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Interstate 695 outer loop - Arbutus to Hawkins Point
The outer loop of Interstate 695 passes under these bridges carrying Interstate 95 and its associated movements over the highway in Arbutus, in southwestern Baltimore County. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
There are interchanges with Hollins Ferry Road in 1½ miles and with I-895 (Harbor Tunnel Thruway) in 1¾. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Seen here is the ramp from the outer loop of 695 to northbound I-95. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Traffic coming off I-95 enters the outer loop on the right. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
U.S. Route 1 Alternate (Washington Boulevard) passes overhead here; it has a partial interchange with the Beltway (inner loop exit 10). Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The next two exits, situated up to 1¾ miles away, are posted to the left of half-mile advance signage for exit 9, Hollins Ferry Road serving Lansdowne. Driver services are also located at two of the next three exits. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 8A to I-895 north and the Harbor Tunnel is half a mile away. No hazmats are allowed in the tunnel, and cash is no longer accepted at the tollbooths as of 2020. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 9 is up ahead. No trucks are permitted on Hollins Ferry up to the Baltimore city line. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The exit 9 gore sign is at far right. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 8A (I-895) is just ahead, exit 8B (Hammonds Ferry) in half a mile, and exit 7 with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (MD 295) in one mile. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
I-895 passes over I-695 here. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The cloverleaf ramp to I-895 north then parts with the outer loop. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
I-695 reassurance is along the highway's subsequent crossing of the Patapsco River. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
After crossing the Patapsco, the Beltway has left Baltimore County and is now in Anne Arundel County. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Distances to the next three exits are posted beside exit 8B. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
1½ miles prior to I-97, exit 7A looms for southbound MD 295 toward Washington, DC. This can be used to reach the Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) via Interstate 195. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The hard-right ramp to MD 295 south sits ahead on the right. Meanwhile, the forthcoming exit 6A accesses the North Linthicum station of the Baltimore Light RailLink. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 7B to northbound MD 295 and downtown Baltimore follows. Meanwhile, exit 6 with Maryland Route 170 (Camp Meade Road) toward Linthicum is in ¾ mile. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 6B (MD 170 south) approaches one mile before exit 4 to I-97 south toward Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge along U.S. Route 50. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 6A (MD 170 north) follows in a quarter-mile, and exit 5 with Maryland Route 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) toward Ferndale in half a mile. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The exit 6B gore sign. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The I-97 split is half a mile away. I-97-bound traffic is to keep left. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
The exit 6A gore sign is seen at right. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Exit 5 is positioned so that I-97-bound traffic is not supposed to be able to reach it. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Southbound I-97 traffic may reconnect with MD 648 at exit 16 on the north side of Glen Burnie. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
Signs on the MD 648 overpass mark the respective lanes for I-97 and I-695. Photo taken 03-29-2025.
I-695 now approaches exits for Maryland Route 2/Ritchie Highway (3) and southbound Maryland Route 10/Arundel Expressway (2). Photo taken 08-28-2023.
Exit 3B, leading to southbound MD 2 and the north side of Glen Burnie, leaves the outer loop here. The exit actually goes to Interstate 895's B-spur, which runs between mainline I-895 and MD 2 with ramps to and from I-97 and one to I-695's inner loop. Photo taken 08-28-2023.
The Beltway then crosses over the I-895 spur. Photo taken 08-28-2023.
Subsequently, an overhead dynamic message sign displays the travel time to the Beltway's interchange with its parent Interstate 95 in the Rosedale area of Baltimore County. Photo taken 08-28-2023.
The outer loop then receives, at far-right, traffic from a long cloverleaf ramp from southbound MD 2. Photo taken 08-28-2023.
Ritchie Highway then crosses over the Beltway before exit 3A, leading to MD 2 north via Arundel Corporation Road, is reached. Photo taken 08-28-2023.
Exit 2 for MD 10, with control city Severna Park though terminating in Pasadena, is now coming up. I-695's control city for the time being is Dundalk in southeastern Baltimore County, and the highway is marked as leading to I-95. Photo taken 08-28-2023.
The gore sign for exit 2, complete with cardinal direction and MD 10 shield. Photo taken 08-28-2023.