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The Longest Escalator in the United States
The longest escalator in the United States is at Wheaton station on Washington, DC's Metro subway system. It takes about three minutes to travel from top to bottom. The tunnel's visual inspiration came from a team of architects led by a man named Harry Weis back in the 1960s. 99 P.I.'s intern, Olivia Green lives in D.C., and she'll tell you about this escalator and some of the lore surrounding it.