U.S. Route 1 in Maryland

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U.S. Route 1
Rhode Island Ave., Baltimore-Washington Blvd., Southwestern Blvd., Monroe St. / Fulton Ave., North Ave., Belair Rd., Conowingo Rd. Maintained by MDSHA, Baltimore DOT
Length:	84 mi[1] (135 km)
Formed:	1926
South end:	US 1 in Mount Rainier
Major junctions:	I-95/I-495 in College Park MD 32 near Savage MD 100 near Elkridge I-895 near Relay I-195 in Relay I-695 near Arbutus US 40 in Baltimore I-83 in Baltimore MD 2 in Baltimore I-695 near White Marsh US 222/MD 222 in Conowingo
North end:	US 1 near Rising Sun
Counties:	Prince George's, Howard, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Baltimore (again), Harford, Cecil
Major cities:	Mount Rainier, Hyattsville, College Park, Beltsville, Laurel, Savage, Elkridge, Baltimore, Bel Air, Hickory, Conowingo, Rising Sun
Highways in Maryland < MD 992 MD 2 > State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

U.S. Route 1 in Maryland is an 84-mile segment of the U.S. highway that runs through central Maryland.

[edit] Route description

From Washington, D.C., U.S. Route 1 (a.k.a. Rhode Island Avenue) enters Maryland in the community of Mount Rainier. From there, it passes through Hyattsville (where it merges with Baltimore Avenue), Riverdale Park, College Park (including the University of Maryland campus), Beltsville, Muirkirk, Laurel, Savage, Jessup, Dorsey, and Elkridge, before entering Baltimore, where it follows Southwestern Boulevard, Wilkens Avenue, Monroe Street, Fulton Street, and North Avenue (the old northern boundary of Baltimore). It exits Baltimore to the northeast along Bel Air Road, through the towns of Overlea/Fullerton, Perry Hall, and Kingsville, until just north of Fallston, where Route 1 becomes the Bel Air Bypass. Finally, it becomes Conowingo Road after crossing MD Route 543. From that point north, the highway travels through rural areas to the Pennsylvania border, on a stretch which includes crossing the Susquehanna River atop the Conowingo Dam.

US 1 is paralleled by several major highways as it passes through Maryland, including Interstate 95, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, U.S. Route 29 and U.S. Route 301. Thus, US 1 has lost its significance as a long distance route through the state. It is often congested, however, because it remains a major route in the individual towns it traverses.

Between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Route 1 is also known as the Baltimore-Washington Boulevard and (closer to D.C.) Baltimore Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue.

