Maine Avenue is a diagonal avenue in the Southwest quadrant of

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Maine Avenue connects Independence Avenue with M Street SW, and has an interchange with Interstate 395.

Route description

Maine Avenue begins at 17th Street SW and Independence Avenue SW and continues southeast, parallelling the

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to 12th Street SW where it crosses under Interstate 395. Continuing southeast, it runs parallel to the

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and Water Street SW, where it crosses 7th Street. At 6th Street SW, Maine Avenue ends, becoming M Street SW.

Points of interest

Points of interest along Maine Avenue include Arena Stage and the

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, home of the

Maine Avenue Fish Market The Maine Avenue Fish Market, also known as the Municipal Fish Market, the Fish Wharf, or simply, the Wharf (Washington, D.C.), the Wharf, is an open-air fish market, seafood market in Washington, D.C. (southwest), Southwest Washington, D.C., a l ...

History

In 1861, Maine Avenue was a small street north and parallel to Maryland Avenue near

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. Interstate 695 was planned to be extended west of Interstate 395 along Maine Avenue. That project, like many proposed interstate highways in the District of Columbia, was canceled.

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Independence Avenue (Washington, D.C.) Southwest (Washington, D.C.) Streets in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-road-stub

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