Washington Metro and unbuilt downtown freeways, 2022 metro map The Two Towers

The Two Towers

It makes you wonder at what was lost

After World War I ended in 1918

as it fell victim to political bickering

would only support the construction of a mass transit system if it was fully under public control

Washington Metro and unbuilt downtown freeways, 2022 metro map The Two TowersThe Washington Metro was the product of the residents of the District of Columbia revolting against downtown freeways. Most American cities suffered large scale city center demolitions after World War II, but not Washington DC, where freeway construction within the District proper was relatively limited. Instead, Washington DC built the second post war metro system in the United States, after Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco. This is the Metro