Interstate 295 District of Columbia

Temporary APL signage for the split of I-695 and D.C. 295 on I-295 north. 08/04/13

08/04/13

Sign changes made after 2010 reflect Foote Street for the following exit. 12/26/06

The 2010 ARRA reconstruction of the Kenilworth Avenue Freeway shifted the off-ramp to Benning Road slightly southward beyond Hayes Street. Decorative concrete walls replaced the metal guard rails pictured here. 12/26/06

The off-ramp onto Kenilworth Avenue south at Benning Road was closed and removed during 2009-2010 rebuilding of D.C. 295. Now all traffic is directed via the previous slip ramp ahead of Foote Street. 12/26/06

The now closed narrow off-ramp for Benning Road at the Metro overpass. 12/26/06

Former guide sign posted for Howard Road and Suitland Parkway ahead of the 2012-opened ramps with Interstate 695. 12/26/06

Temporary sign posted for the I-695 west connection with I-395 north from D.C. 295 south. Until 2012, there was no direct access between the Anacostia Freeway south to Interstate 395. 08/04/13

District of Columbia 295 end shield assembly that was posted ahead of the 13th Street over crossing. This assembly was removed as of 2009. 01/20/00

District of Columbia 295 end shield assembly that was posted ahead of the 13th Street over crossing. This assembly was removed as of 2009. 10/15/01

A begin sign was affixed to the 13th Street SE overpass above D.C. 295 south. This overpass was removed as part of the 11th Street Bridge project underway between 2009-14. D.C. 295 south now travels a high flyover above ramps with I-695 and 11th Street SE. 12/26/06

After the Southeast Freeway/Pennsylvania Avenue exit, Interstate 295 began its southerly journey on this transition ramp between Interstate 695 and the 11th Street Bridge. The 1960s viaduct was below Interstate standards with no shoulders. 06/01/04

Interstate 295 passed by the Washington Navy Yard to the southeast. 06/01/04

Exits at the south end of the 11th Street Bridge connected I-295 with Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue southeast to Washington Highlands and Anacostia Park. These exits were unnumbered. 06/01/04

The four-lane freeway crosses the Anacostia River, with the two right lanes becoming the through lanes for southbound Interstate 295 (Anacostia Freeway) and the two left lanes exiting for Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and Anacostia Park. 06/01/04

Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue leads south from the 11th Street Bridge to St. Elizabeths Hospital and Congress Heights. A right-hand ramp links the freeway with Good Hope Road at Anacostia Park. There was no access to D.C. 295 (Anacostia Freeway) north in this configuration. 06/01/04

A small begin sign was posted for Interstate 295 south at milepost five during construction to add ramps to I-695 west and from I-695 east. 07/09/10

Interstate 295 south was expanded to four lanes from I-695 to Exit 3B with Howard Road. This scene looks at the original configuration ahead of the three-quarter cloverleaf interchange with Suitland Parkway. 07/09/10

Replaced overheads for Exit 3B to Howard Road west for the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and Exit 3 to Suitland Parkway east to Andrews Air Force Base. 07/09/10

Signage for I-295 shifted to instead reference the connection with Interstate 95 at Exit 3B. 07/09/10