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Howard Road Gateway - The Howard Road Gateway leads from Historic Anacostia to a waterfront cultural park at Poplar Point and the Anacostia RiverParks Visitor’s Center. The conversion of the Anacostia Metro Station to a multi-modal transportation terminal that includes light rail will add points of access for pedestrians approaching from MLK Jr. Avenue. Daylighting Stickfoot Creek will create a green-landscaped path directly to the waterfront from surrounding neighborhoods, and an enhanced streetscape along Howard Road will accompany new mixed-use development. A new pedestrian-friendly Douglass Bridge and a boat landing at Poplar Point will facilitate access from the western bank of the river.
Historic Anacostia Gateway - Streetscape and facade improvements along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue will create a splendid gateway from Historic Anacostia to the Anacostia RiverParks at Good Hope Road. This gateway includes the new Anacostia Gateway Government Center that will house several District government agencies along with 65,000 square feet of commercial space including retail businesses on the ground floor. Recreation fields and a boat landing at the RiverParks will also increase activity on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue while the 11th Street Bridges will be reconfigured to accommodate pedestrians, local traffic, and the new waterfront light-rail line.
Pennsylvania Avenue Gateway - This will be a neighborhood retail node that re-establishes the civic importance of Pennsylvania Avenue on the east side of the river and creates an attractive entrance to the RiverParks’ most significant recreation fields. A new traffic interchange created by lowering I-295 will manage local traffic at grade and create a pedestrian-friendly environment. It will allow for streetscape improvements, a monument site, increased access to the waterfront and the Boathouse Row on the west side, and an enhanced and strengthened retail corridor. The East of the River Pennsylvania Avenue Revitalization Task Force is currently working on creating a plan that will improve and enhance the physical landscape and economic vitality of the corridor.
Randle Circle Gateway– Access from the Twining neighborhood to the Anacostia RiverParks is impaired by the Anacostia Freeway and the CSX railroad tracks. A continuous park road will connect Massachusetts Avenue from the new Hill East neighborhood to Randle Circle on the east side, creating access between a new state-of-the-art Aquatic Recreation Center on the east side of the river and Hill East Meadows park on the west side of the river. Daylighting the Fort Davis, Pope Branch, and Fort Dupont streams will create green-landscaped trails from the surrounding neighborhoods to the waterfront.
Benning Gateway – Benning Road forms a major commercial corridor on both the east and west sides of the Anacostia River. A new government center at the Minnesota Avenue Metro (which will also be a terminus for the waterfront light-rail line) will join the established commercial corridor on Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road. This government center is envisioned as a transit-oriented, mixed-use development with ground floor retail. Increased pedestrian access on the Benning Road Bridge will facilitate access to Kingman Island, Langston Golf Course, and RFK Stadium.
Watts Branch Gateway – A restored Watts Branch creek and trail creates a direct, green connection from the Maryland border to the Anacostia RiverParks at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. An enhanced underpass at Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue will welcome neighbors to the waterfront. A new pedestrian bridge across the Anacostia River will connect Kenilworth Park to the National Arboretum and Langston Golf Course.
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