Maryland Route 5

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MD Route 5
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	74.34 mi[1] (119.64 km)
South end:	Point Lookout
Major junctions:	MD 235 MD 4 MD 6 MD 231 US 301 MD 373 MD 381 MD 223 MD 337 I-95/I-495 MD 414 MD 637 Suitland Parkway
North end:	Branch Avenue in Suitland
Highways in Maryland < MD 4 MD 6 > State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

Maryland Route 5 is a long highway that runs north to south in Maryland. The highway begins in Suitland - Hillcrest Heights, Maryland at the state line with Washington, D.C. passes Andrews Air Force Base, and runs to Point Lookout in St. Mary's County. Route 5 is an extension of Branch Avenue in Washington, D.C., and bears the same name in Prince George's County. In the 1990s, several major grade intersections in Prince George's County were upgraded to freeway interchanges, to speed traffic. In Charles County, Route 5 is called Leonardtown Road; in St. Mary's County it is known as Point Lookout Road.

Route 5 is a major link between Washington and Southern Maryland.[2] The route services Waldorf, an important and vital community in Southern Maryland, and Leonardtown, the seat of St. Mary's County.

Route 5 is nearly 75 miles in length. Branch Avenue/Route 5 is part of the National Highway System from Pennsylvania Avenue in the District to Point Lookout.

[edit] Counties traversed

• Prince George's County
• Charles County
• St. Mary's County

[edit] Hughesville Bypass

In February 2007, a bypass around the town of Hughesville was completed, redirecting Route 5 to the east of the town. The bypass is an approximately 3 mile long stretch of limited access highway, with an overpass located at the intersection of Maryland Route 231. The bypass was built due to the heavy amount of congestion at the old intersection of Route 5 and Route 231 in Hughesville's central business district, where traffic from all three Southern Maryland counties converged. The bypass was formally dedicated in August 2007.

[edit] Junction list

County	Location	Mile[1]	Intersection	Notes
Saint Mary's County	Point Lookout	0.00	Point Lookout Road	Southern terminus of MD Route 5
		5.01	MD 235 - Three Notch Road
	Saint Mary's City	10.92	MD 584
		13.33	MD 489 - Park Hall Road
		17.20	MD 246 - Great Mills Road
		17.46	MD 471 - Indian Bridge Road
		18.65	MD 249 - Piney Point Road
	Leonardtown	24.71	MD 244 - Medleys Neck Road
		25.53	MD 4 - St. Andrews Church Road
		26.70	MD 245 - Hollywood Road
		28.09	MD 243 - Newtowne Neck Road
		28.83	MD 234 - Budds Creek Road
		32.61	MD 247 - Loveville Road
		33.67	MD 242 - Colton Point Road
		35.14	MD 238 - Chaptico Road
		38.32	MD 235 - Three Notch Road
		42.55	MD 236 - Thompsons Corner Road
		42.76	MD 6 - New Market Turner Road
Charles County		47.08	MD 231 - Prince Frederick Road
		52.17	MD 488 - La Plata Road
		59.10	US 301 - Crain Highway	MD 5 joins US 301
Prince George's County		61.75	US 301 - Crain Highway	MD 5 leaves US 301
		62.26	MD 373 - Accokeek Road
		67.05	MD 223 - Woodyard Road
		69.88	MD 337 - Allentown Road
		71.15	I-95/I-495 - Capital Beltway
		72.67	MD 414 - St. Barnabas Road
		73.23	MD 458 - Silver Hill Road
		73.95	MD 637 - Naylor Road
		74.27	Suitland Parkway
		74.34	District of Columbia line	Northern terminus of MD 5

[edit] See also

• List of Maryland state highways

[edit] External links

• Maryland 5 on mdroads.com

[edit] References

1. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration, Highway Location Reference, 2005