Baltimore Beltway

Direction:

East/West and North/South

Termini:

None (circular route)

Distance:

51.46 miles

Counties:

Baltimore, Anne Arundel

Independent Cities:

Baltimore

Signed:

Yes

The Baltimore Beltway is a circular highway around Baltimore. Due to its circular route, it has no termini and is marked as an east/west route in some areas and as a north/south route in other areas. It runs through the suburbs surrounding Baltimore. There are junctions with several other major highways, including the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (I-95), the Jones Falls Expressway (I-83), the Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway (I-83), and I-70. While the Baltimore Beltway has the same route number as the Throgs Neck Expressway (I-695) in the Bronx, the two highways have no connection other than that both are secondary routes of I-95.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge carried the Baltimore Beltway across the Patapsco River. Early in the morning on March 26, 2024, the bridge was struck by a ship that had lost power, causing the bridge to fully collapse. The Baltimore Beltway is closed in the area where the bridge used to be, requiring vehicles that would have crossed it to use one of the tunnels in Baltimore or loop around through the western portion of the Baltimore Beltway. This will remain the case until the bridge is replaced.