Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It is located east of the Anacostia River, after which the neighborhood is named.
An old Anacostia cottage
The historic neon "Anacostia" sign at 1115 Good Hope Road SE. The sign is the traditional gateway to Historic Old Anacostia.
Houses on W Street, SE in Anacostia.
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE in Anacostia.
Interstate 295 (I-295) also known as the Anacostia Freeway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of Maryland and in Washington, D.C.. It connects I-95/I-495 and Maryland Route 210 near the Potomac River to I-695 and District of Columbia Route 295 (DC 295) in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Beginning of I-295 at I-95/I-495 Capital Beltway interchange in 2007
View north at the south end of I-295 at I-95/I-495 in Oxon Hill, Maryland
View north at the north end of I-295 at I-695/DC 295 in Washington DC