Driving Directions to the Convention Center

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is located between 7th and 9th Streets and N Street and Mt. Vernon Place in downtown DC, right across from the new City Museum. The address is 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001. For more driving directions visit the Convention Center website.

Getting to the Convention Center

From Ronald Reagan National Airport

• Take the George Washington (GW) Parkway north to I-395 and Washington, DC.
• Follow signs to the 14th Street Bridge.Proceed across the 14th Street to Independence Avenue.
• Turn right onto Independence Avenue and proceed 2 blocks to 7th Street.
• Turn left on 7th Street and proceed 12 blocks to Mt. Vernon Place.
• Turn left on Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

From Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Airport

• Take I-195 West to MD -295 South via exit 2B to Washington.
• Continue west on US-50.
• US - 50 West becomes New York Avenue.
• Proceed on New York Avenue.
• New York Avenue becomes Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right   

From Dulles International Airport

• Take I-66 East to Washington.
• Take Route 50/Constitution Avenue exit. Proceed on Constitution Avenue. 
• Turn left on 7th Street.
• Proceed 9 blocks on 7th Street and turn left on Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right. 

From Points North

• Take I-95 south to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (exit 22B) toward Washington.
• Take the Washington exit - US 50 West (on the right).
• US - 50 West becomes New York Avenue.
• Proceed on New York Avenue.
• New York Avenue becomes Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

From Points South

From Southern Maryland

• Travel Southwest on MD - Route 2.
• Make slight right onto MD – Route 4N.
• MD – 4 N becomes Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
• Take ramp toward I-395.
• Merge onto Southeast Freeway.
• Southeast Freeway becomes I–295 N.
• Take 7th street exit.
• Proceed north on 7th Street 10 blocks.
• Make left on Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

From Points East

• Take US - 50 West.
• US - 50 West becomes New York Avenue.
• New York Avenue becomes Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

From Points West

• Take I - 270 to the Washington Beltway 495 West toward Northern Virginia.
• Take the George Washington (GW) Parkway exit to 395 North.
• Take the 12th Street exit.
• Proceed on 12th Street and then turn right on Massachusetts Avenue.
• Massachusetts Avenue will become Mt. Vernon Place.
• The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your left.