Missouri Avenue is a major diagonal west–east

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in the Northwest quadrant of

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History

Until 1946, Missouri Avenue was named Concord Avenue and was renamed for

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's home state of

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when he became president the year before. Previously, Missouri Avenue was the name of a street in the

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, which was demolished several years before.

Route

Missouri Avenue begins as an eastbound

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at the Joyce Road ramp and 17th Street NW for before intersecting Military Road and becoming a 4-lane thoroughfare, continuing slightly southeast towards

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(

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). Missouri Avenue makes a curve south along Georgia Avenue and continues further southeast, eventually ending at

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where the road continues northeast as Riggs Road, which leads into

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Major intersections

References

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