Maryland Route 710 (MD 710) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Maryland
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, located in
Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County (; ), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, an increase of just under 10% since 2010. Its county seat is Annapolis, wh ...
. Known as Ordnance Road, the state highway runs from
MD 2 in
Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 72,891 at the 2020 census.
History
In 1812, Elias Glenn, a district attorn ...
east to
MD 173 in
Brooklyn Park at the city limits of
Baltimore
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. MD 710 provides access to the
Defense Logistics Agency Curtis Bay Depot, a unit of the
General Services Administration
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. The state highway is named for the federal site's prior use as a U.S. Army Depot. MD 710 was constructed in the early 1940s and relocated for most of its length concurrent with the construction of
MD 10 in the early 1970s.
Route description
MD 710 begins at an intersection with MD 2 (Governor Ritchie Highway) surrounded by four shopping centers in Glen Burnie. The roadway continues west as county-maintained West Ordnance Road. MD 710 heads east as a four-lane
divided highway and meets MD 10 (Arundel Expressway) at a
partial cloverleaf interchange
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The design has been well received, and has since become one of the most popular freeway-to-arterial interchange designs in North America. It has also bee ...
. Beyond MD 10, the state highway curves to the northeast, crosses a branch of Furnace Creek, and reduces to a two-lane undivided road. MD 710 passes the Anne Arundel County Correctional Center, a U.S. Army Reserve Center, and the
Defense Logistics Agency Curtis Bay Depot. The state highway curves east and has a grade crossing of
CSX
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's Curtis Bay Branch underneath
Interstate 695 (I-695, Baltimore Beltway). MD 710's eastern terminus is at an intersection with MD 173 (Pennington Avenue/Hawkins Point Road) in Brooklyn Park at the city limits of Baltimore.
History
MD 710 was constructed as a concrete road in 1942 to connect the
Curtis Bay Ordnance Depot with MD 173 and MD 2.
The highway originally followed what is now MD 711 east from MD 2. Beyond MD 711, the highway headed east through the site of MD 10's interchange with I-695 to what is now the U.S. Army Reserve Center, then followed its present alignment to MD 173.
MD 710 was relocated to its present course, including the divided highway segment, in 1972 in conjunction with the construction of MD 10.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
MDRoads: MD 710MD 710 at AARoads.com
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Maryland Route 710