U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

U.S. Route 29
US 29 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by District of Columbia DOT
Length	8.6 mi[1] (13.8 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 29 in Rosslyn, VA
Major intersections	I-66 in Foggy Bottom US 1 in Shaw
North end	US 29 / Eastern Avenue in Silver Spring, MD
Location
Country	United States
Federal district	District of Columbia
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Streets and Highways of Washington, DC Interstate US DC State-Named Streets
← US 1 → US 50

U.S. Route 29 (US 29) enters Washington, D.C., via the Key Bridge from Arlington County, Virginia, and exits at Silver Spring, Maryland. It predominantly follows city surface streets, although the portion of the route from the Key Bridge east to 26th Street Northwest is an elevated highway. The elevated section of US 29 in DC is better known as the Whitehurst Freeway. Called the city's most ridiculed bridge in 1989,^[2] there have been several attempts to have the Whitehurst Freeway torn down but cost and other considerations have stopped these proposals from being acted on.