Editing Interstate 695 (Maryland) (section)

==Future==
There are long-term plans to add new lanes to I-695 to ease traffic congestion along the northern and western parts of the route between the two interchanges with I-95.<ref name=trn>{{cite web|url=http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/683|title=Maryland confirms express toll lanes for Wash Beltway, Balt Beltway, I-270, I-95 v2|date=May 6, 2004|publisher=TollRoadsnews|access-date=June 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609134249/http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/683|archive-date=June 9, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> These plans would widen the sections between I-95 and I-70 on the west side and between the [[Jones Falls Expressway]] and I-95 on the north side.<ref name="mdsha3"/> Work on the widening project began in 2020.<ref name="Zawodny 2024 u237">{{cite web | last=Zawodny | first=Daniel | title=Delays coming to I-695 as next phase of shoulder construction set to begin | website=The Baltimore Banner | date=2024-03-14 | url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/transportation/traffic-i-695-construction-road-work-H6BDKBQVINEGVGESG66WV33RGE/ | access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> In addition, there are plans to add a fourth lane between the ramps to I-795, ending the disappearing fourth lanes in this section.<ref name="mdsha3"/> A multiyear project to replace the [[stack interchange]] at I-70/MD 570, under design as of 2022,<ref name="Price 2022 i261">{{cite web | last=Price | first=Lilly | title=Maryland’s transportation department asks for public feedback on I-695/I-70 Interchange project | website=Baltimore Sun | date=2022-10-25 | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2022/10/25/marylands-transportation-department-asks-for-public-feedback-on-i-695i-70-interchange-project/ | access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> would allow at least eight lanes to pass under this interchange. All these projects will enable up to 10&nbsp;lanes to be constructed at a future date. Also, [[ramp meters]] will be installed at selected entrances.<ref name="mdsha3">{{cite web|url=http://apps.roads.maryland.gov/WebProjectLifeCycle/ProjectInformation.asp?projectno=BA635213|title=IS 0695 Baltimore Beltway IS 83 to IS 95|publisher=[[Maryland State Highway Administration]]|access-date=June 14, 2009}}</ref> After the Key Bridge collapsed, President [[Joe Biden]] announced that the bridge [[Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement|would be rebuilt]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden pledges support for Baltimore in wake of Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-remarks-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-baltimore-harbor/story?id=108510121 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=ABC News |date=March 26, 2024 }}</ref>