US 1 has the lion's share of these little black signs, but because it multiplexes with US 50, 50 gets to have a couple, including one missing the DC-US from the top. The first sign is on Constitution Ave. EB at 6th St. NW, and should have a NORTH 1 pointing the same way. After turning, one comes to the second sign.


One more black multiplex assembly, courtesy Lou Corsaro (I'm guessing one or the other sign was turned by accident). I didn't see it in my travels, so I can't tell you what the cross street is.


Westbound nearing the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, which unlike the non-eponymous tunnel in Boston is not called "The Ted." Constitution Ave. is the north side of the National Mall, giving US 50 some great views and a lot of importance.


Eastbound, and now also northbound on US 1. Not southbound, making this SOUTH sign wildly out of place.


These reverse shields are on 9th St. NW, southbound at Constitution Ave. US 1 may be signed straight ahead to I-395, but in fact it continues with US 50 to 14th St. NW. The problem is, left turns have been outlawed from Constitution to 14th, and in fact in all directions at that intersection. The other problem is that US 1 hasn't been redefined to follow streets it's legally allowed to use.


The next two signs for this page are on the top, and then come these old LGS's on 6th St. NW NB. New York Ave. is US 50, and you have to follow it to get to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.


Frankly, I'm flummoxed. These signs are still on 6th St., up to where US 50 leaves US 1 at NY Ave. Had I-395 been completed as I-95 north and out of the city, then "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA I-95" would be just to the east of this intersection and the signs would make perfect sense. I can forgive the old sign under the premise that I-395 was still I-95 and planned to be completed back when DC would have used the full district name in the shield, but I can't forgive the new sign at all. Please don't excuse this as pointing to the Beltway or the B-W Parkway to get to I-95 from the city, since there is already a north-south route to get to I-95 in US 29.


Narrow shield westbound. The "TO" is superfluous.


Looking straight down the aptly named Capitol St. NW.


Presumably, ALT US 1 follows US 50 to Bladensburg Rd. NE, as these EB and WB signs suggest. There is no ALT US 1 signage inside DC, but there is some on both US 50 and US 1, and I didn't follow Bladensburg Rd./Baltimore Ave. to see if there are any there. In the second (WB) photo, the top sign is to the left of the bottom sign, but they were so widely spaced I cut out the middle and stacked them for your convenience. Items to note: wide 1 shield, ALT inside the shield, EB corners either rounded (left) or square (right), WB Bladensburg sign not replaced like the others.

Onto I-66 and the 66/50 duplex
Onto US 1 alone

Into Maryland on US 50
Into Virginia on US 50
To the B-W Parkway
Onto I-395
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