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This station uses the four-coffer arch design found at most underground stations on the western side of the Red Line. Unlike its many counterparts such as Van Ness-UDC and Tenleytown-AU, the station's walls are more rounded. Friendship Heights is the only station in the system with this design that
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The station is one of 11 stations in the system constructed with rock tunneling and is accordingly deeper than most stations in the system. Its platform is more than 100 feet (30 m) below its north entrance. The escalator has a length of 130 feet (40 m) and rises 65 feet (20 m) feet
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Two of its five exits sit on the Maryland side of Western Avenue, whereas the other three exit into the District. At the Western Avenue entrance, four separate street entrances come together in an upper mezzanine, allowing riders to access a set of three escalators that go to the platform. One
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that has access to Western Avenue. Another entrance offers direct access to Chevy Chase Pavilion. The newest entrance, located off Wisconsin Avenue next to
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above the mezzanine level. The escalator ride from the common room at the north entrance to the mezzanine level takes roughly a minute and a half.
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The station opened on August 25, 1984. Its opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the
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Brisbane, Arthur S. (August 26, 1984). "All aboard; Metro festivities welcome latest Red Line extension".
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entrance is located at a side entrance to the lobby of an entrance to the former C-level of
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bus system with the Washington Metro. It is directly adjacent to the Western Division
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Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report
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Friendship Heights station platform from mezzanine in November 2005
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Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (August 1983).
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Railway stations located underground in Washington, D.C.
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Jennifer Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Western Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C.
38°57′39″N 77°05′10″W / 38.960921°N 77.086059°W / 38.960921; -77.086059
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
island platform
Metrobus
31, 33
E4
N2, N4, N6
Ride On
Capital Bikeshare
racks
lockers

Washington Metro
Bethesda
Shady Grove
Red Line
Tenleytown–AU
Glenmont
Washington Metro
station
Red Line
Washington, D.C.
Montgomery County
Maryland
United States
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

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