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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.

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