Route 3 (Baltimore)
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Route 3 is a bus route in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It currently runs from Cromwell Bridge Road Park and Ride or Sheppard Pratt Hospital to the Inner Harbor, and is operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. The bus route is the successor to the St. Paul Street streetcar line.
[edit] History
The Route 17 streetcar line, which operated on St. Paul Street and North Charles Street until 1947, became Route 3 when it was replaced by buses between Baynesville and downtown.
In 1959, the line was extended to Halethorpe along the Wilkens Avenue corridor, where it served St. Agnes Hospital and UMBC. It followed this route until 1987, when the line was split. After that, service along the Wilkens Avenue corridor was provided by the new Route 31. Service along the same route is currently provided by Route 35.
In 1990, a new branch was added to Route 3 that operated to Towson and Sheppard Pratt primarily along Joppa Road. This new service replaced a branch of Route 8 to Eudowood.