[edit] Junction list

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Washington D.C. border
Prince George's	Mount Rainier	MD 208 north (38th Street) – Hyattsville
	Hyattsville	US 1 Alt. south (Baltimore Avenue) – Bladensburg, Washington D.C.
	Riverdale Park	MD 410 (East-West Highway) to US 50 – Bethesda, Glenarden
	College Park	MD 430 (Greenbelt Road) to MD 193	Corner of US 1/MD 193 intersection
		MD 193 (University Boulevard) – Takoma Park, Greenbelt	Interchange
	North College Park	I-95 (Capital Beltway) / I-495 – Baltimore, Richmond	Interchange
		MD 212 (Powder Mill Road) – Beltsville
	Laurel	To MD 197 (Muirkirk Road east)
		To MD 197 (Contee Road) - Laurel Regional Hospital, Maryland National Memorial Park
		To MD 197 (Cherry Lane) - Laurel Mall
		MD 198 (Fort Meade Road) – Spencerville, Fort Meade
Howard		To MD 198 (Whiskey Bottom Road) – North Laurel Park
	Savage	Gorman Road - Savage Mill via Bollman Truss Bridge
		MD 32 (Patuxent Freeway) – Clarksville, Fort Meade	Interchange
		Guilford Road - Columbia, Annapolis Junction
	Waterloo	MD 175 (Waterloo Road) – Columbia, Jessup
		MD 103 (Meadowridge Road, Dorsey Road) to MD 100 – Ellicott City
	Elkridge	MD 100 – Ellicott City, Glen Burnie	Interchange
		To MD 103 (Montgomery Road)
		I-895 north (Harbor Tunnel Thruway) – Baltimore	northbound entrance, southbound exit
Baltimore	Relay	I-195 (Metropolitan Boulevard) – Baltimore - BWI Airport	Interchange
		US 1 Alt. north (Washington Boulevard) to I-695	northbound entrance, southbound exit
	Arbutus	I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) to I-83 to I-70 to I-97 – Towson, Glen Burnie	minimal connections present; use US 1 Alt.
Baltimore City	Baltimore City	MD 372 west (Wilkens Avenue) – Catonsville
		US 1 Alt. south (Caton Avenue) to I-95
		To I-95 south (South Monroe Street) to MD 295
		To MD 2 (W. Pratt Street) - B&O Railroad Museum, National Aquarium
		W. Lombard St. - University of Maryland Medical Center
		MD 144 west (Frederick Avenue) – Catonsville
		US 40 (W. Franklin Street, W. Mulberry Street)	Interchange, former I-170
		MD 140 north (Reisterstown Road) – Reisterstown, Westminster
		To US 40 (Pennsylvania Avenue)
		MD 129 north (Park Heights Avenue) – Worthington
		I-83 (Jones Falls Expwy.) – Timonium, York PA
		MD 139 (St. Paul Street, Calvert Street) to I-695 – Towson
		MD 2 south (St. Paul Street, Calvert Street) – Glen Burnie
		MD 45 north (Greenmount Avenue) – Towson, Timonium	Former US 111
		MD 147 north (Harford Road) – Parkville
		To US 40 (Broadway) - Johns Hopkins Hospital
		N. Gay St.
		MD 151 (Erdman Avenue) – Sparrows Point
		To MD 147 (Moravia Road) to I-95 to I-895 - Bnai Israel Cemetery, Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Micheo Kadison Cemetery
		To MD 41 (Northern Parkway)
Baltimore	Fullerton	I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) to I-70 to I-83 – Towson, Essex, Francis Scott Key Bridge	Interchange
		Rossville Boulevard - Rossville
		MD 43 (White Marsh Boulevard) – White Marsh, Martin State Airport
		Joppa Road - Towson	Former MD 148
Harford	Pleasant Hills	MD 152 (Mountain Road) to I-95 to US 40 – Fallston, Aberdeen Proving Ground
	Bel Air	US 1 Bus. north (Baltimore Pike) – Bel Air
		MD 24 south (Vietnam Vets Memorial Highway) to I-95 to US 40 - Aberdeen Proving Ground, Rocks State Park	South end of MD 24 overlap
		MD 24 north / MD 924 south (Rock Spring Road) – Bel Air, Rocks State Park	Interchange, north end of MD 24 overlap
	Hickory	US 1 Bus. (Conowingo Road) – Bel Air, Hickory
		MD 23 west (Jarrettsville Road) – Jarrettsville
		MD 543 (N Fountain Green Road) to MD 22
		US 1 Bus. south (Conowingo Road) – Hickory
		MD 136 (Priestford Road) – Dublin, Churchville
	Dublin	MD 440 west (Dublin Road) – Dublin
		MD 161 south (Darlington Road) / MD 623 north (Castleton Road) – Darlington, Castleton
Conowingo Hydroelectric Dam over Susquehanna River
Cecil	Conowingo	MD 222 south (Susquehanna River Road) to I-95 – Port Deposit, Perryville	South end of MD 222 overlap; Former US 222
		US 222 north (Rock Springs Road) – Oakwood	North end of US 222 overlap
		MD 591 north (Colora Road)	Former US 1
		MD 591 south (Porters Bridge Road)	Former US 1
	Rising Sun	MD 273 east (Rising Sun Road) to MD 213 – Rising Sun, Newark DE
		MD 276 south (Jacob Tome Memorial Highway) to MD 273 – Rising Sun, Port Deposit
Pennsylvania state line

[edit] History

The Washington and Baltimore Turnpike was chartered by the state on December 17, 1812, and ran from the intersection of Pratt and Eutaw Streets, then on the Baltimore city line, to the D.C. border.^[2]

North of Baltimore City, the Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike Company was incorporated by the Maryland General Assembly in 1867. It ran from the eastern city line at the modern-day town of Overlea/Fullerton, through Perry Hall, (running immediately adjacent to the original Perry Hall Mansion) near where most settlement existed at the time, through rural Kingsville, and ended at the Harford County line. In 1909, the State Roads Commission opted to use the right-of-way of this turnpike for the construction of U.S. 1 northeast of the city.^[3]

The original Baltimore-Washington Blvd. was first paved by the state of Maryland in 1914, and became part of US 1 when the U.S. highway system was formed in 1926.

The earliest reference to a numbered route along this corridor was the unmarked State Road No. 1 in 1908 between Baltimore and Washington.[1][2] The route was routed along the general path of present-day US 1 between Baltimore and Washington.

Today, US 1's alignment between the Baltimore city line and the southern terminus of US 1 Business south of Bel Air, 13.5 miles in length, is one of the few arterial highways in Maryland that has not been bypassed in any way. It has remained in this form due to the presence of I-95 and US 40.

[edit] See also

• List of numbered highways in Maryland

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• US 1 @ MDRoads.com

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