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Holmes Run Heights: I-495 - MM 51.5 - NB
Few places in Northern Virginia have a history as closely tied to postwar suburban growth as Holmes Run Heights. Named for the Holmes Run watershed, this residential part of the Washington metropolitan area sits along Interstate 395, the Shirley Highway, a principal route between the capital, Arlington and suburbs south and west of Washington. Wooded slopes, noise barriers, apartment buildings and housing districts line the broad transport corridor, giving the area a distinctly metropolitan edge. Holmes Run flows east into Cameron Run, which continues toward the Potomac River. Nearby Alexandria, founded in 1749, retains Old Town’s streets and surviving 18th- and 19th-century architecture, contrasting with the highway-era fabric around Holmes Run Heights.
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