Forty-Two Hundred Fills It Up.
Our initial route for the DriveIn is based on proximity to Congress, the Supreme Court and the White House. The route shown below is roughly 6 miles with an average lane count of 6 lanes. It is broken into a clockwise and counterclockwise versions to accomodate oneway streets. Six miles of roadway averaging 6 lanes wide equals 36 miles of toal road that needs to be filled. This is approximately 190,000 feet of roadway. Based on the calculation that one car CAN consume on average 45 feet (three car lengths) with proper following distances it will take about 4200 cars to fill this route to capacity. This does NOT allow for normal traffic flow and may result in GRIDLOCK. If GRIDLOCK is encountered be patient. 
Expect alternate routes to be published for overflow traffic. Subscribe to @THEAmericanDriveIn twitter fed to receive live updates on alternate routes. In addition, if GRIDLOCK is encountered try using/filling shortcuts and cross streets.
Route One Clockwise
| Time | Mile | Instruction | For | |
| 9:00 AM | 0.0 | Depart 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20003 on Independence Ave (SE) (West) | 1.9 mi | |
| 9:04 AM | 1.9 | Keep RIGHT onto 17th St (SW) | 0.9 mi | |
| 9:06 AM | 2.8 | At near Washington Mall, turn RIGHT (East) onto H St NW | 0.5 mi | |
| 9:08 AM | 3.3 | Bear LEFT (East) onto New York Ave NW | 0.4 mi | |
| 9:08 AM | 3.7 | Bear RIGHT (East) onto K St NW | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:09 AM | 3.8 | Road name changes to Massachusetts Ave (NW) | 0.2 mi | |
| 9:09 AM | 4.0 | At 493 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, stay on Massachusetts Ave NW (East) | 0.6 mi | |
| 9:11 AM | 4.6 | Bear RIGHT (South) onto Columbus Circle NE | 0.2 mi | |
| 9:11 AM | 4.8 | Turn LEFT (West) onto Massachusetts Ave NE | 98 yds | |
| 9:12 AM | 4.9 | At Vre-Union Station [60 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington DC 20002, United States, Tel: +1 (703) 648-1001], stay on Massachusetts Ave NE (West) | 76 yds | |
| 9:12 AM | 4.9 | Keep LEFT onto Local road(s) | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:13 AM | 5.1 | Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) | 87 yds | |
| 9:14 AM | 5.1 | Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) | 21 yds | |
| 9:14 AM | 5.1 | Turn LEFT (East) onto Columbus Circle NE, then immediately bear RIGHT (East) onto Massachusetts Ave NE | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:15 AM | 5.3 | Turn RIGHT (South) onto 2nd St (NE) | 0.5 mi | |
| 9:17 AM | 5.7 | Arrive 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20003 |
SUMMARY Driving distance: 5.7 miles
Route One CounterClockwise
| Time | Mile | Instruction | For | Toward |
| 9:00 AM | 0.0 | Depart 2nd St SE, Washington, DC 20003 on 2nd St (SE) (North) | 0.5 mi | |
| 9:01 AM | 0.5 | At near Washington, D.C., stay on 2nd St NE (North) | 54 yds | |
| 9:01 AM | 0.5 | Turn LEFT (West) onto Massachusetts Ave NE | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:02 AM | 0.6 | Bear RIGHT (West) onto Columbus Circle NE | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:02 AM | 0.8 | Keep STRAIGHT onto Massachusetts Ave (NE) | 0.7 mi | |
| 9:04 AM | 1.5 | Turn RIGHT (North) onto US-1 [US-50] | 0.2 mi | |
| 9:05 AM | 1.7 | Turn LEFT (West) onto L St NW | 0.2 mi | |
| 9:05 AM | 1.9 | Turn LEFT (South) onto 9th St NW | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:06 AM | 2.0 | At near Washington, D.C., turn RIGHT (West) onto K St NW | 0.2 mi | |
| 9:06 AM | 2.2 | Keep STRAIGHT onto US-29 [K St NW] | 0.5 mi | |
| 9:08 AM | 2.7 | Turn RIGHT (North) onto K St NW | 0.1 mi | |
| 9:08 AM | 2.9 | At Metro-Farragut North Station [1001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20036, United States, Tel: +1 (202) 637-7000], turn LEFT (South) onto Connecticut Ave NW | 10 yds | |
| 9:08 AM | 2.9 | Road name changes to 17th St NW | 0.7 mi | |
| 9:10 AM | 3.6 | *Turn potentially restricted* Turn LEFT (East) onto US-50 [Constitution Ave NW] | 0.4 mi | |
| 9:11 AM | 4.0 | Turn RIGHT (South) onto US-1 [14th St NW] | 0.3 mi | |
| 9:12 AM | 4.3 | Turn LEFT (East) onto Independence Ave (SW) | 1.5 mi | |
| 9:15 AM | 5.8 | Arrive near Washington Navy Yard |
SUMMARY Driving distance: 5.8 miles
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