District of Columbia 295 - North

Milepost zero for D.C. Route 295 stands by the Marion Barry Avenue under pass within the exchange joining I-295/695.

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

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

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Removed in 2017, the first confirming marker for D.C. 295 was posted northbound at the pedestrian bridge linking the Fairlawn neighborhood with Anacostia Recreation Center.

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

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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.

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Exit 1 B loops onto Pennsylvania Avenue west ahead of the John Philip Sousa Bridge spanning the Anacostia River.

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Reassurance shield for northbound D.C. 295 posted after the entrance ramp from Pennsylvania Avenue.

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A second reassurance marker for D.C. 295 appears north of Pennsylvania Avenue. The speed limit is 50 miles per hour for this stretch of the Anacostia Freeway.

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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.

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Several railroad tracks and the Washington Metro closely parallel D.C. 295 (Kenilworth Avenue Freeway) north to Minnesota Avenue.

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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. The series of advance signs for the exits to Banning Road, Burroughs Road and Minnesota Avenue were removed by 2008.

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Another set of U.S. 50 and Interstate 95 trailblazers stand along D.C. 295 northbound ahead of the left entrance ramp from E Capitol Street.

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

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

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A D.C. 295 confirming marker and another set of U.S. 50 and Interstate 95 trailblazers precede a Metro transit overpass and the exit for Burroughs Avenue and Deanwood.

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The arched pedestrian bridge north of Benning Road servers the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station.

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

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A U-turn ramp links the exit for Burroughs Avenue with adjacent Kenilworth Avenue south back to Benning Road.

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Adjacent Kenilworth Avenue forms frontage streets for D.C. 295 freeway northward from Deane Avenue to Polk Street.

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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 Metro Orange Line.

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A slip ramp joins Kenilworth Avenue north with D.C. 295 ahead of another slip ramp for the exit to Quarles Street.

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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 D.C. 295 (Kenilworth Avenue Freeway).

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Passing under the Eastern Avenue overpass, D.C. 295 transitions into MD 201 ahead of the exchange joining the northbound beginning of Baltimore Washington Parkway with U.S. 50. All trucks must depart MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue Freeway) for U.S. 50.

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