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English: Looking north from John Philip Sousa Bridge in Washington, D.C., in the United States in May 2014 at the now-unused Interstate 695 terminus next to the bridge's northern approaches and Barney Circle.

Interstate 695 was part of the proposed Inner Loop Expressway in Washington, D.C. The interstate highway was to have continued northward along the western shore of the Anacostia River to U.S. Route 50. Significant opposition to the Inner Loop led to its cancellation, but not before the portion of Interstate 695 from 2nd Street SW to Barney Circle had already been completed. The tunnels beneath the circle and bridge were constructed in 1970 as part of the interstate project.

Crudely planned off-ramps led from the half-completed interstate to northbound Pennsylvania Avenue SE, and allowed traffic to double back onto Interstate 695 westbound. The four lanes of interstate highway narrowed within just a few hundred feet to one lane, which connected with a service road leading northeast to the parking lots around Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. This service lane was open only during events at the stadium.

Interstate 695 from the 11th Street Bridges to Barney Circle was decommissioned in 2012, and the tunnels and connections with the stadium service road are now inaccessible and unused.