K Street (Washington, D.C.)

K Street Northwest and Northeast

The 1500 block of K Street NW in Downtown, Washington, D.C.
Maintained by	DDOT
Length	4.0 mi (6.4 km)[1]
Location	Northwest and Northeast, Washington, D.C., U.S.
West end	Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown
Major junctions	I-66 / US 29 / Rock Creek Parkway in West End Pennsylvania / New Hampshire Avenues at Washington Circle Connecticut Avenue at Farragut Square Massachusetts / New York Avenues at Mount Vernon Square
East end	Florida Avenue in Near Northeast
North	L Street
South	I Street
Construction
Commissioned	1791

K Street is a major thoroughfare in the United States capital of Washington, D.C., known as a center for lobbying and the location of numerous advocacy groups, law firms, trade associations, and think tanks. In political discourse, "K Street" has become a metonym for lobbying in the United States, the same way Wall Street in New York City became a metonym for the U.S. financial markets, since many lobbying firms are or traditionally were located on the section in Northwest Washington which passes from Georgetown through a portion of Downtown Washington, D.C.^[2]