George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington Memorial Parkway (Clara Barton Parkway): One of the last parkways completed among the many in the eastern United States, George Washington Memorial Parkway preserves a sizable amount of the natural terrain once familiar to George Washington, providing unparalleled views of the city he founded and the river he traveled.
It is associated with a long and continuous planning effort for the Washington region, begun with the L’Enfant Plan, extended with the Permanent System of Highways Plan of 1898, and reinvigorated with…