Tenley Circle - Intersection of Wisconsin and Nebraska avenues, Fort Drive, and Yuma Street
* Thomas Circle - Intersection of Massachusetts and Vermont avenues, 14th and M streets with an underpass for Massachusetts Avenue
* Ward Circle - Intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues
* Washington Circle - Intersection of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania avenues, and K and 23rd streets with a K Street underpass
* Wesley Circle - Intersection of Massachusetts and University avenues, 46th and Tilden Streets
* Westmoreland Circle - Intersection of Western and Massachusetts avenues, Butterworth Place, and Wetherill Road (This circle is only half within the District; the other half is in Maryland.)

Northeast

* Columbus Circle - Intersection of Delaware, Louisiana, and Massachusetts avenues and E and First streets (Union Station and its access roads interrupt this circle on one side.)
* Truxton Circle - Now defunct, existing only as the name of a neighborhood, formerly the intersection of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street, Q Street Northwest and Q Street Northeast (This circle lies on the border of Northwest and Northeast. There are possible plans to rebuild the circle.)

Southeast

* Barney Circle - Intersection of Pennsylvania and Kentucky Avenues and 17th Street
* Ellicott Circle - Cloverleaf at the interchange of Pennsylvania Avenue and the Anacostia Freeway
* Randle Circle - Intersection of Minnesota and Branch Avenues, K and 32nd streets and Fort DuPont Drive

outhwest

*Benjamin Banneker Circle - off L'Enfant Promenade, south of Interstate 395
*Lincoln Memorial Circle - Intersection of 23rd Street, Henry Bacon Drive, Daniel French Drive, and the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Surrounds the Lincoln Memorial and is divided between the Southwest and Northwest quadrants of the city.
*Garfield Circle - Intersection of First Street and Maryland Avenue

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ee also

*Geography of Washington, D.C.
*Streets and highways of Washington, D.C.