Interstate 195 (Maryland)

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Interstate 195 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	4.88 mi (7.85 km)
Formed:	1985
West end:	I-95/MD 166 near Catonsville
Major junctions:	MD 295
East end:	Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Highways in Maryland < MD 194 MD 195 > < MD 45 MD 47 > State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

Interstate 195 (abbreviated I-195) in Maryland is a spur of Interstate 95 just south of Baltimore that travels from Interstate 95 to Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

I-195 is also known as Metropolitan Boulevard.

[edit] Route description

Although I-195 begins at Interstate 95, the actual freeway starts at an intersection with Maryland Route 166 near Catonsville. The area of the intersection includes a park and ride, as well as a wye interchange with UMBC Boulevard. After interchanging with I-95, the route continues southeast to interchange with U.S. Route 1. After the interchange, I-195 crosses I-895 (the Harbor Tunnel Thruway) with no connection whatsoever. After crossing the Patapsco River, the route interchanges with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Maryland Route 170 (which is part of the "Airport Loop").

The speed limit for most of I-195 is 60 miles per hour; there is a sudden drop in the speed limit to 30 miles per hour as the route enters and terminates at the Airport.

I-195 was completed in 1990 after five years of construction.

[edit] History

The first part of I-195 to be constructed was the segment between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and the airport itself, then known as Friendship International Airport. This segment was designated Maryland Route 46.

The second part of I-195 to be constructed was the segment between Maryland Route 166 and U.S. Route 1; this segment was built as part of the construction of I-95 between the Baltimore Beltway and the Capital Beltway, and opened alongside the connecting portion of I-95 in 1971, leaving a gap between U.S. 1 and the B-W Parkway. It is unclear if the I-195 designation was ever applied to the disjoint segments of the freeway at this time; MDOT SHA maps from before 1990 show the northern segment as part of MD 166 and the southern segment as MD 46.

Eventually, the gap was closed with a pair of bridges over the Patapsco River, which were opened in June 1990, thus completing I-195 in its entirety.

[edit] Miscellanea

• The mileposts on I-195, and thus the exit numbers, run contrary to the cardinal directions used; the zero milepost is at BWI and the mileposts ascend towards I-95.
• Although westbound I-195 ends at I-95, eastbound I-195 appears to begin at MD 166; trailblazers marking I-195 on the eastbound carriageway appear immediately after turning onto the route from MD 166.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
begins at
Baltimore		4.88		Maryland Route 166 / S Rolling Rd. - Catonsville	northern terminus of Metropolitan Blvd.
				Park and Ride	northbound entrance and southbound exit
				UMBC Blvd. - University of Maryland, Baltimore County	northbound entrance and southbound exit
		4.5	4	Interstate 95 - Baltimore (to I-695), Washington D.C. (via I-495)	ends within this interchange
	Arbutus	3.3	3	US 1 / Washington Blvd. - Elkridge, Halethorpe
Anne Arundel		1.8	2	Baltimore-Washington Parkway - Baltimore, Washington D.C.
		0.7	1	Maryland Route 170 / Telegraph Rd. / Airport Loop - Odenton, Linthicum
		0.0		BWI Airport	roadway loops through airport parking lot
ends at BWI Airport

[edit] External links

• I-195 @ MDRoads.com

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95 Florida: 195 • 295 • 395 • 595 • 795 (future) — North Carolina: 295 (future) • 795 — Virginia: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 595 (former) — District of Columbia: 295 • 395 • 495 • 695 (unsigned) — Maryland: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 595 (unsigned) • 695 • 795 • 895 — Delaware: 295 • 495 • 895 (former) — Pennsylvania: 695 (unbuilt) • 895 (unbuilt) — New Jersey: 195 • 295 • 495 (former) • 695 (unbuilt) • 895 (unbuilt) — New York: 295 • 495 • 695 • 895 — Connecticut - Rhode Island - Massachusetts: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 695 (unbuilt) • 895 (unbuilt) — Maine: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 (unsigned)