Maryland Route 648
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| MD Route 648 |
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| Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard Maintained by MDSHA, Baltimore DOT |
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| South end: |  MD 450 near Annapolis |
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| Major junctions: |
  US 50/US 301 near Annapolis
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| North end: |  MD 295 in Baltimore |
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Maryland Route 648 (Route 648 or MD 648) is the designation given to parts of the Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard that have not been replaced on the spot by Ritchie Highway. This road was originally designated Maryland Route 2 until the completion of Ritchie Highway, at which time Ritchie Highway took on the MD 2 designation and B&A Boulevard was redesignated MD 648.
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MD 648 exists in various suffixed sections, all either signed as MD 648 or unsigned:
Maryland Route 648A begins at Maryland Route 450 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard and Ritchie Highway) east of the bridge over the Severn River from Annapolis. It runs north to the east of MD 450, ending at a dead end just south of U.S. Route 50/U.S. Route 301. In between, it meets the west end of Maryland Route 179, once the road to the ferry that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge replaced.
Maryland Route 648AB is a short unsigned and unnamed connection between MD 648A and MD 450 near their intersection.
Maryland Route 648F runs from a right-in/right-out access to U.S. Route 50 west/U.S. Route 301 south, just across from MD 648A, north to MD 2.
The next two sections of Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard - one west and one east of MD 2 - are short county roads.
Maryland Route 648D splits from MD 2 south of Joyce Lane and heads north on its west side, ending at MD 2 south of Robinson Road.
Maryland Route 648H runs from MD 2 north of Robinson Road north to Maryland Route 177. Sections at its two ends are newer alignments, the one at the north end caused by the construction of Maryland Route 100 and named Waterford Road.
Maryland Route 648AA - Asbury Drive - is old MD 648 from Leelyn Drive just east of the intersection of MD 2 and Robinson Road north to MD 648H.
Maryland Route 915 is a section of old MD 648 just south of its former crossing of the land where Maryland Route 100 now runs. Maryland Route 915H - Ember Drive - runs west from its north end along the south side of MD 100 to a dead end, and Maryland Route 915A - Long Hill Road - is old MD 648 from MD 100 north to Maryland Route 177.
Maryland Route 648E runs from Maryland Route 177 just east of Maryland Route 10 north via Glen Burnie and Ferndale to Maryland Route 295 (Russell Street) in Baltimore. It intersects Maryland Route 270, MD 10, MD 2, Maryland Route 3 Business, Maryland Route 176, Interstate 97, Maryland Route 169, Interstate 695, Maryland Route 170 and Maryland Route 168. It is known as Annapolis Road in Baltimore County and Baltimore.
Maryland Route 648G is a short unsigned connection from the intersection of MD 648E and Maryland Route 270 south to MD 648I.
Maryland Route 648I - McGivney Way - is an unsigned old alignment just east of Maryland Route 10, connected to MD 648E by MD 648G.
[edit] History
Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard was the original road connecting Baltimore and Annapolis before the construction of Ritchie Highway. It received the Maryland Route 2 designation when Maryland state highways were first numbered in 1933. It was later replaced by Ritchie Highway, onto which the MD 2 designation was moved and remaining portions of B&A boulevard were redesignated as MD 648. MD 648 was also routed onto former sections of US 301 when a portion of the Baltimore Beltway was built.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Highway Location Reference, Anne Arundel CountyPDF (7.51 MiB), December 31, 2004
- Highway Location Reference, Baltimore CountyPDF (5.64 MiB), December 31, 2004
