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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's Georgetown, or rather how they have NOT planned getting in and out of there. 
Key bridge dump at bottom of M street gives me nightmares. That weird exit off key bridge to whitehurst that is like a side highway sidearm is super creepy. A beautiful riverfront area that's now in the shadow of the creepy freeway. I've said creepy a few times, so that's how I feel. Not sure why. I never go there anymore.  
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A lot of preservationists disagree and want to keep the historic Whitehurst Freeway. Even if it becomes a high line like park in the future. They like the remaining industrial vibes of the area under the freeway. It has a film noir feel. That’s why that memorable scene in [u]True Lies [/u]was filmed there.  [/quote]

Agree.  It’s actually kind of cool under the highway.  It’s literally a place to cool down due to constant shade in the heat of summer time and it adds extra vibe to the older buildings next to it.  The top of the highway could become an amazing urban park, but it won’t happen because highway is necessary for people using Key Bridge to get into DC without choking already congested pedestrian heavy M st.  There is no way around having this highway, short of building an underground tunnel [/quote]

Whatever it is now or is turned into, I don't think anyone disagrees that it was not an ideal solution from the get-go, and who knows who was in those talks and the concessions that were made. Obviously not interfering with M street. Metro access should have been part of the package and some other bypass or tunnel would have been better in a perfect world. [/quote]

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