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. It follows a northwest-to-southeast line, beginning at the intersection of 16th Street NW (a north-south street in the

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) and Colesville Road (a street in Montgomery County in the state of

). It intersects with Blair Road NW, and ceases to exist for about . Another interruption occurs at Cedar Street NW. A interruption occurs again at Galloway Street NE, where the park land of the North Michigan Park Recreation Center exists. It continues without interruption until it reaches Bladensburg Road NE. There is a interruption in the avenue along

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. The avenue has no crossing over New York Avenue NE or the

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, or through Anacostia Park. It resumes at Kenilworth Avenue NE, with its terminus at its junction with Southern Avenue. Several historic or important buildings are located on Eastern Avenue, and a number of important people once lived on the street. Eastern Avenue forms one of the borders of the Deanwood neighborhood in the District of Columbia, a historic

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community. Several historically important Deanwood-area churches and schools are located on Eastern Avenue. William Pittman, one of the United States' first African American

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s and a son-in-law of

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, lived on Eastern Avenue. The Lucinda Cady House (also known as the Cady-Lee House), located at 7064 Eastern Avenue NW, is a restored Queen Anne- Victorian style home built in 1887 which is listed on the

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. The headquarters of the

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arm and the relief agency of the worldwide

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were once located at 6840 Eastern Avenue NW. Eastern Avenue bridges the

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after its junction with Kenilworth Avenue. The Eastern Avenue Bridge has a clearance of , and

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s have struck the bridge numerous times.Halsey III, Ashley. "Eastern Ave. Bridge to Get Taller Replacement."
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.'' November 11, 2009. In November 2009, the District of Columbia announced that it would spend $10.4 million in stimulus funds to replace the bridge with a new

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, high bridge to address these safety concerns. Eastern Avenue appears in several works of

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, because of the higher rate of crime in some of the neighborhoods through which it passes. It is significantly featured in Jim Beame's

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short crime story, "Jeannette." Noted Washington, D.C., crime author

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used it as a location in his 1996 novel ''

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'', and so did

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-born author

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in his

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novel, ''Mad Dogs''.Grady, James. ''Mad Dogs''. New York: Forge, 2006. . p. 296.

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