I-295 southbound ending into I-95/495 SB at the Wilson Bridge and its associated construction, taken Christmas Eve of 2006.




An I-295 ramp-to-be, crossing just shy of the beginning of the bridge. As of late 2006, traffic was diverted onto the new bridge to rehabilitate the old bridge.


Views of the new bridge and construction on the old bridge, including the new control tower, again from Christmas Eve of 2006. When construction is complete, the bridges will be set up in a local/express (aka exiting/through) configuration; thus what now serve as median barriers will be permanent, even though the traffic they separate will be unidirectional.

All remaining photos on this page are courtesy Lou Corsaro.


Wilson Bridge construction photos in 2005, heading NB on the old bridge. The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge is only a higher drawbridge, albeit with more lanes, because there's not enough room on either side of the Potomac for a fixed span. For commentary on the Exit 2 signage, see the next caption.


Wilson Bridge photos heading SB this time, again in 2005 on the old bridge.


Views of construction at the I-295 interchange (Exit 2), heading southbound.


Looking at the same bridge, but facing northbound.


I-95/I-495 SB at I-295 retains button copy, which managed to remain after an I-295 interchange reconstruction, but has another chance of disappearing once the new Wilson Bridge is completed. As you can tell by the tacked-on I-95 shields, the Beltway was only meant to be I-495; the late addition is why I-95 multiplexes with half of its own child, instead of sending it around the western half of the loop and taking over the eastern half. I-95 was supposed to continue along the Shirley Highway into Washington DC, but plans to take it out of the tunnel and bring it through the northern suburbs stalled, so the southern stub (well, a long stub) was designated I-395. There's all sorts of odd freewayage in the DC area, including a tiny piece of Whitehurst Freeway belonging to US 29, because I-66 was never completed in to I-395 and its I-266 child was also never completed. To get back to these signs, the covered signs in the first photo are for MD 210, whose destinations are visible below in the NB signage.


Somewhat old signage and a glimpse at double-tabbed signage, a peculiarity to Maryland.


This SB sign on the Beltway apparently makes room for I-595, which was designated in the 1980's once US 50 (and partly US 301) was upgraded to decent standards, but never signed because 595/50/301 would confuse motorists. (And four-way multiplexes in other states don't? What a silly excuse.)

Onto I-495 alone
Onto I-95 alone

Into VA on I-95/495
Into VA on I-95/495 with Lou Corsaro's photos
Exit 2 to I-295
Exit 25 to US 1
I-495 and 495/95 (Capital Beltway) on Steve Anderson's dcroads.net
Scott Kozel's Capital Beltway Highway Projects
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