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The selection or founding of a "neutral" capital city one unencumbered by regional or political identities was meant to represent the unity of a new state when Ankara Bern Canberra Madrid Ottawa and Washington became capital cities Sometimes the location of a new capital city was chosen to terminate squabbling or possible squabbling between various entities such as in the cases of Canberra Ottawa Washington Wellington and Managua. The design included a landscaped man-made lake to collect rainwater a low-rise hotel and a row of office buildings along the north side of the main parking lot the design also included a two-level road in front of the terminal to separate arrival and departure traffic and a federally owned limited access highway connecting the terminal to the Capital Beltway (I-495) about 17 miles (27 km) to the east (Eventually the highway system grew to include a parallel toll road to handle commuter traffic and an extension to connect to I-66) the access road had a wide median strip to allow the construction of a passenger rail line which will be in the form of an extension of the Washington Metro's Silver Line and is expected to be completed in 2020. Peyton Randolph as president of the Continental Congress presided over creation of the Continental Association, Main article: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Total 472,381 Final days.

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