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I-266 (cancelled) Virginia; Washington, D. C. (link)Proposed 1.79-mile freeway [1 Across the Potomac, I-266 would have connected with the Whitehurst
Freeway in Georgetown before reconnecting with I-66 at the M
Street/Virginia Ave./Rock Creek stack, directly across the street from
the Watergate complex. Numerous ramps into the dirt exist at this
location. [2 Peter Harnik writes that one I-266 design called for a
double-decked, 10-story-high interstate, in retaliation against Arlington
County and the National Park Service's decree that no land beyond the
edges of the current Spout Run Parkway could be used for the interstate. [4 The 1968 Federal Aid Highway act included the following passage: "(b) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section the government
of the District of Columbia shall commence work on the following projects: That didn't happen, but I-266 was still officially part of the interstate system until
at least 1978. [1 One last bit of I-266 history: In 1958, D. C. officials submitted the number
I-66N for the highway, a proposal that AASHTO rejected. [5 See also:
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