Outer Loop

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Outer Loop is the counterclockwise carriageway of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) encircling the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Outer Loop canonical 6
Outer Loop is counterclockwise 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway carriageway
roadway
connectsTo Baltimore–Washington Parkway
surface form: Baltimore–Washington Parkway (MD 295)

Dulles Toll Road
surface form: Dulles Toll Road (VA 267)

George Washington Memorial Parkway
Interstate 270 NERFINISHED
Interstate 66
Interstate 95
U.S. Route 50
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Potomac River
directionOfTravel counterclockwise
encircles Washington metropolitan area
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
formsBeltwayWith Inner Loop
hasDesignation Interstate 495
surface form: I-495 Outer Loop
hasJunctionWith Interstate 95 in Prince George's County, Maryland
Interstate 95 in Springfield, Virginia
hasLanes multiple lanes each direction
hasToll no (general-purpose lanes)
hasTrafficPattern heavy congestion during peak hours
isCarriagewayOf Capital Beltway
Interstate 495
surface form: Interstate 495 around Washington, D.C.
isOppositeDirectionOf Inner Loop
locatedIn Washington metropolitan area
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
maintainedBy Maryland State Highway Administration
Virginia Department of Transportation
numberingConvention signed as I-495 Outer Loop on some guide signs
openedAsPartOf Capital Beltway completion in the 1960s
orientation generally west side northbound and east side southbound in terms of compass directions
partOf Capital Beltway
Interstate 495
passesNear Washington, D.C.
roadType Interstate Highway
serves commuter traffic
regional traffic
through traffic
servesSuburbs Maryland suburbs around Washington, D.C.
Northern Virginia
surface form: Northern Virginia suburbs
speedLimit typically 55 mph
state Maryland
Virginia
usesBridge Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interstate 495 hasSegmentNamed Outer Loop
subject surface form: Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
Interstate 495 trafficDirectionConvention Outer Loop
subject surface form: Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
this entity surface form: Outer Loop is counterclockwise
Capital Beltway hasSection Outer Loop
the Beltway hasSegmentNamed Outer Loop
subject surface form: Capital Beltway
Inner Loop formsBeltwayWith Outer Loop
Inner Loop isOppositeDirectionOf Outer Loop
Inner Loop connectsWith Outer Loop