U.S. Route 50 in Maryland

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US 50
George Washington Highway,

John Hanson Highway,
Blue Star Memorial Highway,
Ocean Gateway
Length: 150.06 mi (241.50 km)
Direction: West/East
Runs from Redhouse to Ocean City

Routes junctioned
Termini are bolded
Highways in Maryland
Numbered highways
State highways - Minor state highways


There are two sections of U.S. Route 50 that run through the state of Maryland. The longer of these two sections serves as a major route connecting Washington, D.C. with Ocean City. The other section runs through Garrett County for less than 10 miles as part of the Northwestern Turnpike, and enters West Virginia at both ends. Some major towns and cities in Maryland served by the route include Bowie, Annapolis, Easton, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Ocean City.

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[edit] Counties Traversed

US 50 passes through the following Maryland counties:

[edit] Cities and towns

See also: List of cities and towns along U.S. Route 50

[edit] Route description

[edit] George Washington Highway

See also: U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia

A portion of US 50 runs through Garrett County along the old Northwestern Turnpike for less than 10 miles in Maryland. Today this section of the highway is named George Washington Highway after George Washington.

[edit] John Hanson Highway

The John Hanson Highway, named for John Hanson, was the first section of US 50 to be upgraded to a freeway in Maryland. It runs from Washington, DC's New York Avenue to Maryland Route 2 outside of Annapolis. The part of this section between the Capital Beltway and Annapolis' Rowe Boulevard is part of the Interstate Highway System as unsigned Interstate 595. Part of the John Hanson Highway in Prince George's County has HOV lanes, as is common with many freeways near Washington, DC. U.S. Route 301 merges with the highway south of Bowie and remains multiplexed with it until reaching Queenstown on the Eastern Shore.

[edit] Blue Star Memorial Highway

In Annapolis, US 50 becomes a blue star memorial highway and is named Blue Star Memorial Highway. This designation continues east across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to the split with US 301 where US 301 picks up the designation and keeps it until passing the Delaware state line. The US 50/301 portion of the Blue Star Memorial Highway was upgraded to a freeway mostly during the late 1980s and early 1990s; prior to this it was only a divided highway with several local roads intersecting it. After being upgraded, many of these intersections became sharp right-in/right-out ramps.

[edit] Ocean Gateway

Sign used alongside US 50 shields along Ocean Gateway.
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Sign used alongside US 50 shields along Ocean Gateway.
Nighttime view of the sign at the eastern terminus of US 50 in Ocean City, indicating the distance to the western terminus in Sacramento, California.
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Nighttime view of the sign at the eastern terminus of US 50 in Ocean City, indicating the distance to the western terminus in Sacramento, California.

US 50 becomes known as Ocean Gateway in Queenstown after the split with 301 and keeps this name up to its terminus in Ocean City. Shortly after the split, US 50 begins following a north/south path, however, continues to be signed as east/west. After reaching Cambridge, it resumes an east/west path and near Salisbury it is routed along the Salisbury Bypass, a partial beltway around the city, the US 50 portion of which was completed in 2003. Business US 50, the former routing of US 50, goes through Salisbury. On the final stretch toward Ocean City, Maryland Route 90 branches off toward the northern part of the city, while 50 continues to Downtown Ocean City and ends at Maryland Route 528, Philadelphia Avenue.

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] Major junctions

Below is a list of exits for the freeway portion of US 50 in Maryland and some major junctions along the non-freeway portions. Exits are numbered from west to east, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.

