Center Leg of the Inner Loop, D Street SW to D Street NW
Title
Center Leg of the Inner Loop, D Street SW to D Street NW
Subject
Highways
Freeways
Interstate 395 (Baltimore, Md.)
Interstate 695
Interstate 66 (Va. and Washington, D.C.)
Interstates
Tunnels
Description
Photographs of the center leg of the inner loop running from D Street SW to D Street NW, Mall tunnel contract no. 1. Proposed in 1956, only parts of the inner loops were completed due to opposition from residents. The completed parts include the Southwest Freeway (Interstate 395) from the 14th Street Bridge to the Southeast Freeway (Interstate 695), the Southwest Freeway from Interstate 395 past the 11th Street Bridges to Pennslyvania Avenue SE, Interstate 395 from the junction of the Southwest and Southeast Freeways to New York Avenue, and Interstate 66 from the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge to the Whitehurst Freeway.
Creator
District Department of Transportation
Date
December 20, 1966
Contributor
Regal Construction
Format
Photographs
Language
English
Type
Prints
Collection
Citation
District Department of Transportation, “Center Leg of the Inner Loop, D Street SW to D Street NW,” DDOT Historic Collections, accessed September 29, 2023, https://ddotlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/87.