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Interstate 695 (Maryland)
Interstate 695 (I-695) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway that constitutes a beltway extending around Baltimore, Maryland, United States. I-695 is officially designated the McKeldin Beltway but is colloquially referred to as either the Baltimore Beltway or 695. The route is an auxiliary route of Interstate 95 in Maryland, I-95, intersecting that route southwest of Baltimore near Arbutus, Maryland, Arbutus and northeast of the city near White Marsh, Maryland, White Marsh. It also intersects other major roads radiating from the Baltimore area, including Interstate 97, I-97 near Glen Burnie, Maryland, Glen Burnie, the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (B–W Parkway; MD 295) near Linthicum, Maryland, Linthicum, Interstate 70 in Maryland, I-70 near Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, Woodlawn, Interstate 795 (Maryland), I-795 near Pikesville, Maryland, Pikesville, and Interstate 83, I-83 in the Timonium, Maryland, Timonium area. Originally, a portion of the Baltimore Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland State Highway Administration
The Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA, MDOT SHA, or simply SHA) is the state mode responsible for maintaining Maryland's Maryland highway system, numbered highways outside Baltimore. Formed originally under authority of the Maryland General Assembly, General Assembly of Maryland in 1908 as the State Roads Commission (SRC), under the direction of the executive branch of state government headed by the governor of Maryland, it is tasked with maintaining non-tolled/free bridges throughout the state, removing snow from the state's major thoroughfares, administering the state's "adopt-a-highway" program, and both developing and maintaining the state's freeway/Controlled-access highway, expressway system. There was a reorganization of the several commissions, bureaus, boards, and assorted minor agencies with departments of the executive branch and establishment of the governor's cabinet in the early 1970s following the adoption of several individual reorganization recommendat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County ( , locally: or ) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. The county is part of the Central Maryland region of the state. Baltimore County partly surrounds but does not include the independent city of Baltimore. It is part of the Northeast megalopolis, which stretches from Northern Virginia in the south to Boston in the north and includes major American population centers, including New York City and Philadelphia. Major economic sectors in the county include education, government, and health care. As of the 2020 census, the population was 854,535. The county is home to several universities, including Goucher College, Stevenson University, Towson University, and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. History 17th century The name "Baltimore" derives from Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), proprietor of the colonial-era Province of Maryland, and the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. The earliest known d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Route 2
Maryland Route 2 (MD 2) is the longest state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The route runs from Solomons, Maryland, Solomons Island in Calvert County, Maryland, Calvert County north to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 in Maryland, U.S. Route 1 (US 1)/U.S. Route 40 Truck (Baltimore, Maryland), US 40 Truck (North Avenue) in Baltimore. The route runs concurrency (road), concurrent with Maryland Route 4, MD 4 through much of Calvert County along a four-lane divided highway known as Solomons Island Road, passing through rural areas as well as the communities of Lusby, Maryland, Lusby, Port Republic, Maryland, Port Republic, Prince Frederick, Maryland, Prince Frederick, and Huntingtown, Maryland, Huntingtown. In Sunderland, Maryland, Sunderland, MD 2 splits from MD 4 and continues north as two-lane undivided Solomons Island Road into Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, still passing through rural areas. Upon reaching Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis, the route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Association Of State Highway And Transportation Officials
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols, and guidelines that are used in highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ... design and construction throughout the United States. Despite its name, the association represents not only highways but air, rail, water, and public transportation as well. Although AASHTO sets transportation standards and policy for the United States as a whole, AASHTO is not an agency of the federal government; rather it is an organization of the states themselves. Policies of AASHTO are not federal laws or policies, but rather are ways to coordinate state laws and policies in the field of transportation. Purpose The American Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
On March 26, 2024, at 1:28a.m. Eastern Time Zone, EDT (05:28 UTC), the main Span (engineering), spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore), Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States, collapsed after the container ship ''MV Dali, Dali'' struck one of its Pier (architecture), piers. Six members of a maintenance crew working on the roadway were killed, while two more were rescued from the river. The collapse blocked most shipping to and from the Port of Baltimore for 11 weeks. Maryland Governor Wes Moore called the event a "global crisis" that had affected more than 8,000 jobs. The economic impact of the closure of the waterway has been estimated at $15 million per day. Maryland officials have said they plan to Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement, replace the bridge by fall 2028 at an estimated cost of $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion. Background The Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patapsco River
The Patapsco River ( ) mainstem is a river in central Maryland that flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland. The name "Patapsco" is derived from the Eastern Algonquian languages, Algonquian ''pota-psk-ut'', which translates to "backwater" or "tide covered with froth". History John Smith of Jamestown, Captain John Smith was the first European to explore the river, noting it on his 1612 map as the Bolus River. The "Red river", named after the clay color, is considered the "old Bolus", as other branches were also labeled Bolus on maps. As the river was not navigable beyond Elkridge, it was not a significant path of commerce; in 1723, only one ship was listed as serving the northern branch, and four others operating around the mouth. The first land record regarding Parr's Springs, the source of the South Branch, dates from 1744, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)
