U.S. Route 1 Alternate (Washington, D.C.)

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U.S. Route 1 Alternate

Bladensburg Road, Baltimore Avenue

Length:

2.09 mi (3.36 km)

South end:

US 1 at D.C. line in Cottage City

Major
junctions:

MD 450 in Bladensburg

North end:

US 1 in Hyattsville

Counties:

Prince George's

Highways in Maryland
< US 1		MD 2 >
State highways - Minor - Decommissioned

U.S. Route 1 Alternate is a bannered highway forming a loop off of U.S. Route 1 between Washington, D.C., and Hyattsville, Maryland.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Junction list
- 3.1 Maryland
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Route description

In the District of Columbia, U.S. 1 Alternate splits from U.S. 1 at the corner of 6th Street and New York Avenue, N.W. U.S. 1 Alternate follows New York Avenue (which is also U.S. Highway 50) eastward to Bladensburg Road, N.E., and then splits off from New York Avenue to follow Bladensburg Road into Prince George's County, Maryland. In Maryland, U.S. 1 Alternate follows Bladensburg Road and then Baltimore Avenue into Hyattsville, where it rejoins U.S. 1 at Rhode Island Avenue.

[edit] History

In the 1940s, this route was known as Bypass US 1, and was cosigned with U.S. Route 50 Alternate and Maryland Route 411.

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[edit] Junction list

[edit] Maryland

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
continues from Washington D.C.
Prince George's	Hyattsville	0.5	Maryland Route 208 / 38th St. - Brentwood
		1.0	Maryland Route 450 / Annapolis Rd. - Annapolis
		2.1	US 1 / Baltimore Ave. - College Park	northern terminus of