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Silver Line (Washington Metro)

Index Silver Line (Washington Metro)

The Silver Line of the Washington Metro in the United States consists of 28 existing and six planned rapid transit stations from to. [1]

80 relations: American City Business Journals, American Society of Civil Engineers, Analysis of Alternatives, Arlington County, Virginia, Ashburn station (Washington Metro), Ashburn, Virginia, Ballston–MU station, Bechtel, Blue Line (Washington Metro), Bob McDonnell, Bus rapid transit, Capital One, Chamber of commerce, Cost-effectiveness analysis, Cushman & Wakefield, Edge city, Fairfax Connector, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax Times, Federal Transit Administration, Gerry Connolly, Girder, Governing (magazine), Governor of Virginia, Green Line (Washington Metro), Herndon, Virginia, Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), Interstate 66, Jack Evans (D.C. politician), James Simpson (government official), Jim Webb, John Warner, Lance Wyman, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Loudoun County, Virginia, Maryland, McLean, Virginia, Median strip, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, National Air and Space Museum, NewsChannel 8 (cable channel), Orange Line (Washington Metro), Pocket track, Prince George's County, Maryland, Rapid transit, Ray LaHood, Raytheon, Red Line (Washington Metro), Republican Party of Virginia, ..., Reston, Virginia, Right-of-way (transportation), Science Applications International Corporation, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Terry McAuliffe, The Washington Post, Third rail, Tim Kaine, Tysons Corner station, Tysons, Virginia, United States Department of Transportation, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States Senate, Vincent C. Gray, Virginia, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Virginia Department of Transportation, Virginia State Route 123, Virginia State Route 267, Virginia State Route 7, Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington Group International, Washington Metro, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C., West Falls Church station, William B. Spong Jr., WRC-TV, WTOP-FM, Yellow Line (Washington Metro). Expand index (30 more) »

American City Business Journals

"." Houston Business Journal.

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American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

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Analysis of Alternatives

The Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in the United States is a requirement of military acquisition policy, as controlled by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referred to simply as Arlington or Arlington, Virginia.

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Ashburn station (Washington Metro)

Ashburn is a planned Washington Metro station in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, on the Silver Line.

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Ashburn, Virginia

Ashburn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia.

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Ballston–MU station

Ballston–MU is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Arlington, Virginia, United States.

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Bechtel

Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group, Inc.) is an engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company.

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Blue Line (Washington Metro)

The Blue Line of the Washington Metro in the United States consists of 27 rapid transit stations from Franconia–Springfield to Largo Town Center.

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Bob McDonnell

Robert Francis McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 71st Governor of Virginia, from 2010 to 2014.

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Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit (BRT, BRTS, busway, transitway) is a bus-based public transport system designed to improve capacity and reliability relative to a conventional bus system.

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Capital One

Capital One Financial Corporation is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking and savings products headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

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Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce (or board of trade) is a form of business network, for example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses.

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Cost-effectiveness analysis

Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes (effects) of different courses of action.

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Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. is an American commercial real estate services company.

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Edge city

"Edge city" is an American term for a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown (or central business district) in what had previously been a residential or rural area.

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Fairfax Connector

Fairfax Connector is a public bus service provided by Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and operated under contract by MV Transportation.

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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, sometimes abbreviated as FCBOS, is the governing body of Fairfax County; a county of over a million in Northern Virginia.

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Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a predominantly suburban county — with urban and rural pockets — in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Fairfax Times

The Fairfax Times (also known as the Fairfax County Times) is a weekly newspaper published in Reston, Virginia which covers Fairfax County, Virginia.

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Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.

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Gerry Connolly

Gerald Edward Connolly (born March 30, 1950) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th congressional district, first elected in 2008.

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Girder

A girder is a support beam used in construction.

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Governing (magazine)

Governing is a national monthly magazine, edited and published since 1987 in Washington, D.C., whose subject area is state and local government in the United States.

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Governor of Virginia

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term.

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Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line is one of the six heavy rail subway lines that make up the Washington Metro rapid transit system in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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Herndon, Virginia

Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area of the United States.

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Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)

Interstate 495 (I-495) is a Interstate Highway that surrounds Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America, and the city's inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia.

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Interstate 66

Interstate 66 (I-66) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States.

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Jack Evans (D.C. politician)

Jack Evans (born October 31, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer.

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James Simpson (government official)

James Stuart "Jim" Simpson is the former commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Transportation (NJDOT), from 2010–2014, and a former federal government official and moving company executive.

