The Socio-Economic Impact of the Capital Beltway on Northern Virginia; PB 179 274
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). This report is the result of research on the socio-economic impact of the Capital Beltway on Northern Virginia undertaken by staff members of the Bureau of Population and Economic Research of the University of Virginia in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Highways and the U. S> bureau of Public Roads. It is part of an continuing effort on the part of state and federal highway officials to gain greater knowledge of the impact of highway improvements. the reports brings together data on social and economic indicators, the methodlogy employed, and the analysis and conclusions reached. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Capital Beltway, Highways, Land Use, Transportation, Real Estate, Traffic Patterns, Washington Metropolitan Area, Industrial Development, Commuting Patterns, Shopping Patterns, Public Policy, Socio-Economic Conditions, Economic Impact
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