Interstate Highways In Washington, D.C.
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Interstate Highways In Washington, D.C.
In Washington, D.C., there are two current primary Interstate Highways and four current auxiliary Interstates. In addition, two proposed primary Interstates and two proposed auxiliary Interstates were cancelled in whole or in part. 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". Almost completely circling Washington, D.C., it crosses a tiny portion of the District at its southernmost point at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. I-66 runs from the eastern edge of Georgetown, connects with the Beltway, and continues through Northern Virginia to I-81. I-295 comes up from the south starting at the eastern edge of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on the Beltway and crosses the Anacostia River into downtown, linking up with I-395 (the Southwest Freeway), a major commuter route extending from New York Avenue to the Beltway and Interstate 95 in Springfield, Virginia, via I-69 ...
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Highway Shield
A highway shield or route marker is a Signage, sign denoting the route number of a highway, usually in the form of a symbolic shape with the route number enclosed. As the focus of the sign, the route number is usually the sign's largest element, with other items on the sign rendered in smaller sizes or contrasting colors. Highway shields are used by travellers, commuters, and all levels of government for identifying, navigating, and organising routes within a given jurisdiction. Simplified highway shields often appear on maps. Purposes There are several distinct uses for the highway shield: * Junction signs inform travelers that they are approaching an intersection with a numbered highway. * Guide signs inform travelers which way to go at intersections, usually with an arrow pointing the way. These include: ** Directional assemblies, which combine highway shields with separate cardinal direction signs and arrow signs on the same post, and ** Direction, position, or indication ...
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Inner Loop (Washington, D
Inner loop may refer to: *Inner loop in computer programs *Inner Loop (Phoenix), a section of Interstate 10 in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, United States *Inner Loop (Rochester), an expressway around downtown Rochester, New York, United States * Inner Loop (Washington, D.C.), a previously proposed freeway loop in Washington, D.C., United States * Inner–outer directions, where "inner loop" is used to describe the clockwise traveling lanes of a roadway **This usage of "inner loop" is commonly applied to the clockwise roadway of Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) *Interstate 610 (Texas), the innermost highway loop around the central area of Houston, Texas, United States *A freeway loop in Nashville, Tennessee, that consists of sections of I-24, I-40, and I-65 Interstate 65 (I-65) is a major north–south interstate highway in the central United States. As with most primary interstates ending in 5, it is a major crosscountry, north–south route, connecting between the Great L ...
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Southwest Federal Center
Southwest Federal Center is a business district in Southwest Washington, D.C., nearly entirely occupied by offices for various branches of the U.S. Government, including many of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution. Southwest Federal Center lies between Independence Avenue and the National Mall immediately to the north, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway ( Interstate 395) and the Washington Channel to the south, South Capitol Street to the east, and 15th Street SW to the west. Several U.S. Cabinet Departments have headquarters or large office complexes in the area, including the Agriculture (including the former Cotton Annex and a building dedicated to the Forest Service), Transportation, HUD, Health and Human Services, Education, and Energy Departments. The most prominent are the Department of Agriculture, which is housed in a neoclassical building complex that lines both sides of Independence Avenue, and the arcing high-rise of HUD, which is characterized by a unique i ...
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Interstate 395 (District Of Columbia)
Interstate 395 is the designation for the following five existing Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to I-95: *Interstate 395 (Connecticut–Massachusetts), a spur from I-95 to Auburn, Massachusetts *Interstate 395 (Florida), a spur in Miami, Florida *Interstate 395 (Maine), a spur in Bangor, Maine *Interstate 395 (Maryland), a spur in Baltimore, Maryland *Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia), a spur from I-95 to Washington, D.C. Other: *Interstate 395 (Delaware), a proposed portion of I-95 in Delaware, when it was under construction *Interstate 395 (Pennsylvania) Interstate 395 is the designation for the following five existing Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to I-95: *Interstate 395 (Connecticut–Massachusetts), a spur from I-95 to Auburn, Massachusetts *Interstate 395 ( ..., a proposed portion of I-76 in Pennsylvania which was at one point intended to be numbered I-395 {{road disambiguation 3 ...
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Interstate 395 (Virginia–District Of Columbia)
Interstate 395 (I-395) in Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a spur route of I-95 that begins at an interchange with I-95 in Springfield and ends at an interchange with US Route 50 (US 50) in Northwest Washington, D.C. It passes underneath the National Mall near the US Capitol and ends at a junction with US 50 at New York Avenue, roughly north of the 3rd Street Tunnel. Despite its proximity to I-395 in Maryland, the route is unrelated and unconnected. I-395 is known by three different names over its various segments. The Virginia portion is part of the larger Shirley Highway that continues southward on I-95 beyond the terminus of I-395. In the District of Columbia, it is known as the Southwest Freeway from the 14th Street bridges to the Southeast Freeway interchange ( I-695) and the Center Leg or Center Leg Freeway from the Southeast Freeway interchange to New York Avenue. Route description , - , , , - , , , - , Total , Virginia The intersecti ...
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