Because Woodward's plan was never completed, the boulevard contains a sharp curve south of Michigan Avenue where it was connected to an existing street.

The development was inspired by the City Beautiful movement and financed by J. Burgess Book Jr. and designed by Louis Kamper.

A sculpture lined park between two one-way streets decorated a shopping district and upscale residential neighborhood Edward H. Bennett, a well known master planner, turned Washington Boulevard into a Beaux-Arts streetscape.

[3] In the late 1970s, Washington Boulevard was redesigned with an urban pedestrian mall that included new sculptures and an amphitheater.

This list starts at the Detroit River (south end), and heads northbound, terminating at Grand Circus Park.