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Interstate 595 (I-595) is an unsigned number for a section of the John Hanson Highway (US 50 and US 301) from I-495 (Capital Beltway) east of Washington, D.C., to Route 70 (Rowe Boulevard) at Annapolis, Maryland. US 50/I-595 has a high-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) in each direction from west of the Beltway to east of US 301, a distance of . Unlike other HOV lanes in the Washington metropolitan area, which are only restricted during rush hours, the HOV lanes on I-595 are restricted at all times. At long, I-595 is the longest unsigned stretch of Interstate Highway in the entire Interstate system. This Interstate was left unsigned because most motorists were already familiar with US 50 and US 301. ==Route description== The existing US 50 freeway east from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway converts into I-595 within the Capital Beltway interchange. East of the interchange, I-595 is 10 lanes wide; beyond the Maryland Route 704 (MD 704) interchange, it narrows to eight lanes, with the innermost two being HOV lanes. The frequency of the interchanges decreases as the development backs away from the highway, and US 50 passes over or under several routes before interchanging with MD 197 near Bowie, using a partial cloverleaf interchange. The highway approaches a residential development as it soon after interchanges with the next major route: US 301 and MD 3. Within this interchange, US 301 joins the freeway, creating a three-route concurrency, and the highway exits development again, traveling through mostly woodland. Up to and slightly beyond the US 301/MD 3 interchange, the highway surface of I-595 is concrete. From there onwards, the highway is surfaced with asphalt composite. Within the US 301 interchange, the HOV lanes that began at the Capital Beltway come to an end. There is an interchange with MD 424 in the countryside after turning northwest once more, approaching Annapolis. Before the Annapolis exits, however, US 50 has an interchange with the southern end of I-97. I-97 uses a directional-T interchange, but then the two highways straddle US 50 as collector-distributor lanes, before passing over the highway with another partial interchange and going south into Annapolis as a direct freeway spur, now signed as MD 665. After the collector-distributor roads leave, the highway passes through the Annapolis urban area, and interchanges with MD 450. MD 450 is an older alignment of US 50, which runs parallel to the John Hanson Highway between Annapolis and Washington. Shortly after this, I-595 meets Medical Parkway and Solomons Island Road. Solomons Island Road adds one more highway to the concurrency: MD 2. The four-route concurrency of I-595, US 50, US 301, and MD 2 continues until the next interchange only about a mile later at MD 70, also called Rowe Boulevard, which leads to downtown Annapolis. Here, the John Hanson Highway name ends, as does I-595. US 50, US 301, and MD 2 continue along the freeway routing, no longer a part of the Interstate Highway System. However, the physical roadbed was fully upgraded to Interstate Highway standards to the western edge of the Severn River Bridge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interstate 595 (Maryland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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