Maryland Route 147

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Maryland Route 147, also known as Harford Road, is a north-south road traversing Harford County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The northern terminus of Harford Road is an intersection with US Route 1 (Belair Rd.) in Benson, just south of Bel Air, and passes through the communities of Fallston, Fork, Mount Vista, Carney, and Parkville before entering the city of Baltimore. Inside Baltimore City, it passes through the neighborhoods of Hamilton, Lauraville, and Clifton Park. The MD 147 designation ends at US Route 1 (North Ave.), but Harford Road continues a short distance into downtown Baltimore before becoming Ensor Street.

Maryland Route 147 is usually regarded as an alternate route from Baltimore City to the northeastern suburbs and to Bel Air, although it also serves as an intra-city arterial route.

[edit] History

The Harford Road was established during colonial times and linked the town of Belair and the homesteads on the Gunpowder Falls with the fledgling port of Baltimore. In 1816, a turnpike company was hired to maintain the road as a toll road. In 1818 and 1819, bridges over Herring Run and Gunpowder Falls, respectively, were completed. Harford Road was designated MD 147 as part of the State Highway Administration's original 1933 route numbering plan.

[edit] Trivia

Oddly, Maryland Route 147 has both its northern and southern terminus at US Route 1. Two of MD 147's intersections in Parkville, the first with Joppa Rd. and the second with Putty Hill Ave., have been named by Baltimore County as two of the busiest in the county.