Maryland Route 210
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| MD Route 210 |
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| Indian Head Highway Maintained by MDSHA |
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| Length: | 21.27 mi[1] (34.23 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: | Naval Surface Weapons Center in Indian Head | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 MD 225 |
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| North end: | South Capitol Street at the Washington, D.C line | ||||||||||||
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Maryland Route 210, or Indian Head Highway, is a state highway in Prince George's and Charles counties in Maryland. At its northern end, MD-210 starts from the end of South Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., connecting the U.S. Capitol with Indian Head, Maryland. This state route is accessed from the Capital Beltway by way of Exit 2A (northbound only), Exit 3 (northbound and southbound) and from ramps to and from the southern terminus of Interstate 295. Maryland Route 210 is part of the National Highway System as an arterial route from the Washington, D.C. city line to Maryland Route 228. The Metrobus system provides local bus transportation for various stops along the highway.
In the southbound direction, Maryland Route 210 passes through the town of Forest Heights and the unincorporated communities of Oxon Hill, Fort Washington and Accokeek in Prince George's County. In Charles County, Maryland, the highway passes the unincorporated communities of Bryans Road and Potomac Heights, in addition to the town of Indian Head. At its southernmost point, Maryland Route 210 ends at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Indian Head, Maryland.
The junction of Maryland Route 210 and Maryland Route 228 is one of only a few continuous-flow intersections (CFIs) in the United States. The CFI at this intersection was built in 2000.
In the early morning hours of February 16, 2008, eight spectators of a drag race died and at least four others were injured when a vehicle that was not involved in the race struck the crowd, which was standing in the middle of Route 210 in Accokeek.[1]
[edit] Construction
The highway was originally constructed in 1942, known as the Indian Head Naval Reservation Access Road.[2][3]
In recent years, development in Charles County and Prince Georges County has prompted the state to start various traffic alleviation projects along the Maryland Route 210, such as lane widening from the Interstate 295 merge onto the highway to the Charles County line. The northern half of the highway from Interstate 295 to Maryland Route 228 is designated and funded for road construction under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project, including replacing every at-grade intersection with controlled-access ramp interchanges, with the overall goal of decreasing constant bottlenecks in the area. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Car Plows Into Crowd Watching Pr. George's Street Race, Killing 8. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ Charter for Forest Heights. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- ^ BCHDP Planning Study II - Broad Creek History, Maryland National Park and Planning Commission, pp. 30, <http://www.mncppc.org/county/BCHD/BCHDPlanning_Study/BCHDP%20Planning%20StudyII.pdf>
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration, MD 210 Project Information
[edit] External links
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