American Legion Memorial Bridge (Potomac River)
The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the American Legion Bridge and formerly as the Cabin John Bridge, is a bridge carrying Interstate 495 across the Potomac River between Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia in the United States. It is an American Water Landmark. Plummers Island is located immediately downstream of the bridge.
American Legion Memorial Bridge (Potomac River)
American Legion Memorial Bridge over Potomac River
View of the west side of the bridge from the south bank
Heavy congestion on the bridge during rush hour
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.
I-495/Capital Beltway signage in Virginia
The Woodrow Wilson Bridge carrying I-95/I-495 over the Potomac River between Alexandria, Virginia, and Oxon Hill, Maryland, April 2007
"Maryland Welcomes You" sign on the Outer Loop over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge
I-95/I-495 and I-295 interchange in Maryland seen from the air above the Potomac River, 2012