Owings Mills Boulevard
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Owings Mills Boulevard, part of which is Maryland Route 940, is a major roadway in Baltimore County, Maryland. Currently, Owings Mills Boulevard begins at Lyons Mill Road in Owings Mills, then continues north under the same name until a 4-way stop at Bond Avenue, and the road's name then changes to Central Avenue until its end at Butler Road.
The portion of Owings Mills Boulevard which is designated as Maryland Route 940 exists between Red Run Boulevard and Maryland Route 140 (Reisterstown Road).
Though Owings Mills Boulevard and Maryland Route 140 (Reisterstown Road) are the two major roads in the Reisterstown/Owings Mills area, they do not have a physical intersection due to Reisterstown Road dipping below Owings Mills Boulevard. Rather, a two-way, multilane interchange ramp connects the two. At each end of this ramp is a traffic light where it intersects with these roads.
After exiting northbound I-795, a left turn is prohibited onto Dolfield Road, and this is enforced with a median between the general traffic lanes and the left turn lane. This is done to prevent motorists from weaving across three lanes of traffic within a short distance to make this left turn. In order to make such a turn, a U-turn is required at the subsequent light.
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[edit] History
Owings Mills Boulevard was constructed during the mid-1980s in conjunction with other development in the Owings Mills area, which included I-795 and the Owings Mills Town Center. The road incorporated part of the older 2-lane Bonita Avenue.
By the late 1990s, traffic at the intersection of Owings Mills Boulevard and Gwynnbrook Avenue had become bottlenecked due to the road being narrow at this point with no turning lanes. A plan to construct a wider intersection was delayed due to concerns of demolishing a historic spring house adjacent to the intersection. While the situation was temporarily remedied with left turn signals that would be operational on a part-time basis, the road was finally widened to allow for five lanes to be constructed on Owings Mills Boulevard, and left-turn lanes to be added on Gwynnbrook Avenue. This construction was completed in 2003[1]
Baltimore County is currently working on the extension of Owings Mill Boulevard to the south, planning for the road's southern terminus at Maryland Route 26, Liberty Road.
[edit] Ravens Boulevard
The training facility for the Baltimore Ravens was located on Owings Mills Boulevard in the past. Around the time the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV, a portion of the road near the location of their facility was commemoratively named Ravens Boulevard in the team's honor. Some of the signs labeling the street "Ravens Boulevard" were stolen at the time[2]. The team's facility has since moved.
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