The Francis Scott Key Bridge (informally, Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge) was a steel arch continuous through truss bridge that spanned the lower Patapsco River and outer Baltimore Harbor/Port. Opened on March 23, 1977, it carried the Baltimore Beltway ( Interstate 695 or I-695) between Dundalk and Hawkins Point. It collapsed on March 26, 2024, after a container ship struck one of its piers. Officials have announced plans to replace the bridge by fall 2028. Initially named the Outer Harbor Crossing, the bridge was renamed in 1976 for poet Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner", the U.S. national anthem. At , it was the second-longest bridge in the Baltimore metropolitan area, after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Its main span of was the third-longest of any continuous truss in the world.Durkee, JacksonWorld's Longest Bridge Spans, National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999. Operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), the bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 83
Interstate 83 (I-83) is an Interstate Highway located in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Eastern United States. Its southern terminus is at a signalized intersection with Fayette Street in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; its northern terminus is at Interstate 81, I-81 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I-83 runs from Downtown Baltimore north to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 near the northern suburb of Timonium, Maryland, Timonium on the Jones Falls Expressway before forming a concurrency (road), concurrency with I-695. After splitting from I-695, the route follows the Baltimore–Harrisburg Expressway north to the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Upon crossing the state line, I-83 becomes the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Memorial Highway and continues north through York, Pennsylvania, York toward the Harrisburg area. The route runs along the southern and eastern portion of the Capital Beltway (Harrisburg), Capital Beltway that encircle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 795 (Maryland)
Interstate 795 (I-795), also known as the Northwest Expressway, is a auxiliary Interstate Highway linking Baltimore's northwestern suburbs of Pikesville, Maryland, Pikesville, Owings Mills, Maryland, Owings Mills, and Reisterstown, Maryland, to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695). The route bypasses Maryland Route 140 (MD 140; Reisterstown Road), carrying part of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)'s Baltimore Metro SubwayLink in its median for a stretch, and provides direct access to the former Owings Mills Mall. It never connects to its parent, Interstate 95 in Maryland, I-95, except via I-695. Route description I-795 begins in Pikesville at a directional T interchange with I-695 (Baltimore Beltway), which heads south toward Glen Burnie, Maryland, Glen Burnie and east toward Towson, Maryland, Towson. I-695 provides access to I-95 in the directions of Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to highways into Baltimore. Immediately to the east of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 70 In Maryland
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Cove Fort, Utah, to Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, Woodlawn just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. In Maryland, the Interstate Highway runs from the Pennsylvania state line in Hancock, Maryland, Hancock east to the Interstate's eastern terminus at its junction with Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695. I-70 is the primary east–west Interstate in Maryland; the Interstate Highway connects Baltimore—and Washington, D.C., via Interstate 270 (Maryland), I-270—with Western Maryland. The Interstate serves Frederick, Maryland, Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, Hagerstown directly and provides access to Cumberland, Maryland, Cumberland via its junction with Interstate 68 in Maryland, I-68 at Hancock. I-70 concurrency (road), runs concurrently with its predecessor highway, U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), from Hancock to Indian Springs, Maryland, Indian Springs in Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore–Washington Parkway
The Baltimore–Washington Parkway (also referred to as the B–W Parkway) is a controlled-access parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running southwest from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. The road begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 50 (US 50) near Cheverly in Prince George's County at the Washington, D.C., border, and continues northeast as a parkway maintained by the National Park Service (NPS) to MD 175 near Fort Meade, serving many federal institutions. This portion of the parkway is dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman, a representative of Maryland's 5th congressional district, and has the unsigned Maryland Route 295 (MD 295) designation. Commercial vehicles, including trucks, are prohibited within this stretch. This section is administered by the NPS's Greenbelt Park unit. After leaving park service boundaries the highway is maintained by the state and signed with the MD 295 designation. This section of the parkway passes near Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 97
Interstate 97 (I-97) is a north-south Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It runs entirely within Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for from U.S. Route 50 in Maryland, U.S. Route 50/U.S. Route 301 in Maryland, U.S. Route 301 (US 50/US 301) in Parole, Maryland, Parole near Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis north to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 and I-895B in Brooklyn Park, Maryland, Brooklyn Park near Baltimore. The interstate is the primary highway between Baltimore and Annapolis. I‑97 connects Annapolis with Baltimore/Washington International Airport and links the northern Anne Arundel County communities of Crownsville, Maryland, Crownsville, Millersville, Maryland, Millersville, Severna Park, Maryland, Severna Park, Glen Burnie, Maryland, Glen Burnie, and Ferndale, Maryland, Ferndale. It is currently the second shortest List of Interstate Highways, primary Interstate Highway in the country after the unfinished In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
