Potomac Yard Substation
Potomac Yard Substation is an electrical substation in Alexandria, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Potomac Yard Substation is situated nearby to Short Bridge Park, as well as near the playground Bright Horizons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Birchmere and Potomac Yard station.
The Birchmere
Theater building
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia, that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage. The Birchmere is situated 3,000 feet west of Potomac Yard Substation.
Potomac Yard station
Metro station
Photo: Mint0ri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Potomac Yard station is a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, serving both the Blue and Yellow Lines, and opened on May 19, 2023. Potomac Yard station is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Potomac Yard Substation.
Abingdon
Historic site
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abingdon was an 18th- and 19th-century plantation owned by the prominent Alexander, Custis, Stuart, and Hunter families and worked at times by slaves and domesticated animals. Abingdon is situated 1 mile northeast of Potomac Yard Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potomac Yard and Crystal City.
Potomac Yard
Suburb
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Washington Metro Blue Line /Yellow Line tracks, or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, depending on the definition used.
Crystal City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crystal City is the secondary "downtown" area of Arlington, Virginia, after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Pentagon City, Arlington Ridge, and Aurora Highlands.
National Landing
Neighborhood
National Landing is an area in Northern Virginia encompassing parts of the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods of Arlington County and the Potomac Yard neighborhood in the city of Alexandria.
Potomac Yard Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Alexandria, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.84027° or 38° 50′ 25″ northLongitude
-77.05084° or 77° 3′ 3″ westOperator
Dominion EnergyOpen location code
87C4RWRX+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 107946150OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Short Bridge Park and Bright Horizons.
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