 The inner loop of the Beltway is heavy and slow through Catonsville and Arbutus, but once you get past the 70 interchange, the inner loop opens up. The outer loop is crowded from Reisterstown Road to Liberty Road, and the heaviest traffic on the Beltway through Towson is on the inner. Traffic moving well along the rest of 695. As far as Route 50 and the Bay Bridge, two-way operations are in effect, so that means eastbound traffic is sharing the westbound span, and that's helping with the flow of traffic eastbound on Route 50 approaching the bridge. 50 west is heavy off and on from Chester.