Interstate 195 (Maryland)

Interstate 195 (I-195) is an Interstate highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 4.35 miles (7.00 km) from I-95 in Arbutus east to MD 170 near the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Airport) in Linthicum. I-195, which is also known as Metropolitan Boulevard, is the main connection between the airport terminal and highways leading to Baltimore, Washington, and Annapolis, including I-95, MD 295, and I-97. The interchange with MD 170, which forms part of the Airport Loop, provides access to various airport-related services. I-195 also links I-95 with Catonsville and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), via a westward continuation of Metropolitan Boulevard that is part of MD 166.

Interstate 195
Metropolitan Boulevard
I-195 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-95
Maintained by MDSHA
Length4.35 mi[1] (7.00 km)
Existed1990–present
RestrictionsNo trucks east of exit 1A
Major junctions
West end MD 166 in Arbutus
 
East end MD 170 in Linthicum
Location
CountiesBaltimore, Anne Arundel
Highway system
← MD 194→ MD 195

I-195 was constructed in three sections. The first section was a connection between MD 295 and the airport. This segment was built as Maryland Route 46 and completed in 1951 shortly after the opening of the airport, which was originally named Friendship International Airport. The second segment was completed at the opposite end of the highway in the mid-1970s, connecting U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and I-95 with MD 166 and UMBC. The first two segments were connected when the portion between MD 295 and US 1 was constructed in the late 1980s. The whole length of the highway was completed and was marked as I-195 in 1990. In 2015, the eastern terminus was cut back from the airport to MD 170, with the former section between those two points becoming MD 995A.

Route description
View west from the east end of I-195 at BWI Airport

I-195 begins at the western edge of its interchange with I-95. The freeway continues west as MD 166, which has a partial interchange for UMBC Boulevard, which leads to the UMBC campus, before ending next to a park and ride facility at Rolling Road, on which MD 166 continues north toward Catonsville. The I-95 interchange is a partial cloverleaf that has flyover ramps from northbound I-95 to westbound I-195 and from southbound I-95 to eastbound I-195. I-195 heads southeast as a four-lane freeway with a speed limit of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) across CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision and meets US 1 at a four-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange. The highway crosses over I-895 (Harbor Tunnel Thruway) with no access and curves south on a viaduct to cross the Patapsco River, where the freeway passes from Baltimore County to Anne Arundel County, and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, which also carries MARC's Penn Line. I-195 parallels the railroad south to its partial cloverleaf interchange with MD 295 (Baltimore–Washington Parkway), which contains a flyover ramp from southbound MD 295 to eastbound I-195.[1][2]

I-195 eastbound at I-95 in Arbutus

I-195 curves southeast and passes under the BWI Trail ahead of its partial cloverleaf interchange with MD 170 (Aviation Boulevard), also known as the Airport Loop. The Airport Loop provides access to long-term parking lots, the consolidated rental car facility, hotels, cargo and general aviation facilities, and the BWI Rail Station. The circumferential highway also provides indirect access to I-97 for traffic heading to Annapolis or the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. At this interchange, I-195 ends and the roadway continues as MD 995A towards the entrance to BWI Airport.[1][2]

Like all Interstates, I-195 is a part of the National Highway System for its entire length.[3]

History

Maryland Route 46
LocationLinthicum
Existed1950–1990
View east along I-195 from Cedar Avenue in Arbutus

Friendship International Airport was constructed between 1947 and 1950 as the new primary airport for Baltimore.[4] To directly connect the airport with Baltimore, an access road was planned to link the new Baltimore–Washington Expressway, later designated MD 295, with the airport terminal. The first portion of the Friendship International Airport Access Road was completed from a full Y interchange at the expressway to an interchange with MD 170 in October 1949 and designated MD 46.[5][6][7][8] The access road was completed from MD 170 to the airport terminal in July 1951, about the same time the expressway was completed between MD 46 and downtown Baltimore.[6][7] The remainder of what is now I-195 was planned as early as 1969, when the portion of Metropolitan Boulevard north of US 1 was placed under construction.[9][10] The freeway opened from the US 1 ramps northwest through the I-95 interchange to an intersection with Sulphur Spring Road just south of the modern Selford Road overpass in August 1974.[7][11] The freeway was extended to its present terminus at Rolling Road and the ramps to UMBC Boulevard were constructed in 1975.[12][13] Metropolitan Boulevard south of the I-95 interchange was marked as a second segment of MD 46 from when it opened. North of I-95, the freeway was marked as a relocation of MD 166.[14] That segment of MD 46 was renumbered as an extension of MD 166 by 1981.[15]

