Washington, DC: The George Washington University Department of Urban & Regional Planning, 1968. Reprint distributed by Clearing for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce. Wraps. [12], 124, [Appendices--18] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Signed and dated by a previous owner on the title page. Sticker taped to front cover. The contents include Introduction, the People and the Land, Regional Activity Patterns, Industrial Development, Commuting Patterns, Shopping Patterns, Public Policy and Synthesis. The Capital Beltway is a 64-mile 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 U.S. 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. It was constructed in 1964. This circumferential roadway, which is located mostly in Maryland and Virginia, also has a 0.11-mile section 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 and Montgomery counties 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 (MDSHA). More