For other uses, see Capital Beltway (disambiguation).
Interstate 495
Capital Beltway
Capital Beltway highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-95
Maintained by VDOT and MDSHA
Length
64 mi[1][2] (103 km)
Existed
1961–present
Component highways
I-495 entire route
I-95 From Springfield, VA to College Park, MD going counterclockwise
Tourist routes
Star-Spangled Banner Scenic Byway
NHS
Entire route
Major junctions
Beltway around Washington, D.C.
Major intersections
I-295 in Oxon Hill, MD
US 50 in Glenarden, MD and Dunn Loring, VA
Baltimore–Washington Parkway in Greenbelt, MD
I-95 in College Park, MD
I-270 in Bethesda, MD
George Washington Parkway in McLean, VA
SR 267 in Tysons, VA
I-66 in Dunn Loring, VA
I-95 / I-395 in Springfield, VA
US 1 in Alexandria, VA and College Park, MD
Location
Country
United States
States
District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
Counties
DC: City of Washington MD: Prince George's, Montgomery VA: Fairfax, City of Alexandria
Highway system
Interstate Highway System
Main
Auxiliary
Suffixed
Business
Future
← MD 494
MD
→ MD 495
← I-464
VA
→ US 501
← I-395
DC
→ I-695
The Capital Beltway is a 64-mile (103 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Washington metropolitan area that surrounds Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia. It is the basis of the phrase "inside the Beltway", used when referring to issues dealing with US federal government and politics. The highway is signed as Interstate 495 (I-495) for its entire length, and its southern and eastern half runs concurrently with I-95.
This circumferential roadway, which is located mostly in Maryland and Virginia, also has a 0.11-mile (0.18 km) section through the District of Columbia, near the western end of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River. The beltway passes through Prince George's and Montgomery counties in Maryland and Fairfax County and the independent city of Alexandria in Virginia.
The Cabin John Parkway, a short connector between I-495 and the Clara Barton Parkway near the Potomac River along the Maryland–Virginia border, is considered an Interstate spur (I-495X) by the Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA).
^Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2021". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
^Korr, Jeremy L. (August 15, 2004). "Memory Lanes". The Washington Post. p. B2. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011.
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