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Interstate 695 (I-695) is the unsigned designation for the 1.39-mile (2.24 km) Southeast Freeway in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 It runs from Interstate 395
Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia)

Interstate 395 in Virginia is a 13 mile long spur route that begins at a junction with Interstate 95 in Virginia in Springfield, Virginia and ends in Washington, D.C....
 south of the U.S. Capitol Building east past the north end of Interstate 295
Interstate 295 (District of Columbia)

Interstate 295 in the U.S. state of Maryland and in Washington, D.C. is a spur route connecting I-95/Interstate 495 and Maryland Route 210 on the Potomac River to Interstate 695 in downtown Washington....
 (at the 11th Street Bridges
11th Street Bridges

The 11th Street Bridges are a pair of one-way bridges across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They convey Interstate 295 across the Anacostia to its northern terminus at the unsigned Interstate 695 ....
) to Pennsylvania Avenue at Barney Circle, just northwest of the John Philip Sousa Bridge
John Philip Sousa Bridge

The John Philip Sousa Bridge is a bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. It has partial interchanges with unsigned Interstate 695 at its western terminus and with District of Columbia Route 295 at its eastern terminus....
. Stub ramps at Pennsylvania Avenue, once meant to continue the freeway
Freeway

A freeway is a type of road designed for Road safety#Motorway high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections....
 (as part of I-295) to Interstate 95
Interstate 95

Interstate 95 is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States, paralleling the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Florida and serving some of the most populated urban areas in the country, including Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Miami....
 and U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50

U.S. Route 50 is a major east-west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California....
 northeast of Union Station
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C., when it opened in 1908.It is one of the busiest and best-known places in Washington, D.C., visited by 32 million people each year....
—with access to D.C.






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Interstate 695 (I-695) is the unsigned designation for the 1.39-mile (2.24 km) Southeast Freeway in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 It runs from Interstate 395
Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia)

Interstate 395 in Virginia is a 13 mile long spur route that begins at a junction with Interstate 95 in Virginia in Springfield, Virginia and ends in Washington, D.C....
 south of the U.S. Capitol Building east past the north end of Interstate 295
Interstate 295 (District of Columbia)

Interstate 295 in the U.S. state of Maryland and in Washington, D.C. is a spur route connecting I-95/Interstate 495 and Maryland Route 210 on the Potomac River to Interstate 695 in downtown Washington....
 (at the 11th Street Bridges
11th Street Bridges

The 11th Street Bridges are a pair of one-way bridges across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They convey Interstate 295 across the Anacostia to its northern terminus at the unsigned Interstate 695 ....
) to Pennsylvania Avenue at Barney Circle, just northwest of the John Philip Sousa Bridge
John Philip Sousa Bridge

The John Philip Sousa Bridge is a bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. It has partial interchanges with unsigned Interstate 695 at its western terminus and with District of Columbia Route 295 at its eastern terminus....
. Stub ramps at Pennsylvania Avenue, once meant to continue the freeway
Freeway

A freeway is a type of road designed for Road safety#Motorway high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections....
 (as part of I-295) to Interstate 95
Interstate 95

Interstate 95 is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States, paralleling the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Florida and serving some of the most populated urban areas in the country, including Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Miami....
 and U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50

U.S. Route 50 is a major east-west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California....
 northeast of Union Station
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C., when it opened in 1908.It is one of the busiest and best-known places in Washington, D.C., visited by 32 million people each year....
—with access to D.C. Route 295 via the Whitney Young Memorial Bridge
Whitney Young Memorial Bridge

The Whitney Young Memorial Bridge, otherwise known as the East Capitol Street Bridge, is a bridge that carries East Capitol Street across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A....
 (East Capitol Street
East Capitol Street

East Capitol Street is a major street that divides the Washington DC and Washington DC Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the United States Capitol to the DC-Maryland border....
)—now provide access to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, better known as RFK Stadium or RFK, is a professional sports stadium in Washington, D.C., United States, and the current home of Major League Soccer's D.C....
.

The route is not marked, being instead signed for its destinations: Interstate 395, Interstate 295, and Pennsylvania Avenue.

History

Plans from 1955 (numbered in 1958) took Interstate 95
Interstate 95

Interstate 95 is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States, paralleling the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Florida and serving some of the most populated urban areas in the country, including Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Miami....
 through Washington on what is now Interstate 395
Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia)

Interstate 395 in Virginia is a 13 mile long spur route that begins at a junction with Interstate 95 in Virginia in Springfield, Virginia and ends in Washington, D.C....
, turning east at U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50

U.S. Route 50 is a major east-west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California....
 and leaving along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Baltimore-Washington Parkway

The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is a freeway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running southwest from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.The National Park Service-maintained portion of the freeway is dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman....
. Interstate 295
Interstate 295 (District of Columbia)

Interstate 295 in the U.S. state of Maryland and in Washington, D.C. is a spur route connecting I-95/Interstate 495 and Maryland Route 210 on the Potomac River to Interstate 695 in downtown Washington....
 was to run along its current route to south of the 11th Street Bridges
11th Street Bridges

The 11th Street Bridges are a pair of one-way bridges across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They convey Interstate 295 across the Anacostia to its northern terminus at the unsigned Interstate 695 ....
, but then would have continued northeast along D.C. Route 295
District of Columbia Route 295

District of Columbia Route 295 , also known as the Anacostia Freeway, is a freeway in the District of Columbia, and currently the only numbered route in the District that is not an Interstate Highway System or United States Numbered Highways....
, ending at I-95 just outside the District. Interstate 695 was to run from I-295 over the 11th Street Bridges, turning west on what is now I-695 to end at I-95 (now I-395).

