Interstate 695 (District of Columbia)

Interstate 695 marker
Interstate 695
Southeast Freeway
Map
I-695 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by DDOT
Length2 mi[1] (3.2 km)
Existed1958–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-395 in Washington, DC
East end I-295 / DC 295 in Washington, DC
Location
CountryUnited States
Federal districtDistrict of Columbia
Highway system
I-495 US 1

Interstate 695 (I-695), also known as the Southeast Freeway, is a two-mile-long (3.2 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in Washington, D.C..[1] It travels from an interchange with I-395 south of the US Capitol building east then south across the 11th Street Bridges to an intersection with I-295 and District of Columbia Route 295 (DC 295) in Anacostia.

Access also exists from eastbound I-695 to Pennsylvania Avenue at Barney Circle, just northwest of the John Philip Sousa Bridge. Stub ramps at Pennsylvania Avenue, once meant to continue the freeway (as part of I-295) to I-95 and US Route 50 (US 50) northeast of Washington Union Station, now provide access to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

Though the I-695 designation has existed since near the birth of the Interstate Highway System, the route was only signed in late 2011 along with the 11th Street Bridges reconstruction project. The route number is planned to be decommissioned in favor of an extension of the I-395 designation, but the resigning work is yet to commence as of September 2023.

  1. ^ a b Adderly, Kevin (June 28, 2017). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018.

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