Beltway
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A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. Often it originally enclosed the built up area and was later encroached upon by developed areas - and some cities have proposed or built second and even third beltways. In the United States, many beltways are part of the Interstate highway system.

Famous Beltways

Americas

• Capital Beltway - I-495 - Washington, DC, USA
• Route 128 - Massachusetts State Highway 128 - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Perimeter - I-285 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• I-695 - Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• I-275 - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Gene Snyder Freeway - Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• I-465 - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
• Tennessee State Route 840 - Nashville, Tennessee (unfinished), USA
• I-270 - Columbus, Ohio, USA

Europe

• Périphérique - Paris, France
• M25 motorway - London, England

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