Northern Parkway

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Northern Parkway is a major road that runs west-east across the northern part of the city Baltimore. For most of the way, it is at least six lanes wide, and it is used by motorists for crosstown travel.

Northern Parkway starts in the west at Liberty Heights Avenue in Northwest Baltimore's Gwynn Oak community, and in the east at Belair Road in Overlea. It travels through the communities of Park Heights, Pimlico, Mt. Washington, Roland Park, Homeland, Govans, and Hamilton.

[edit] Public transportation

There is no single bus line that travels across all of Northern Parkway. However, there are buses operating on various portions of the route, operated by the Maryland Transit Administration.

From Reisterstown Road to York Road, service is provided by Route 44. Route 36 operates from York Road to The Alameda, and Route 55 from McLean Boulevard to Belair Road. All other areas of Northern Parkway are within a close walk of a bus line.

In addition, there are many line that either cross or operate on small portions of Northern Parkway. These include Routes 1, 3, 8, 11, 15, 19, 27, 61, 91, M-1, M-2, and M-3.

The Rogers Avenue Metro Subway Station is located near Northern Parkway, and the Mt. Washington Light Rail Stop about a mile away.

In the past, Route 66 operated along Northern Parkway from Springlake Way to Belair Road, but this was eliminated in 1993. Route M-8 ran along Northern Parkway from Wabash Avenue to Liberty Road until it was rerouted in 2005.