Maryland Route 387

Maryland Route 387 (MD 387) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Spa Road, the highway runs 1.68 miles (2.70 km) from the beginning of state maintenance near Ferry Point Road north to MD 450 and MD 435 in Annapolis. MD 387 was constructed in the late 1920s. Much of the highway was transferred from state to municipal maintenance in the mid-1970s.

Maryland Route 387
Spa Road
Maryland Route 387 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA and City of Annapolis
Length	1.68 mi[1] (2.70 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
South end	Ferry Point Road near Annapolis
North end	MD 435 / MD 450 in Annapolis
Location
Counties	Anne Arundel
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate U.S. State Scenic Byways ← MD 384 → MD 388

Route description

View south along MD 387 at Forest Drive in Annapolis

MD 387 begins at the end of state maintenance just north of the junction of Ferry Point Road and Harness Creek Road. Both roads serve residential communities on the South River. The state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road. Just north of Old Forest Drive, which is unsigned MD 788A, MD 387 enters the city of Annapolis and becomes municipally maintained. The highway has an oblique intersection with Forest Drive just north of the city limits. MD 387 temporarily gains a second lane southbound and a center turn lane between its intersection with Hilltop Lane and its crossing of Spa Creek. The highway gains a center turn lane again north of the creek and veers northeast between historic Wiley H. Bates High School and the Ballet Theatre of Maryland. MD 387 reaches its northern terminus at the Westgate Circle roundabout at the southeast corner of Annapolis National Cemetery. MD 450 (West Street) forms the east and west legs of the roundabout; the north leg is MD 435 (Taylor Avenue). A one-lane spur from MD 387 to eastbound MD 450 serves as frontage along the south side of the roundabout.[1][2]

History

MD 387 was constructed as a 18-foot-wide (5.5 m) concrete road in 1929 and 1930.[3][4][5] By 1934, the Maryland State Roads Commission recommended the highway be widened to 20 feet (6.1 m).[5] The portion of MD 387 within the city of Annapolis was transferred from state to municipal maintenance in 1974.[6] The northern terminus of the state highway was originally an oblique intersection with MD 450 just east of MD 435's southern terminus.[7] The Westgate Circle roundabout was installed in 1999.[8]

Junction list

The entire route is in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County.

mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.00	0.00	Ferry Point Road south	Southern terminus; beginning of state maintenance
1.68	2.70	MD 435 north (Taylor Avenue) / MD 450 (West Street) – Parole	Westgate Circle roundabout; northern terminus; southern terminus of MD 435
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 2012-11-24.
   • Anne Arundel County (PDF).
2. Google (2012-01-31). "Maryland Route 387" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
3. Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 196–197. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
4. Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
5. Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 22. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
6. Maryland State Highway Administration (1974). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
7. Maryland State Highway Administration (1997). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
8. Niederhauser, Mike (March 2002). "Modern Roundabouts in Maryland" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

External links

• MDRoads: MD 387