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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But how can you be going on the outer loop if you are going from college park to Bethesda?   That makes no sense!  [/quote]

You are focusing much too narrowly.  Effectively, you are only thinking of about 1/8 of the entire beltway.  Here's a picture:

[img]https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,38.906,-77.033,290x290@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Capital+Beltway&groups=_848f3f8481645f5dd054962c77797e429d4abb2e[/img]

The outer loop of the Beltway is the side of the highway that travels around the city counter-clockwise.  It is further from the city center and is outside the inner loop.
The inner loop of the Beltway is the side of the highway that travels around the city clockwise.  It is closer to the city center and is inside the outer loop.

So, the outer loop will go from College Park to Bethesda, to McLean, to Alexandria, to Camp Springs to Upper Marlboro and back to College Park.
The inner loop will go the other direction, from College Park to Upper Marlboro, Camp Springs, Alexandria, McLean, Bethesda and then back to College Park.

Hopefully this helps you visualize why they are inner and outer loops.[/quote]

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