Interstate 695 (District of Columbia)

Interstate 695 (I-695) is the unsigned designation for the 1.39-mile (2.24 km)Federal Highway Administration - Southeast Freeway in Washington, D.C. It runs from Interstate 395 south of the United States Capitol building east past the north end of Interstate 295 (at the 11th Street Bridges) 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 Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 50 northeast of Union Station—with access to D.C. Route 295 via the Whitney Young Memorial Bridge (East Capitol Street)—now provide access to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium.

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 through Washington on what is now Interstate 395, turning east at U.S. Route 50 and leaving along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Interstate 295 was to run along its current route to south of the 11th Street Bridges, but then would have continued northeast along D.C. Route 295, 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 and Washington was shifted to its present alignment,...
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