الطريق الدائري (واشنطن العاصمة)

Interstate 495
	Capital Beltway
	Capital Beltway highlighted in red
معلومات الطريق
	Auxiliary route of [[Interstate 95 \|]]
الطول	64 mi (103 km)
تواجـَد	1961–الحاضر
Component; highways	I‑95 (Springfield–College Park) ; I‑495 (Alexandria–College Park) ;
الطرق; السياحية	Star-Spangled Banner Scenic Byway
الوصلات الرئيسية
	Beltway حول Washington, D.C.
	US 1 in Alexandria, VA ; I-295 in Oxon Hill, MD ; US 50 in Glenarden, MD ; Baltimore–Washington Parkway in Greenbelt, MD ; I-95 in College Park, MD ; I-270 in Bethesda, MD ; G.W. Parkway in McLean, VA ; SR 267 in Tysons, VA ; I‑66 in Dunn Loring, VA ; I‑95 / I‑395 in Springfield, VA ;
Location
States	District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
Counties	DC: Washington; MD: Prince George's, Montgomery; VA: Fairfax, City of Alexandria
نظام الطرق السريعة

Interstate 495 (I-495) is a 64-ميل (103 kم) Interstate Highway that surrounds Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America, and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia. I-495 is widely known as the Capital Beltway, or simply the Beltway, especially when the context of Washington, D.C., is clear. It is the basis of the phrase "inside the Beltway", used when referring to issues dealing with American government and politics. I-95 utilizes the southern and eastern half of the Capital Beltway to circumnavigate Washington, D.C., and is cosigned with I-495 along that portion.

This circumferential roadway is located not only in the states of Virginia and Maryland, but also crosses briefly 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 County and Montgomery County 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.

Notes

المراجع

^ DeSimone, Tony (October 31, 2002). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 9, 2007.
^ Korr, Jeremy L. (August 15, 2004). "Memory Lanes". The Washington Post. p. B2. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 11, 2008.