U.S. Route 29 (
US 29) in the
District of Columbia is a
U.S. highway which enters D.C. via
Key Bridge from
Arlington, Virginia, and exits at
Silver Spring, Maryland. It predominantly follows city surface streets, although the portion of the route from Key Bridge east to 26th Street NW is an elevated highway. The elevated section of U.S. Route 29 in D.C. is better known as the
Whitehurst Freeway. Called the city's most ridiculed bridge in 1989, 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.