U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

Infobox road
state=DC
type=US
route=29
alternate_name=Whitehurst Freeway


length_mi=
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhpn/|title=National Highway Planning Network GIS data|publisher=FHWA|date=version 2005.08|accessdate=2007-07-09]
established=
decommissioned=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=jct|state=VA|US|29 in Virginia
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=jct|state=MD|US|29 in Maryland
previous_type=US
previous_route=1
next_type=Interstate
next_route=295
maint=D.C. DOT

U.S. Route 29 passes through the District of Columbia between Arlington, Virginia, and Silver Spring, Maryland, predominantly along surface streets.

Route description

From Virginia, U.S. Route 29 enters the District of Columbia on the Key Bridge. It then bypasses Georgetown on the Whitehurst Freeway. Route 29 then travels along K Street, N.W., through downtown Washington. From K Street, Route 29 turns left at 11th Street, N.W., then right at Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., and then left at 7th Street, N.W.. Route 29 follows 7th Street, which becomes Georgia Avenue, out of the District and into Maryland.

Junctions

At the eastern terminus of the Whitehurst Freeway, Route 29 meets the eastern terminus of Interstate 66.

Former routes

Various alignments of Route 29 used to exist, including segments along New Hampshire Avenue, Dupont Circle, 16th Street, and Alaska Avenue, N.W.

Proposed route

Interstate 266, if built, would have had either a junction or a concurrency with Route 29.

References

External links

* [http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/beltway/dc.html District of Columbia Highway(s), from Yurasko.net]