Interstate 295 North

A 1.7 mile extension of I-295 southeast to MD 210 (Indian Head Highway) at Oxon Hill opened to traffic in 1990. The connector provides direct access from MD 210 north to I-295 north for Washington, DC. Additions to the ramp during the Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement project added a flyover connection to I-95 south / I-495 west.

09/25/04

National Harbor Boulevard heads north and splits into four separate ramps with the left lane forming the northbound beginning of I-295 and the right lane connecting with HarborView Avenue east to Oxon Hill Road.

08/04/13

The center lanes from National Harbor Boulevard continue to the Capital Beltway.

08/04/13

Ramps to I-95/495 split for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge west to Springfield, Virginia and the Capital Beltway northeast to Joint Base Andrew and College Park.

08/04/13

The ramp to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge joins the Local Lanes across the Potomac River into Alexandria, Virginia.

08/04/13

An advisory sign on the Capital Beltway inner loop ramp for the draw bridge on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

08/04/13

Ramps from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (I-95/495) eastbound and National Harbor Boulevard northbound combine to form the Interstate 295 north mainline.

12/21/24

Interstate 295 curves northward by Oxon Hill Farm to cross Oxon Creek into the District of Columbia.

12/21/24

A four lane causeway takes the Anacostia Freeway northward from the Capital Beltway to Bellevue in southeastern Washington.

12/21/24

The first exit along the Anacostia Freeway north serves the U.S. Naval Research Lab and the DC Water Department at Blue Plains.

12/21/24

A truck weigh in motion station precedes Exit 1.

12/21/24

Forthcoming Exit 1 serves D.C. Village and the Blue Plains Academy.

12/21/24

A trumpet interchange (Exit 1) joins I-295 with Shepherd Parkway SW across from Overlook Avenue SW.

12/21/24

Interstate 295 passes over Shepherd Parkway ahead of the loop ramp (Exit 1) to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Laboratory Road west. Overlook Avenue travels north from Blue Plains to parallel I-295 to Bellevue and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JAAB).

12/21/24

The succeeding exit along I-295 north joins the Anacostia Freeway with Malcolm X Avenue and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. JAAB lines the Potomac River to the west.

12/21/24

Interstate 295 north runs alongside the Shepherd Parkway natural area from Exit 1 northward to Congress Heights. A reassurance shield precedes the Chesapeake Street underpass.

12/21/24

An entrance ramp provides return access to I-295 (Anacostia Freeway) north from Chesapeake Street for the Blue Plains and Bellevue areas ahead of the next shield assembly.

12/21/24

A quarter mile south of the parclo interchange with Malcolm X Avenue at the S Capitol Street under crossing. S Capitol Street extends north from MD 210 (Indian Head Highway) to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge across the Anacostia River. A diamond interchange connects S Capitol Street with Malcolm X along the west side of I-295.

12/21/24

Malcolm X Avenue stems east from the MacDill Boulevard entrance for JBAB to Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and 8th Street SE at Congress Heights. Dorothea Dix Avenue (formerly DHS Access Road) runs along the east side of I-295 north to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) St. Elizabeths Campus.

12/21/24

Construction from Summer 2018 to April 2022 reconfigured Exit 2, replacing a loop ramp and adding a flyover from I-295 north to Dorothea Dix Avenue.

12/21/24

Malcolm X Avenue west links I-295 with S Capitol Street to Anacostia Naval Station and Washington Highlands.

12/21/24

Northbound reassurance shield posted at the overpass linking Exit 2 from I-295 south with the ramp for Malcolm X Avenue and Dorothea Dix Avenue.

12/21/24

Exit 4 joins I-295 with Suitland Parkway in one mile. Maintained by the National Park Service, Suitland Parkway runs east from the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to Barry Farms, Buena Vista, Douglass, Shirley Terrace and Knox Hill ahead of the Maryland line.

12/21/24

The reassurance marker for Interstate 295 north preceding Exit 4 was missing by 2024 while the sign for the Metro Anacostia Station was added in 2023.

12/21/24

Suitland Parkway west ties into a roundabout joining S Capitol Street with the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and Anacostia Drive at Anacostia Park. Suitland Parkway continues east of Washington to Morningside and Joint Base Andrews at the Capital Beltway.

12/21/24

Exit 4 leaves Interstate 295 north for S Capitol Street west across the Anacostia River to Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals MLB team, and D Street ahead of the U.S. Capitol.

12/21/24

Construction from 2018 to January 2023 reconfigured the three quarter cloverleaf interchange (old Exits 3 A/B) with Suitland Parkway into a parclo.

12/21/24

An Arrow-Per-Lane (APL) sign outlines the forthcoming split with Interstate 695 west for the 11th Street Bridge. Road work between 2009-13 replaced the bridges built in the 1960s across the Anacostia River with new spans. The work coincided with both the extension of I-695 and truncation of I-295 to Exit 4 A.

12/21/24

The last confirming marker for Interstate 295 northbound on the Anacostia Freeway. D.C. Route 295 takes over at Exit 5 B.

12/21/24

The Anacostia Freeway continues as D.C. 295 northeast to Fairlawn, River Terrace, Eastland Gardens and Kenilworth Avenue Freeway (MD 210) at E Capitol Street. MD 210 (Kenilworth Avenue) connects D.C. 295 with U.S. 50 at Cheverly, Maryland.

12/21/24

Exit 5 C quickly follows for 11th Street SE north and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE south. 11th Street SE parallels I-695 as the local bridge connecting the Capitol Riverfront and Anacostia areas.

12/21/24

An end sign for I-295 appears at the directional T interchange with I-695 and D.C. 295 north. I-695 runs two miles north across the 11th Street Bridge and west along the Southeast Freeway to I-395 outside Downtown Washington. Approved by AASHTO in November 2020, I-695 is to be replaced by a realignment of I-395.

12/21/24