The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, is a 25-mile-long limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, northwest to McLe
View north at the south end of the parkway in Mount Vernon
View south at the north end of the parkway in McLean
View north along the parkway on Columbia Island in Washington, D.C.
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway in 1935
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The Capital Beltway, designated as Interstate 495 for its entire length, is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Washington metropolitan area. The 64-mile beltway encircles Washington, D.C., the cap
George Washington Memorial Parkway
…the parkway. The northern section extends from North Washington Street at First Street, at the northern end of Old Town Alexandria, to its terminus at Interstate 495 (I-495, Capital Beltway), in Fairfax County, just south of the Potomac River. It follows the Potomac River, passing through Arlington County, and serves…
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