Maryland Route 175

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MD Route 175
Millersville Road, Ft. Meade Road, Jessup Road, Waterloo Road, Little Patuxent Pkwy, Rouse Pkwy Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	17.01 mi[1] (27.37 km)
Formed:	1933
South end:	MD 3 in Millersville
Major junctions:	MD 677 near Gambrills MD 170 in Odenton MD 32 near Fort Meade MD 713 near Fort Meade MD 295 near Jessup MD 723 near Annapolis Junction US 1 in Waterloo I-95 near Waterloo MD 108 near Columbia US 29 in Columbia
North end:	Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia
Highways in Maryland < MD 174 MD 176 > State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

Maryland Route 175 is a 17-mile-long north-south road in central Maryland.

[edit] Route description

MD 175 begins at MD 3, just south of the latter's northern terminus at Interstate 97, known as Annapolis Road. It runs north as a two-lane suburban highway, passing through local neighborhoods and south of Arundel High School before widening into a four-lane suburban arterial south of Odenton. After entering Odenton, the route passes through a shopping district before intersecting the southern terminus of MD 170 Telegraph Rd., a direct route to the western edge of BWI Airport and Linthicum. Beyond MD 170, MD 175 interchanges with the Patuxent Freeway, MD 32, near Fort Meade.

Beyond MD 170, MD 175 continues north and runs into Fort Meade. Inside the fort, the route meets the southern terminus of MD 174, which runs north into Glen Burnie, intersecting MD 3 Business near MD 100. After exiting the fort, the route intersects MD 713, a north-south route that runs between the fort and Arundel Mills Mall.

Exiting Fort Meade, MD 175 runs northwest through suburban neighborhoods before interchanging with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway just north of its maintenance changeover point between MDOT SHA and the National Park Service. Continuing north, and now known as Waterloo Road, the route runs through Jessup, crossing the B&O route to Washington D.C. at Annapolis Junction and passing to the south of the Maryland House of Correction, before intersecting U.S. 1 in Waterloo.

After intersecting US 1, MD 175 widens into a four-lane arterial highway and interchanges with Interstate 95 just west of Waterloo, then intersects the eastern terminus of MD 108 just beyond I-95. Now known as Rouse Parkway, the route interchanges with Columbia Gateway Drive and Snowden River Parkway in quick succession, before passing through the Dobbin Center, a large shopping district in eastern Columbia.

After intersecting Dobbin Road, MD 175 continues west as a four-lane at-grade expressway through the Columbia suburbs, intersecting Tamar Drive and Thunder Mill Road before interchanging with [[U.S. U.S. 29 at a cloverleaf interchange. Just beyond the interchange, MD 175 reaches its northern terminus, with the road itself extending north through the Columbia town center as Little Patuxent Parkway.

[edit] History

Before World War II, MD 175 ran northeast from Fort Meade along MD 713; the current route through Fort Meade did not exist, and MD 175 south of the fort's boundaries was designated as Maryland Route 180. By the end of the 1940s, MD 180 had been decommissioned after the construction of MD 175 through the fort.

North of Fort Meade, MD 175 once traversed MD 108 and MD 104 to terminate at MD 103. After the construction of the Little Patuxent Parkway (now Rouse Parkway), MD 175 was diverted away from this route and into Columbia, terminating on the western edge of its interchange with US 29.

[edit] Rouse Parkway

In May 2006, the approximately four-mile stretch of MD 175 between I-95 and U.S. 29 in Columbia was renamed the Rouse Parkway in honor of Jim and Patty Rouse.

[edit] Future work

This article contains information about a planned or expected future road. It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change as the road's construction or completion approaches and more information becomes available.

There are plans to widen and improve the road between Maryland Route 170 in Odenton and the Baltimore Washington Parkway in Jessup due to the increasing development in and around Fort Meade. The changes to the fort, mainly as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure program instituted by the U.S. government, will add to already elevated traffic levels on the route, particularly between the B-W Parkway and MD 170 Telegraph Rd. The Maryland State Highway Administration's plans to widen the road are contingent on planning studies currently underway in the affected area.

[edit] Junction list

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Anne Arundel	Millersville	0.0	Maryland Route 3 north / Robert Crain Highway - Baltimore (to I-97)	once continued east to
		0.1	Maryland Route 3 south / Robert Crain Highway - Crofton, Bowie (to US 50/US 301)
	Gambrills		Gambrills Rd. north - to MD 3 Business
			Burns Crossing Rd. north - to MD 32
		2.3	Maryland Route 677 east / Sappington Station Rd. - to MD 32
	Odenton	3.3	Maryland Route 170 north / Telegraph Rd.-Piney Orchard Pkwy. south - Linthicum, Patuxent Research Refuge	runs north of
	Fort Meade	4.3	Maryland Route 32 / Patuxent Freeway - Savage, Annapolis	grade-separated interchange between routes
		5.9	Maryland Route 174 north / Reece Rd. - Severn, Glen Burnie	former route of
		7.3	Maryland Route 713 north / Ridge Rd.-Rockenbach Rd. south - Hanover, Arundel Mills Mall	runs north of
		8.4	B-W Parkway - Washington, D.C., Baltimore	grade-separated interchange between routes; is unsigned south of
	Jessup	9.0	Brock Bridge Rd. - Annapolis Junction (to MD 32)
			Wigley Ave. - to MD 103
		9.7	Maryland Route 723 north / Old Jessup Rd.	former route of
Howard			Dorsey Run Rd. - Maryland Wholesale Food Center (to MD 32)
	Waterloo	11.4	US 1 / Baltimore-Washington Blvd. - Savage, Elkridge
		12.0	Interstate 95 - Baltimore, Washington D.C.	grade-separated interchange between routes
		12.5	Maryland Route 108 west / Waterloo Rd. - Ellicott City	former route of
	Columbia		Columbia Gateway Drive south	grade-separated interchange between routes
		13.4	Snowden River Parkway - to Broken Land Parkway and MD 100
		14.0	Dobbin Rd. - Dobbin Center
		14.9	Tamar Drive - to Snowden River Parkway
			Thunder Hill Rd. - to Broken Land Parkway
		16.6	US 29 / Columbia Pike - Silver Spring, Baltimore (to I-70)	grade-separated interchange between routes
ends west of ; Little Patuxent Parkway continues west

[edit] External links

• MD 175 @ MDRoads.com
• MD 175, MD 295 to MD 170 @ MDOT SHA