Inner Loop (Washington, D.C.)

This article is about the partly built freeway in downtown Washington, D.C. The clockwise-traveling lanes of Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) are also called the "inner loop".
Inner Loop
Map
Proposed Inner Beltway corridor highlighted in red, proposed Middle Beltway corridor in blue
Route information
Existed1956–1977
Location
CountryUnited States
Federal districtDistrict of Columbia
Highway system

The Inner Loop was two planned freeways around downtown Washington, D.C. The innermost loop would have formed an oval centered on the White House, with a central freeway connecting the southern segment to the northern segment and then continuing on to Interstate 95. Interstate 95 would have met Interstate 66, Interstate 295, Interstate 695, and US 50 while traversing the Inner Loop. A second loop was an arc across the northern section of the city, beginning at East Capitol Street at the Anacostia River and using the Missouri Avenue NW and Nebraska Avenue NW commercial corridors to terminate in Georgetown.