Okufanele Ukwazi Ngaphambi Kokushayela I-Washington
Uma usendleleni eya eWashington noma uqashe imoto esikhumulweni sezindiza, cishe uyazibuza mayelana nokufakwa nokuphuma kokushayela ngalokho abantu bakuleli abakubiza ngokuthi i-Capital Beltway. Empeleni i-Interstate 495, umgwaqo omkhulu wamamitha angu-64 ozungeza iWashington. Umgwaqo omkhulu udlula emadolobheni asePrince George naseMontgomery eMadgan naseFortfax County nasedolobheni lase-Alexandria eVirginia.
Izikhombisi ezimbili zokuhamba, ngokungahambisani ne-clockwise futhi nge-counterclockwise, ziyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Inner Loop" ne "Outer Loop." Ukufinyelela eWashington kunikezwa i-I-270 ne-I-95 evela enyakatho, I-95 ne-I-295 evela eningizimu, I-66 ukusuka entshonalanga, ne-US Highway 50 kusukela kokubili entshonalanga nasempumalanga.
Imigwaqo emihle kunazo zonke kusukela e-I-495 eya eWashington ihamba ngeGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway ngaseceleni kweVirginia eMfuleni wasePotomac , iClara Barton Parkway ngaseceleni komfula iMalton, naseBaltimore-Washington Parkway, esondela edolobheni elisenyakatho-mpumalanga .
Umlando we-I-495
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Capital Beltway kwaqala ngo-1955. Kwakuyingxenye ye-Interstate Highway System eyadalwa ku-Federal-Aid Highway Act ka-1956. Ingxenye yokuqala yomgwaqo ovuliwe ngo-1961, futhi yaqedwa ngo-1964. Ekuqaleni, I-95 yayilungiselelwe ukukhonza edolobheni laseWashington eliseningizimu nasenyakatho, lihlanganisa iBeltway eVirginia naseMadrid. Kodwa-ke, uhlelo lukhanseliwe ngo-1977, kanti ingxenye eyakhelwe i-I-95 ngaphakathi eBeltway evela eningizimu eya enyakatho eya edolobheni laseWashington yahlelwa kabusha njengo-I-395. Cishe ngo-1990, uhlangothi olungasempumalanga yeBeltway lwalusayinwe nge-I-95-495.
Ukuphuma kwakubhalwe phansi ngokusekelwe e-mileage kusukela ekungeneni kwe-I-95 ukuya eMadganla eHotrow Wilson Bridge.
Ukubanjelwa Kwezithuthi ku-I-495
Ukukhula okukhukhulayo kwezindlu nezamabhizinisi aseMadrid naseVirginia kuye kwadala ithrafikhi esindayo emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi kwi-Capital Beltway. Naphezu kwemiklamo eminingi yokwandisa emashumini ambalwa ambalwa adlule, ithrafikhi enamandla iyinkinga eqhubekayo.
Ukuphikisana kwe-Capital Beltway okubalwa ngokuthi "yizimbangela ezimbi kunazo zonke esizweni" yi-interchange ku-I-495 no-I-270 eMontgomery County, Maryland; ukukhulumisana ku-I-495 no-I-95 ku-Prince George's County, Maryland; kanye nokushintshana kwe-Springfield, lapho mina-395, I-95, no-I-495 ukuhlangana khona. Izinhlangano eziningi zinikeza imibiko yethrafikhi ehlinzeka ngolwazi lwesikhathi sangempela ezimweni emigwaqeni ehlanganisa imininingwane ezingozini, ukwakhiwa komgwaqo, ukuchithwa kwamakhemikhali kanye nesimo sezulu. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene zezindlela zokuhamba ezitholakalayo kubagibeli. A
Ama-Tips for Driving Tips
Ukushayela e-Capital Beltway nakwezinye izindawo zaseWashington kungena ekhanda. Ukufunda amathuba okuthola izinkinga ngokukwazi.
- Hlela umzila wakho kusengaphambili bese uzinika isikhathi esiningi sokuthutha ngakwesokudla lapho uphuma. Ngomgwaqo onzima, kungaba nzima ukushintsha imigwaqo futhi kungadinga isikhathi esiningi kunalokho ongalindela.
- I-Traffic ayikwazi ukubikezela. Zivumelanise nezimo futhi ulungele ukusebenzisa enye indlela uma kunesidingo.
- Gwema ukuhlanganiswa kwemigwaqo ngokuhamba ngesikhathi sehora elingapheli. Ihora laseRashington liyisikhathi esivela ku-6 kuya ku-9 ekuseni kanti ngo-4 kuya ku-7: 00 ngoMsombuluko kuze kube ngoLwesihlanu.
- Lindela ama-backups ngehora lokugijima e-Woodrow Wilson Bridge nase-American Legion Bridge.
- Ukwakhiwa kungabangela ukulibaziseka nganoma isiphi isikhathi sosuku. Hlola amawebhusayithi wezokuthutha wezwe ngaphambi kokuba ushiye ukuze uthole ukuthi ukwakhiwa kuphi.
I-Virginia Hot Lanes ku-I-495
UMnyango Wezokuthutha waseVirginia wavula imigwaqo ephezulu (HOT) eya eNyakatho Virginia ngonyaka ka-2012. Le phrojekthi yanezela imigwaqo emibili eya ku-I-495 ekuqondeni ngakunye ukusuka ngasentshonalanga yenyunyana laseSpanish ukuya enyakatho yeDulles Toll Road futhi yayihlanganisa ukuguqulwa kwamabhuloho angaphezu kwangu-50, ukudlula ngaphezulu, nokushintshaniswa okukhulu. Abashayeli bezimoto abanabantu abangaphansi kuka-3 badinga ukukhokha inani lokusebenzisa imigwaqo. I-EZ Pass Pass transponder iyadingeka ukuvumela iqoqo le-toll electronic. Izikhukhula ziyaxoshwa ngamabhasi, izidakamizwa okungenani abantu abathathu, izithuthuthu kanye nezimoto eziphuthumayo.