Scott Circle is a traffic circle

Traffic circle

A traffic circle or rotary is a type of circular intersection in which traffic must travel in one direction around a central island. In some countries, traffic entering the circle has the right-of-way and drivers in the circle must yield. In many other countries, traffic entering the circle must...

 in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue

Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)

Massachusetts Avenue is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C., and the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is a historic district that includes part of it....

, Rhode Island Avenue

Rhode Island Avenue (Washington, D.C.)

Rhode Island Avenue is a diagonal avenue in the Northwest and Northeast quadrants of Washington, D.C. and the capital's inner suburbs in Prince George's County, Maryland. Paralleling New York Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue was one of the original streets in Pierre L'Enfant's plan for the capital. ...

, and 16th Street, N.W.

16th Street Northwest (Washington, D.C.)

16th Street Northwest is a prominent north-south thoroughfare in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.Part of Pierre L'Enfant's design for the city, 16th Street begins just north of the White House across Lafayette Park at H Street and continues due north in a straight line passing K Street,...

 N Street stops short of meeting the circle from either direction, and is connected to Rhode Island and Massachusetts avenues through Corregidor

Corregidor

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 Street and Bataan

Bataan

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 Street.

The through lanes of 16th Street pass under Scott Circle in a tunnel that opened on December 29, 1941. The service lanes

Frontage road

A frontage road is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access...

 of 16th Street intersect the circle.

The embassies of Australia

Australia

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 and the Philippines

Philippines

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 are located on Scott Circle, as is the University of California, Washington Center.

A sculpture of Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott

Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott

Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott is an equestrian statue of Winfield Scott, by Henry Kirke Brown, located at the intersection of 16th Street and Massachusetts Avenue at Scott Circle, Washington, D.C....

(photo) was erected in Scott Circle in 1874. The Daniel Webster Memorial

Daniel Webster Memorial

The Daniel Webster Memorial is a monument in Washington, D.C. honoring U.S. statesman Daniel Webster. It is located near Webster's former home at 1603 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, beside Scott Circle at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue.The statue of Webster was...

 and Samuel Hahnemann Monument

Samuel Hahnemann Monument

Samuel Hahnemann Monument is a bronze statue, sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus and designed by Julius F. Harder.It is located at Scott Circle, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C....

(photo) can be found on the periphery of the circle.

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