Maryland Route 10

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MD Route 10
Arundel Expressway
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 7.17 mi[1] (11.54 km)
South end: MD 2 near Pasadena
Major
junctions:		 MD 100 near Pasadena
North end: I-695 near Baltimore
Highways in Maryland
< MD 8 US 11 >
State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes
This article is about the Maryland state highway. For the Baltimore area bus route, see MTA Maryland Route 10.

Maryland Route 10, also known as the Arundel Expressway, is a state highway and freeway in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

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[edit] Cities and towns

[edit] Route description

The highway runs from the Baltimore Beltway south to an intersection with Maryland Route 2 (Ritchie Highway) in Pasadena and serves mostly to bypass Ritchie Highway through Glen Burnie. MD 10 helped to relieve traffic congestion in that area prior to the construction of Interstate 97, despite it going no further south than MD 100 and MD 2.

Despite its short length and lack of interchanges, the highway is six lanes wide between MD 177 and MD 710, a reminder of the route's planned importance.

The highway interchanges with Maryland Route 100 via a flat crossover junction, where each route switches to the other route's through carriageway, forcing traffic from each route to weave across itself to continue on the same route.

[edit] Exit list

Exit numbers are not marked on MD 10.

Location Mile Destinations Notes
Pasadena 0.0 Maryland Route 2 - Severna Park; Annapolis southbound exit and northbound entrance; at-grade intersection
0.8
Maryland Route 100 east - Gibson Island		 southbound exit and northbound entrance; joins northbound and leaves southbound
1.3
Maryland Route 100 west - to I-97		 northbound exit and southbound entrance; joins southbound and leaves northbound
1.7 Maryland Route 177 / Mountain Rd. - Jacobsville southbound exit and northbound entrance
Harundale 3.6 Maryland Route 648 / Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. - Sun Valley; Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie 5.0 Maryland Route 270 / Furnace Branch Road
6.2 Maryland Route 710 / Ordnance Road - Glen Burnie
7.2
Interstate 695 east / Baltimore Beltway - Key Bridge; Dundalk		 northbound exit and southbound entrance
7.2
Interstate 695 west / Baltimore Beltway - Baltimore (to MD 2); Towson		 northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] History

MD 10 was to have continued south of MD 2 to Annapolis, to relieve the congestion of Ritchie Highway between Baltimore and Annapolis. However, the continuation of the highway was canceled after major protests from the owners of properties within the highway's path. The desire to relieve MD 2, often described as a 25-mile "shopping strip", led to the upgrade of the MD 3-MD 178 corridor into Interstate 97.

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