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Jim Webb

James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author.

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John Warner

John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009.

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Lance Wyman

Lance Wyman (b. Newark, New Jersey, 1937, WebEsteem Art & Design Magazine, 2004) is an American graphic designer.

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Loudoun County Board of Supervisors

Loudoun County, Virginia is divided into eight magisterial districts: Algonkian, Ashburn, Blue Ridge, Broad Run, Catoctin, Dulles, Leesburg, and Sterling.

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Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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McLean, Virginia

McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia.

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Median strip

The median strip or central reservation is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways, such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways.

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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is an independent airport authority, created with the consent of the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of the two major airports serving the capital: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.

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National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the NASM, is a museum in Washington, D.C..

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NewsChannel 8 (cable channel)

NewsChannel 8 is an American regional cable news television channel that is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and managed by the company's ABC-affiliated station WJLA-TV (channel 7) in Washington D.C. The channel provides 24-hour news coverage primarily focused on Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and suburban areas of Maryland within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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Orange Line (Washington Metro)

The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 rapid transit stations from Vienna to New Carrollton.

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Pocket track

A pocket track, tail track, or reversing siding (UK: centre siding) is a rail track layout which allows trains to park off the main line.

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Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George’s County (often shortened to "PG County") is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 863,420, making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind only Montgomery County.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit, also known as heavy rail, metro, MRT, subway, tube, U-Bahn or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.

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Ray LaHood

Ray H. LaHood (born December 6, 1945) is an American politician who served as United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 until 2013.

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Raytheon

The Raytheon Company is a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics.

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Red Line (Washington Metro)

The Red Line of the Washington Metro rail rapid transit system serves 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland and the District of Columbia in the United States.

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Republican Party of Virginia

The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party.

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Reston, Virginia

Reston is one of the leading "New Town" planned communities in the United States.

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Right-of-way (transportation)

A right-of-way (ROW) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land.

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Science Applications International Corporation

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is an American company headquartered in Reston, Virginia that provides government services and information technology support.

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Terry McAuliffe

Terence Richard McAuliffe (born February 9, 1957) is an American politician and former entrepreneur who served as the 72nd Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Tim Kaine

Timothy Michael Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Virginia since 2013.

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Tysons Corner station

Tysons Corner (also known as Tysons Central 123 and Tysons I & II during planning phases) is a rapid transit station on the Silver Line of the Washington Metro in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

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Tysons, Virginia

Tysons, also known as Tysons Corner, is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the U.S. government concerned with transportation.

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in case citations, E.D. Va.) is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Vincent C. Gray

Vincent Condol "Vince" Gray (born November 8, 1942) is an American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of the District of Columbia.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDRPT) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Virginia Department of Transportation

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is the agency of state government responsible for transportation in the state of Virginia in the United States.

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Virginia State Route 123

State Route 123 (SR 123) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 267

State Route 267 is a primary state highway in the US state of Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 7

State Route 7 (SR 7) is a major primary state highway and busy commuter route in northern Virginia, United States.

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Washington Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport is an international airport in the eastern United States, located in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, west of downtown Opened in 1962, it is named after John Foster Dulles the 52nd Secretary of State who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Washington Group International

Washington Group International was an American corporation which provided integrated engineering, construction, and management services to businesses and governments around the world.

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Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, known colloquially as Metro and branded Metrorail, is the heavy rail rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area in the United States.

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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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West Falls Church station

West Falls Church is a Washington Metro station in Idylwood, Virginia on the Orange Line, the first station inside the beltway on the Orange Line going east.

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William B. Spong Jr.

William Belser Spong Jr. (September 29, 1920October 8, 1997) was a Democratic Party politician and a United States Senator who represented the state of Virginia from 1966 to 1973.

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WRC-TV

WRC-TV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 48), is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to the American capital city of Washington, District of Columbia.

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WTOP-FM

WTOP-FM (103.5 FM, "WTOP Radio", "WTOP News") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C. WTOP is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting through licensee Washington, DC FCC License Sub, LLC and broadcasts an all-news format.

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Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of 17 rapid transit stations from Huntington in Virginia to either Mount Vernon Square (where peak hours trains terminate) or Fort Totten (outside peak hours).

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DCRTP, Dulles Corridor Metro Project, Dulles Corridor Metrorail, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, Dulles Metrorail, Silver (planned) Line (Washington Metro), Silver Line (WMATA), Silver Line (Washington Metro, Silver line (DC Metro), WMATA Silver Line.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Line_(Washington_Metro)

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