Maryland Route 145

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Jacksonville
East end MD 165 near Baldwin
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesBaltimore
Highway system
← MD 144→ MD 146

Maryland Route 145 (MD 145) is a

Jacksonville. The first section of the highway was built from Loch Raven Reservoir
to Jacksonville in the early 1910s. The remainder of MD 145 east to Baldwin was completed in the mid-1920s. The state highway was extended west to Cockeysville in the early 1980s in a maintenance swap. When MD 145's bridge over Loch Raven Reservoir was replaced in 2000, the old bridge from 1922 was preserved.

Route description

View east along MD 145 at MD 146 in Jacksonville

MD 145 begins at an intersection with MD 45 (York Road) in Cockeysville. The state highway heads east as two-lane undivided Ashland Road, which crosses over Western Run. Upon splitting from Ashland Road, MD 145 continues northeast on Paper Mill Road; Ashland Road leads to the southern terminus of the

Little Gunpowder Falls.[1][2]

MD 145 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from MD 45 in Cockeysville to Phoenix Road near Jacksonville.[1][3]

History

Paper Mill Road from Gunpowder Falls to Jacksonville was constructed as a 9-foot (2.7 m) wide concrete road by 1915.[4] This road was widened and resurfaced in macadam from the eastern edge of the Loch Raven Reservoir park reservation at Phoenix Road to Old York Road west of Jacksonville around 1933.[5] Sweet Air Road was constructed from Jacksonville to Manor Road at Sweet Air by 1923.[6] The paved road was extended east from Sweet Air to Bradshaw, including what is now MD 165 south of MD 145, between 1924 and 1927.[7][8] MD 145 was extended west to MD 45 around 1983 when Paper Mill Road and Ashland Road through the reservoir area were transferred from city to state maintenance.[9]

Bridges have crossed Gunpowder Falls at the site of MD 145's modern crossing since at least the 1770s. The road gets its name from the paper mill constructed at the crossing in 1850.

Baltimore City Department of Transportation, which maintains most of the roads within the reservoir park area, replaced the covered bridge with an arch through truss bridge in preparation for the filling of the expanded Loch Raven Reservoir.[10] Construction began on the present Paper Mill Road Bridge in 1998; the new bridge opened in 2000.[10][12] The city gave the old bridge to Baltimore County; the county refurbished the bridge in 2007 to preserve it as a historical landmark and prepare it for recreational use.[12][13]

Junction list

The entire route is in Baltimore County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Cockeysville0.000.00 MD 45 (York Road) – Timonium, HerefordWestern terminus
Jacksonville
5.578.96 MD 146 (Jarrettsville Pike) – Towson, Jarrettsville
Baldwin10.3416.64 MD 165 (Baldwin Mill Road) / Sweet Air Road east – JarrettsvilleEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Maryland Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. ^ Google (2011-07-29). "Maryland Route 145" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  3. ^ National Highway System: Baltimore, MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  4. ^ Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 122. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  7. ^ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 43, 69. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  8. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  9. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1983). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1983–1984 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  10. ^ a b c Atwood, Liz (1998-08-02). "Graying bridge will be replaced; City to build span on Paper Mill Road for $11.4 million". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore: Tribune Company. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  11. ^ Smedley, Jim. "Paper Mill Covered Bridge". Maryland Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  12. ^ a b Klein, Alyson R. (2003-07-22). "A new use for an old span". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore: Tribune Company. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  13. ^ Gonzalski, James (2008-09-17). "Old Paper Mill Bridge". Bridgehunter.com: Historic Bridges of the U.S. Retrieved 2011-07-30.

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