Capital Beltway

Summary

Capital Beltway is a motorway ring road^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of motorway_ring_road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Capital Beltway is located in Prince George's County^[3].
• Capital Beltway is located in Montgomery County^[4].
• Capital Beltway is located in Fairfax County^[5].
• Capital Beltway is located in Alexandria^[6].
• Capital Beltway is located in Washington, D.C.^[7].
• Capital Beltway is in the country of United States^[8].
• Capital Beltway's transport network is recorded as Maryland highway system^[9].
• Capital Beltway's transport network is recorded as state highways in Virginia^[10].
• Capital Beltway's image is recorded as 2018-10-31 14 23 17 Signs for Interstate 495 and the Capital Beltway along eastbound U.S. Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) just west of Virginia State Route 650 (Gallows Road) in Woodburn, Fairfax County, Virginia.jpg^[11].
• Capital Beltway's instance of is recorded as motorway ring road^[12].
• Capital Beltway's maintained by is recorded as Maryland State Highway Administration^[13].
• Capital Beltway's maintained by is recorded as Virginia Department of Transportation^[14].
• Capital Beltway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 16140650^[15].
• Capital Beltway's said to be the same as is recorded as Interstate 495^[16].
• Capital Beltway's has part is recorded as Outer Loop^[17].
• Capital Beltway's has part is recorded as Inner Loop^[18].
• +1964-08-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Capital Beltway^[19].
• Capital Beltway's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as network=US:Capital_Beltway^[20].
• Capital Beltway's date of official opening is recorded as +1961-12-21T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Capital Beltway's different from is recorded as Capital Beltway^[22].

Body

Geography

Capital Beltway is in the country of United States^[8]. Located in include Prince George's County^[3], a county of Maryland^[23], in United States^[24], founded in 1695^[25]; Montgomery County^[4], a county of Maryland^[26], in United States^[27], founded in 1776^[28]; Fairfax County^[5], a county of Virginia^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1742^[31]; Alexandria^[6], an independent city in the United States^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1749^[34]; and Washington, D.C.^[7], a city in the United States^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1790^[37].

Designation and Status

Capital Beltway's instance of is recorded as motorway ring road^[12].

History and Context

+1964-08-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Capital Beltway^[19].

Why It Matters

Capital Beltway ranks in the top 6% of motorway_ring_road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]