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When the DC government canceled its segment of I-95 in 1977, I-95 was rerouted onto the eastern half of the Capital Beltway, which lost its designation as I-495 (this was restored in 1989, forming a concurrency of I-95 and I-495 on the eastern half). As a result of this rerouting, the interchange was placed under considerable pressure to cater ...
Plans to run I-95 through downtown Washington via the planned Inner Loop and North Central Freeway were scrapped, prompting I-95 to replace I-495 along the eastern half of the Capital Beltway. Portions built were re-designated I-395. I-95: 0.11 [2] [3] 0.18 Woodrow Wilson Bridge (VA–DC–MD border) 1977: current
What is now DC 295 was originally part of two separate highways: the Anacostia Freeway and the Kenilworth Expressway. It was first conceived by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in 1950 as a connector route between the Baltimore–Washington Parkway at Kenilworth Avenue and the Capital Beltway near Oxon Hill.
Interstate 495, also known as the "Capital Beltway", creates an artificial boundary for the inner suburbs of Washington and is the root of the phrase "inside the Beltway". [26] Almost completely circling Washington, D.C., it crosses a tiny portion of the district at its southernmost point at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Adjust interstate shields to mark I-95 south of beltway, portion of beltway between 95 and Woodrow Wilson bridge, mark 395 more clearly: 21:44, 30 November 2007: 564 × 489 (241 KB) Rfc1394: Fix more minor format and placement errors either I should have seen before or didn't notice until after uploaded: 21:35, 30 November 2007: 564 × 489 (243 ...
The National Capital Region portion of the Washington metropolitan area is also colloquially known by the abbreviation "DMV", which stands for the "District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia." [14] Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, is at the center of the region.
Interstate 495 (I-495) is the designation for the following five Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to I-95: . The Capital Beltway, a beltway around Washington, D.C., running through Virginia, Maryland, and a sliver of Washington, D.C.
Interstate 295 (I-295) also known as the Anacostia Freeway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of Maryland and in Washington, D.C..It connects I-95/I-495 and Maryland Route 210 (MD 210; Indian Head Highway) near the Potomac River (just outside DC's boundary with Maryland) to I-695 and District of Columbia Route 295 (DC 295) in the Anacostia neighborhood of ...