The missing connection between US 1 and MD 295 resulted in a circuitous path for traffic between I-95 and BWI Airport. In 1974, that route involved exiting I-95 at MD 100, which then served as a connector between the Interstate and US 1. Traffic took US 1 south to MD 176, then took MD 176 east to MD 295 and north to the western end of MD 46.[16] Construction on the missing link, which by then was planned as part of I-195, began in 1987, when the highway's bridges over US 1 and I-895 were constructed.[17][18][19] The remainder of the highway from MD 295 to the I-895 overpass was completed, including reconstruction of the interchange with MD 295, and the intermediate section opened in June 1990.[7][20] The I-195 designation was applied to the highway's present length at the same time, and MD 166 was truncated to its present southern terminus.[20] In 2002, as part of an expansion project at the airport, several new ramps were constructed to access parking lots and facilitate an easier U-turn for motorists leaving the terminal who wish to return to the terminal.[21][22] In 2015, the eastern terminus of I-195 was cut back from the BWI Airport to the MD 170 interchange, with the section of road between those two points becoming MD 995A.[23]

Exit list
CountyLocationmi
[1]		kmExitDestinationsNotes
BaltimoreArbutus0.000.00— MD 166 north – CatonsvilleWestern terminus; Metropolitan Boulevard continues north as MD 166; serves UMBC
0.400.644 I-95 to I-695 – Baltimore, WashingtonSigned as exits 4A (north) and 4B (south)
1.572.533 US 1 (Washington Boulevard) – ElkridgeServes Halethorpe station and Saint Denis station
Anne ArundelLinthicum3.104.992 MD 295 (Baltimore–Washington Parkway) to I-695 – Baltimore, WashingtonSigned as exits 2A (north) and 2B (south); I-695 not signed eastbound
4.176.711 MD 170 to I-97 – Odenton, Linthicum, Annapolis, Rental Car Return, BWI Rail StationSigned as exits 1A (north) and 1B (south) eastbound; I-97 not signed eastbound; also serves BWI Business District station
4.357.00— BWI AirportEastern terminus; Metropolitan Boulevard continues east as unsigned MD 995A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  •  Maryland Roads portal

References
  1. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  2. Google (June 22, 2010). "Interstate 195" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  3. National Highway System: Baltimore, MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. August 2003. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  4. "BWI Timeline". Maryland Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  5. Reindollar, Robert M.; George, Joseph M.; McCain, Russell H. (December 20, 1950). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1949–1950 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 126–127. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  6. McCain, Russell H.; Hall, Avery W.; Nichols, David M. (December 15, 1952). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1951–1952 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 41, 144. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  7. "Major Transportation Milestones in the Baltimore Region Since 1940" (PDF). Baltimore Metropolitan Council. December 1, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  8. Maryland State Roads Commission (1950). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  9. Maryland State Roads Commission (1969). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  10. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000030266011". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  11. Relay, MD (PDF) (Map). 1:24,000. Topographic. Cartography by USGS. United States Geological Survey. 1975. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  12. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000030291011". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  13. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000030292010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  14. Maryland State Highway Administration (1975). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1975–1976 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  15. Maryland State Highway Administration (1981). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1981–1982 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  16. Maryland State Highway Administration (1974). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  17. Maryland State Highway Administration (1987). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  18. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000030342013". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  19. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000030341013". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  20. Maryland State Highway Administration (1991). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  21. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 300000AAMA18010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  22. "Return loop off I-195 opens for BWI access". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore: Tribune Company. November 4, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  23. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2015). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

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