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Duke Gardens: I-95 - MM 174.8 - SB
The Potomac River watershed defines the setting of Duke Gardens — wooded urban land on Alexandria’s western side is threaded by major transport routes rather than a compact historic core. The locality sits beside Interstate 395 near Duke Street, a principal east–west corridor through the independent city of Alexandria and a link toward Washington, D.C. This is a working metropolitan edge of multilane roads, sound walls and mature trees, illustrating how Northern Virginia’s older communities connect with the capital’s commuting network. Alexandria was founded in 1749 as a Potomac port; its preserved Old Town remains the city’s best-known historic district. Duke Gardens is defined less by visitor monuments than by its position within the region’s everyday movement between residential neighbourhoods, business areas and the national capital.
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