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The two directions of travel, clockwise and counterclockwise (looking at a map), have become known respectively as the "Inner Loop" and the "Outer Loop". The route descriptions below follow the direction of the Outer Loop, starting at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River, south of Washington. I-495/Capital Beltway signage in Virginia
Interstate 495 (I-495) is the designation for the following five Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to I-95: The Capital Beltway , a beltway around Washington, D.C., running through Virginia, Maryland, and a sliver of Washington, D.C.
Interstate 495 (I-495) is an auxiliary route of I-95 in the US state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning 121.56 miles (195.63 km), it is the second-longest auxiliary route in the Interstate Highway System, being roughly 11 miles (18 km) shorter than I-476 in Pennsylvania.
The innermost beltway would have formed a flattened oval centered on the Kennedy Center/Watergate complex in the west, running southeast along what is currently Ohio Drive SW until it linked with the Southwest Freeway portion of I-395, north along I-395 to L Street NW, and then west along a tunnel beneath K Street NW to join near the western ...
Interstate 495, also known as the "Capital Beltway", creates an artificial boundary for the inner suburbs of Washington and is the root of the phrase "Inside the Beltway". Almost completely circling Washington, D.C., it crosses a tiny portion of the District at its southernmost point at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
It involved replacing the semi-directional ramp from I-95 northbound to I-495 westbound with the large 2-lane 35-mph loop ramp. This was completed in 1977, at this point I-95 was shifted to the eastern portion of the Beltway, between Springfield and College Park, Maryland, eliminating the I-495 designation there. Because of this route change ...
The highway reaches a hybrid turbine interchange with I-95/I-495, the Capital Beltway. [1] [3] View east along US 50 and unsigned I-595 at the interchange with US 301 and MD 3 in Bowie. At the I-95/I-495 interchange, the US 50 freeway becomes part of the Interstate Highway System as I-595, which is an unsigned highway.
Just past the Capital Beltway, the route heads into the heart of the city of Greenbelt, having an interchange with MD 193 (Greenbelt Road). [1] [4] The headquarters of the U.S. Park Police, which patrol this portion of the parkway, is located off this exit along MD 193. [7]