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Bentley wrote:
> 
> John R Cambron <fairland@mail.*chesapeake*.net> said something like:
> :>  > I'm curious as to how you get northbound on 295 from the SE-SW expressway.
> :>  > I must have missed those ramps.
> 
> : There are 4 was to get from SE SW freeway DC I 295 to north bound DC 295
> : Kenilworth Ave.
> 
> : 1 no stop lights, cross 11th St bridge exit south Siutland Pkwy ride
> : ramps back on to DC I 295 north, pass 11th St bridge you are now on DC
> : 295 Kenilworth Ave north heading to Baltimore Washington Pkwy.
> 
> John, you are quite correct, and that's the route I generally take. When I
> used to commute from Maryland into DC (or Crystal City) I did the same
> route going INBOUND, as there are (as you know) no westbound ramps off of
> southbound 295. Your message is a "keeper" for when out-of-towners ask for
> the route, as it's unmarked.
> 
> I think the original point was, however, that it would have made a tad
> more since to include such ramps when the Interstates were built in the
> late 50's. They weren't, of course, because there were other routes that
> were intended to handle such traffic. All long dead now. I used to
> advocate reviving them, but given the response virtually ALL DC citizen I
> hear from ("we don't want your stinking commuters, take your money
> elsewhere") that spark has faded.
> 
Thanks

I think it was you that pointed out that there in no exit to west bound
Pennsylvania Ave off south bound DC 295 / Anacostia Freeway.

Heres one for you, when DC Public Works rebuilt the bridge over the
Benning RR yards on DC 295 / Anacostia Freeway in SE DC they put wide
points on the bridge to connect ramps to the Barney Circle freeway.
Who knows some day when all of Mayor for life Berry and his bunch die
off, some one will biuld this connection, and bring the rest of the
north end of DC 295 / Kenilworth Ave up to interstate spec.
-- 
                            John R Cambron
                          North Beach MD USA
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