U.S. Route 50 in the District of Columbia

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U.S. Route 50 passes through the District of Columbia between Arlington County, Virginia, and Prince George's County, Maryland, predominantly along surface streets.

Route description

Eastbound

U.S. Route 50 and Interstate 66 enter the District of Columbia from Virginia on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge over the Potomac River. Route 50 traffic exits Route 66 to Constitution Avenue, N.W. It then turns left onto 6th Street, N.W., and then right onto New York Avenue, N.W.

Route 50 continues on New York Avenue through Northeast Washington. Near the United States National Arboretum, New York Avenue becomes a freeway and has an off-level interchange with South Dakota Avenue, N.E. Route 50 crosses the Anacostia River and continues into Maryland, where it becomes the John Hanson Highway and has an interchange with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

Westbound

U.S. Route 50 enters the District of Columbia from Maryland on the John Hanson Highway, which, as noted above, eventually becomes New York Avenue, N.E. Route 50 follows New York Avenue into Northwest Washington and turns right onto L Street, N.W., left onto 9th Street, N.W., and right onto Constitution Avenue, N.W. It joins Interstate 66, which it follows into Virginia on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge.

Overlaps

Northbound U.S. Route 1 is concurrent with eastbound U.S. Route 50 along Constitution Avenue from 14th Street to 6th Street, N.W., and along 6th Street from Constitution Avenue to New York Avenue, N.W. Southbound U.S. Route 1 is concurrent with westbound U.S. Route 50 along L Street between 6th and 9th streets, N.W., and along 9th Street from L Street to Constitution Avenue. Interstate 66 and U.S. Route 50 are concurrent on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. U.S. Route 1 Alternate is concurrent with Route 50 along New York Avenue between 6th Street, N.W., and Bladensburg Road, N.E.

Interstate 395 junction

The northern terminus of Interstate 395 is at a signaled intersection with New York Avenue and 4th Street, N.W. At that intersection, traffic from New York Avenue in either direction may turn south onto Interstate 395, but traffic on northbound Interstate 395 may turn only right (east) onto New York Avenue.

History

Proposed route

The New York Avenue Industrial Freeway, if built, would have replaced New York Avenue as U.S. Route 50 east of Interstate 395.

External links

* [http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/beltway/dc.html District of Columbia Highway(s), from Yurasko.net]
* [http://www.roadstothefuture.com/DC_Interstate_Fwy.html Washington D.C. Interstates and Freeways, from Roads to the Future]