County Location # Destinations Notes
Garrett County N/A (state line) US 50 enters from West Virginia
US 219
N/A (state line) US 50 continues into West Virginia
Prince George's Cheverly N/A (state/district line) US 50 enters from the District of Columbia
Baltimore-Washington Parkway / ( MD 295 North) - Baltimore eastbound exit and westbound entrance; B-W Parkway joins westbound and splits eastbound
MD 201 South to I-295 / Kenilworth Avenue - Southeast Washington, DC
MD 201 / ( MD 459 North) / Kenilworth Avenue
( MD 459) - Cheverly, Metro Station
Landover MD 202 / Landover Road - Upper Marlboro, Bladensburg
Landover Hills 5 MD 410 / East-West Highway to Ardwick Ardmore Road
New Carrollton (US 50PA) / ( MD 950) - New Carrollton Station no eastbound exit
7 I-95 / I-495 / Capital Beltway - Baltimore, Richmond split into 7A (south) and 7B (north), I-595 begins
8 MD 704 / Martin Luther King Jr. Highway - Glenarden
Bowie 11 MD 197 / Collington Road - Bowie
13 US 301 South / MD 3 North / (MD 3E) - Richmond, Crofton split into 13A (US 301 South), 13B (MD 3 North) and 13C (Belair Drive); US 301 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
Anne Arundel 16 MD 424 / Davidsonville Road - Davidsonville, Crofton
Annapolis 21 I-97 North - Baltimore I-97's southern terminus
22 MD 665 / Aris T. Allen Boulevard to Riva Road
23B MD 450 to MD 178 - Parole, Crownsville exit 23 eastbound
23A MD 2 South / MD 450 - Parole, Jennifer Road MD 2 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
24 MD 70 / Rowe Boulevard / Bestgate Road - Annapolis split into 24A (MD 70 south) and 24B (Bestgate Road) westbound I-595 ends
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge / Severn River Bridge - Severn River
Arnold 27 MD 2 North / MD 450 South / Ritchie Highway - Baltimore, Severna Park, Naval Academy split into 27A (MD 450 South) and 27B (MD 2 North) westbound; MD 2 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
MD 648 North / Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard westbound exit and entrance, right-in/right-out access
28 Bay Dale Drive
29 MD 179 / St. Margarets Road / Busch's Frontage Road / Cape St. Claire Road / East College Parkway / (MD 908A) / (MD 931Q) split into 29A (MD 179) and 29B (Cape St. Claire Road) eastbound
Sandy Point 30 Whitehall Road / (MD 908C) eastbound exit and entrance, right-in/right-out access
31 Whitehall Road / (MD 908C) eastbound exit and entrance, right-in/right-out access
32 Oceanic Drive / (East College Parkway) / (Whitehall Road) / (MD 908B) / (MD 908D) - Sandy Point State Park
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (toll: $2.50 cars - eastbound only) - Chesapeake Bay
Queen Anne's Stevensville 37 MD 8 / (Business Parkway) / (Romancoke Road) - Stevensville, Romancoke
38A Thompson Creek Road / ( MD 835A) eastbound exit and entrance
38A Duke Street westbound exit and entrance
(38B) (US 50QC) - Services westbound exit and entrance
39A Castle Marina Road / (MD 18H) to MD 18 westbound exit and entrance
Chester 39A Cox Neck Road eastbound exit and entrance
39B MD 552 / Dominion Road eastbound exit and entrance
39B Piney Creek Road / (MD 18T) / (MD 552A) westbound exit and entrance
40A South Piney Road eastbound exit and entrance
40A Piney Creek Road westbound exit and entrance
40B Dundee Avenue eastbound exit and entrance
Kent Narrows 41 MD 18 / Main Street - Kent Narrows West
Kent Narrows Bridge - Kent Narrows
42 MD 18 / Main Street / ( MD 835) / (MD 835G) - Kent Narrows East
Grasonville 43A MD 18 / (MD 18F) / Main Street - Grasonville eastbound exit and entrance
43A Jackson Creek Road / (MD 18U) / (MD 835B) westbound exit and entrance
43B Chester River Beach Road / (MD 18V) no westbound exit
44A Station Lane / (MD 18I) eastbound exit and entrance
44A VFW Avenue / (MD 18W) / (MD 835H) westbound exit and entrance
44B Evans Avenue / (MD 18Z) eastbound exit and entrance
44B Winchester Creek Road / (MD 835H) westbound exit and entrance
45A Hess Road / (MD 18X) / (MD 18Y) eastbound exit and entrance
45A Hissey Road / (MD 835I) / (MD 835J) westbound exit and entrance
45B Nesbit Road / (MD 835J) / (MD 835K)
Queenstown US 301 North - Wilmington eastbound exit and westbound entrance, US 301 joins westbound and leaves eastbound, freeway ends
MD 18 / (Main Street) First at-grade intersection after the end of the freeway
MD 456
Wye Mills MD 213 - Centreville
(county line) MD 404 - Denton, Rehoboth
Talbot Easton MD 322 / Easton Parkway to MD 33 - St. Micheaels
MD 328
MD 331 / Dover Road
MD 322 / Easton Parkway to MD 33 - St. Micheaels
Trappe MD 565 / Barber Road
Frederick C. Malkus Bridge - Choptank River
Dorchester Cambridge Maryland Avenue
MD 343
MD 16 MD 16 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
MD 16 MD 16 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
Vienna MD 331 - Vienna
Nanticoke Memorial Bridge - Nanticoke River
Wicomico Mardela Springs MD 54
Salisbury US 50 Business - Salisbury Business US 50 is US 50's pre-2003 alignment through Salisbury
US 13 / US 13 Business / ( Ocean Highway) - Dover, Salisbury
US 13 / US 50 Business - Norfolk, Salisbury
Worcester MD 90 - North Ocean City
Berlin US 113 / (Worcester Highway) - Dover, Snow Hill
Ocean City MD 611 / Stephen Decatur Highway
MD 528 / ( MD 378) / Philadelphia Avenue US 50's eastern terminus

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