beltway
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But warm words and familiarity do not pay for lunch along the Washington beltway.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
You already have the normal traffic volume around the beltway.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
The destruction of the bridge, a part of Baltimore’s Interstate 695 beltway, could seemingly doom Marylanders to hellish gridlock for the foreseeable future.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2024
The stretch of highway was closed for hours Wednesday in both directions, snarling traffic along the west side of the beltway, which circles Baltimore.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
