page_title: Interstate 295 (Maryland–District of Columbia)
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Interstate 295 (Maryland–District of Columbia) / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Interstate 295 (Anacostia Freeway) just north of Interstate 95 and Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) near National Harbor in southwestern Prince Georges County, Maryland
context_page_description: Interstate 295 in the U.S. state of Maryland and in Washington, D.C., also known as the Anacostia Freeway, is a 8.05-mile spur route connecting I-95 / I-495 and Maryland Route 210 near the Potomac River to Interstate 695 and D.C. Route 295 in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
context_section_description: Although I-295 technically begins at the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495), a pair of mainline ramps connects the southern terminus of the route to the nearby MD 210. Continuing north from this interchange, I-295 enters the District of Columbia; the route is only 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long in Maryland.
  Passing to the west and north of Oxon Cove Park, the route parallels the Potomac River, running through the Southeast quadrant of D.C. It passes close to Shepard Parkway and forms the eastern boundary of Bolling Air Force Base and the Anacostia Naval Station. Near the southern end of Anacostia Park the route turns east and begins to parallel the Anacostia River, interchanging with South Capitol Street near the latter's crossing of the river.
  Within the park, I-295 encounters the junction with I-695 (which heads northwest across the 11th Street Bridges) and D.C. Route 295 at Exit 4.  At this junction I-295 ends and the mainline freeway through the interchange assumes the identity of D.C. Route 295 and continues to Baltimore, though it changes identities several times: DC 295, MD 201, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (an unnumbered federally owned expressway operated by the National Park Service), and MD 295.
caption: View north at the south end of I-295 at I-95/I-495 in Oxon Hill, Maryland
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