Maryland Route 147

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MD Route 147
Harford Road
Maintained by MDSHA, Baltimore DOT
Length: 18.81 mi[1] (30.27 km)
South end: US 1 in Baltimore
Major
junctions:		 MD 542

I-695
MD 152
North end: US 1 in Benson
Highways in Maryland
< MD 146 MD 149 >
State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

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

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[edit] Route description

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, the Baltimore and Harford Turnpike was chartered by the state to maintain the road as a toll road. In 1818 and 1819, bridges over Herring Run and Gunpowder Falls, respectively, were completed. The turnpike ended at the present U.S. Route 1 junction at Benson, where the Bel-Air Turnpike (now US 1) later continued to Bel Air.[1]

Harford Road was designated MD 147 as part of the State Highway Administration's original 1933 route numbering plan.[citation needed]

Further information about the history of Harford Road may be found in the article on Old Harford Road, and in the Wikipedia article on Parkville, Maryland.

[edit] Notes

  • 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.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Harford County Circuit Court Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, Land Records ALJ 3, p. 389, "Turnpike from Bel Air to meet the Baltimore and Harford Turnpike", 1854

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