Maryland Route 119
Great Seneca Highway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
Length | 7.47 mi[1] (12.02 km) | |||
Existed | 1999–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | MD 28 in Rockville | |||
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North end | Middlebrook Road in Germantown | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Montgomery | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 119 (MD 119) is a
Route description
MD 119 begins at an intersection with MD 28 (Key West Avenue) in an
MD 119 leaves the city of Gaithersburg and passes through Seneca Creek State Park. The highway does not provide access to the state park; the only park road the highway meets, Deer Ridge Road, passes over the state highway. Within the park, MD 119 crosses Long Draught Branch and Great Seneca Creek. On the western edge of the park, the state highway passes northeast of a
MD 119 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial for its entire length.[1][3]
History
Great Seneca Highway was proposed by Montgomery County in the late 1960s to relieve congestion along the I-270 corridor and provide a crucial link between Germantown and Rockville.[4] By the early 1980s, a coalition of civic and environmental groups came together to oppose construction of Great Seneca Highway through Seneca Creek State Park, which was part of a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) nature preserve along the corridor of Great Seneca Creek. Montgomery County approved the route through the park on its master plan in 1976. Despite less disruptive alternate routes being identified, the county chose to advance the routing that would be most disruptive to the state park when it put together the project's environmental impact statement in 1983.[5] The civic and environmental groups filed a lawsuit aiming to block construction of the highway in 1984.[4] The groups achieved a victory in July 1985 when the National Park Service rejected Montgomery County's proposed routing for the highway in favor of widening existing routes through the nature preserve.[5]
However, in June 1987, the National Park Service reversed its ruling after Montgomery County agreed to build
Junction list
The entire route is in Montgomery County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Rockville | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 28 (Key West Avenue) / Great Seneca Highway south – Darnestown | Southern terminus | |
Metro Station | Western terminus of Sam Eig Highway | ||||
2.57 | 4.14 | MD 124 (Quince Orchard Road) – Darnestown, Montgomery Village | |||
Germantown | 6.04 | 9.72 | MD 117 (Clopper Road) – Gaithersburg, Boyds | ||
7.47 | 12.02 | Middlebrook Road to MARC Station | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- Maryland Roads portal
References
- ^ a b c d e Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- Montgomery County (PDF).
- ^ a b Google (2013-08-10). "Maryland Route 119" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ^ National Highway System: Washington, DC-MD-VA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
- ^ a b c Fehr, Stephen C. (April 13, 1989). "Ruling Paves Way for Highway Through Seneca Park". The Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ^ a b c Lancaster, John (June 20, 1987). "Seneca Highway Approved; Interior Dept. Drops Earlier Opposition". The Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ^ Kaiman, Beth (September 3, 1987). "Montgomery Notes". The Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ^ Bush, Valerie Chow (June 23, 1990). "$47 Million Highway Completed in Md.; Great Seneca's Final 3.2 Miles Open Today". The Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 1999). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- Montgomery County (PDF).