Soon—possibly by 1958, when numbers were assigned—I-95 between Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
 and Washington was shifted to its present alignment, splitting from the U.S. 50 corridor northeast of Union Station
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C., when it opened in 1908.It is one of the busiest and best-known places in Washington, D.C., visited by 32 million people each year....
. I-295 was shifted to cross the 11th Street Bridges, and then turn east in the median of present I-695 (where the ramps to RFK Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, better known as RFK Stadium or RFK, is a professional sports stadium in Washington, D.C., United States, and the current home of Major League Soccer's D.C....
 now lie), continuing north and northwest to end at I-95 and U.S. 50 at their split. I-695 would be the short section of freeway between I-95 and I-295, and ramps on both sides of the East Capitol Street Bridge would provide a freeway-to-freeway connection between I-695 and DC 295 (via I-295).

By 1971, an extension was added to the planned I-695. It would run concurrent with I-95 west to Maine Avenue, where it would split (the existing interchange
Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road Junction that typically utilizes grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one road to pass through the junction without crossing any other traffic stream....
 provides for freeway-to-freeway ramps) and run northwest along Independence Avenue past the Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
 to end at Interstate 66
Interstate 66

Interstate 66 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. As indicated by its even route number, it runs in an east-west direction....
, at the east end of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge

.Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is located in Washington, D.C. It carries Interstate 66 and U.S. Highway 50 over the Potomac River, connecting Rosslyn, Virginia with Washington near the Kennedy Center....
 (that interchange also has the appropriate ramps).

The Southeast Freeway, including the section planned as I-295 to Pennsylvania Avenue, was built in the late 1960s. Plans for the remaining Interstates in Washington were canceled in 1977 after much opposition
Freeway and expressway revolts

The Freeway Revolts were a phenomenon encountered in the United States and Canada and in the 1960s and 1970s, in which planned freeway construction in many cities was halted due to widespread public opposition; especially of those whose neighborhoods would be disrupted or displaced by the proposed freeways, and due to Freeway#Effects_and_con...
, and I-295 was later truncated to I-695, with the former I-295 stub to Pennsylvania Avenue renumbered as part of I-695.

In 1990s, the Barney Circle Freeway was planned to run from the east end of I-695 across the Anacostia River
Anacostia River

The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County, Maryland in Maryland, United States and through Washington, D.C....
 to D.C. Route 295. This would have filled a hole in Washington's freeway system, which currently has no connection between I-395 and DC 295. (This would have been provided by I-295 and the Whitney Young Memorial Bridge
Whitney Young Memorial Bridge

The Whitney Young Memorial Bridge, otherwise known as the East Capitol Street Bridge, is a bridge that carries East Capitol Street across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., U.S.A....
.) After the Barney Circle Freeway plan was canceled in 1996, a left-turn movement was added at the interchange between Pennsylvania Avenue and DC 295, allowing traffic coming from I-695 to cross the Anacostia on Pennsylvania Avenue and join DC 295 directly, albeit passing through two traffic signals. However, no ramp was provided from DC 295 south to Pennsylvania Avenue west, and so traffic from DC 295 to I-395 must cross the Anacostia on South Capitol Street
South Capitol Street

South Capitol Street is a major street dividing the Washington, D.C. and Washington, D.C. Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs south from the United States Capitol to the Washington-Maryland line....
. , there are plans to build two ramps at the I-295/DC 295 interchange to make these movements possible.

Exit list

All exits are unnumbered. The entire route is in Southeast, Washington, D.C..
MileDestinationsNotes
0.00Richmond
Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
 Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
 South Capitol Street
South Capitol Street

South Capitol Street is a major street dividing the Washington, D.C. and Washington, D.C. Address #Quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs south from the United States Capitol to the Washington-Maryland line....
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
 6th Street Southeast – Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard

The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and Weapon plant of the United States Navy in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S....
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
 8th Street SoutheastWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
 Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.39 Pennsylvania Avenue to DC 295
District of Columbia Route 295

District of Columbia Route 295 , also known as the Anacostia Freeway, is a freeway in the District of Columbia, and currently the only numbered route in the District that is not an Interstate Highway System or United States Numbered Highways....
 north		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.39RFK Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, better known as RFK Stadium or RFK, is a professional sports stadium in Washington, D.C., United States, and the current home of Major League Soccer's D.C....
 access road		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance


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