District of Columbia 295 - North

D.C. 295 (Anacosta Freeway) continues north 0.75 miles to Exit 1 with Pennsylvania Avenue.

12/27/22

Pennsylvania Avenue travels southeast from Capitol Hill to the Dupont Park and Randle Highlands neighborhoods en route to Suitland, Maryland.

12/16/16

A confirming marker for D.C. 295 appears northbound at the pedestrian bridge linking the Fairlawn neighborhood with Anacostia Recreation Center.

12/16/16

The Anacostia Freeway reduces to two northbound lanes at three quarter cloverleaf interchange (Exits 1A/B) with Pennsylvania Avenue SE.

12/16/16

Exit 1 A departs D.C. 295 north to Pennsylvania Avenue east. MD 4 extends the arterial route to Forestville and Andrews Air Force Base.

12/16/16

Reassurance shield for northbound D.C. 295 posted after the Pennsylvania Avenue on-ramp. Speed limits are just 45 miles per hour along this stretch.

06/02/03

Two sets of trailblazers follow along D.C. 295 (Anacostia Freeway) north for Interstate 95 north and U.S. 50.

06/22/05

The exit for U.S. 50 lies just outside the district in 3.4 miles, while the connection with I-95/495 (Capital Beltway) is nine miles via Baltimore Washington Parkway.

06/02/03

The ensuing exits along D.C. 295 northbound are a left side ramp to Benning Road and a right side ramp to Burroughs and Minnesota Avenues.

06/02/03

Signs one half mile south of the ramp for Banning Road and Burroughs Road, were removed by 2008. Several railroad tracks and the Washington Metro closely parallel D.C. 295 (Kenilworth Avenue Freeway) north to Minnesota Avenue.

06/02/03

Benning Road spans the Anacostia River westward ahead of Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium and H Street. Benning Road extends southeast to Glendale and Bowen Road in Prince Georges County, Maryland.

06/02/03

The left exit for Benning Road ties into ramps from Kenilworth Avenue south and the Benning Road viaduct.

06/22/05

Another set of U.S. 50 and Interstate 95 trailblazers precede a Metro transit overpass and the exit for Burroughs Avenue and Deanwood.

06/22/05

D.C. 295 (Kenilworth Avenue Freeway) northbound reaches the Burroughs Avenue off-ramp. Burroughs Avenue leads east to Burrville and Eastern Avenue on the District Line. Minnesota Avenue parallels the adjacent Metro Orange Line to Sheriff Road east at Deanwood.

06/22/05

Adjacent Kenilworth Avenue forms frontage streets for the D.C. 295 freeway northward to Polk Street. A pedestrian overpass spans the freeway here.

06/22/05

A slip ramp provides access from D.C. 295 north onto parallel Kenilworth Avenue NE ahead of Polk Street. Polk street leads just one and half blocks east from the frontage street to Olive Street NE and a dead end at the Orange Line.

06/22/05

A second slip ramp follows onto Kenilworth Avenue north at Quarles Street. Eastern Avenue stems southeast from Kenilworth Avenue NE along the District line to Fairmount Heights and Seat Pleasant, Maryland. Quarles Street, like Polk Street, is a short residential severed by the D.C. 295 freeway.

06/22/05

Passing under the Eastern Avenue overpass, D.C. 295 transition transitions into MD 201 ahead of the Baltimore Washington Parkway beginning at U.S. 50. All trucks must depart MD 201 for U.S. 50.

06/22/05