Maryland Route 176

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Maryland Route 176 marker

Maryland Route 176

Dorsey Road
Map
Maryland Route 176 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length5.68 mi[1] (9.14 km)
Existed1929–present
Major junctions
West endEnd of state maintenance in Hanover
Major intersections
East end MD 648 in Glen Burnie
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesAnne Arundel, Howard
Highway system
← MD 175→ MD 177

Maryland Route 176 (MD 176) is a

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Airport) that connects the airport with various airport-related services. The highway serves as the main connection between the Airport Loop and Interstate 97
(I-97).

MD 176 was constructed in the late 1920s between Glen Burnie and

MD 295 became an eastern extension of MD 103
.

Route description

View west from the east end of MD 176 at MD 648 in Glen Burnie

MD 176 begins at the west end of state maintenance adjacent to the

MD 645, through the hamlet of Harmans. There, the highway crosses over Stoney Run and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line, which also carries MARC's Penn Line. Just east of the railroad crossing, MD 176 intersects MD 170, which heads south as Telegraph Road and north as Aviation Boulevard.[1][2]

MD 176 continues east along the southern portion of the Airport Loop surrounding BWI Airport on the northern edge of

MTA Maryland's Baltimore Light RailLink; the terminal station, Glen Burnie station, is accessed via MD 648. The junction is also next to the northern end of the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail. The eastern leg of the intersection is 8th Avenue N.W.[1][2]

MD 176 is a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector between MD 162 and I-97.[1][3]

History

Beginning of eastbound MD 176 in Hanover

MD 176 was constructed as a concrete road from MD 3 (later US 301 and now MD 648) in Glen Burnie west to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossing at Dorsey at the Anne Arundel–Howard county line in 1929.[4][5] The connection between the railroad crossing and US 1—the highway intersected US 1 just south of the modern US 1–MD 100 interchange—remained a county highway until 1936.[6] Work on MD 176's grade separations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad at Dorsey and Harmans, respectively, were underway by 1936.[7] MD 176's overpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad was finished in 1936 and its underpass of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was complete by 1938.[8][9] The old alignment of MD 176 at Harmans became MD 645. MD 176 has also had two other railroad crossings. The highway crossed over the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway on a "weak and narrow wooden bridge" until 1944, when the bridge over the abandoned railroad was removed and the railroad embankment was filled.[10] By 1951, MD 176 had an underpass of the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad immediately to the west of US 301 that has since been removed.[11]

MD 176 westbound viewed from I-97 in Ferndale

MD 176 was widened and resurfaced over its whole length between 1947 and 1950.[12][13][14] The highway was expanded to a width of 22 feet (6.7 m) from Dorsey to Harmans and to 24 feet (7.3 m) from Harmans to Glen Burnie.[12] The MD 295–MD 176 interchange was built as a diamond interchange between 1950 and 1953; a loop ramp from eastbound MD 176 to northbound MD 295 was added in 1956.[15][16] The highway's interchange with the Glen Burnie Bypass, which started as US 301, became MD 3, and is now I-97, was constructed as a diamond interchange between 1954 and 1956.[15][16] MD 176 was expanded to a divided highway on either side of its interchange with MD 3 (now I-97) by 1978.[17] The remainder of MD 176 from the west end of the divided highway to just east of MD 295 was expanded to four lanes in the late 1980s, with the bridge of Piney Run between MD 295 and MD 713 rebuilt in 1987 and the railroad overpass at Harmans rebuilt in 1989.[18][9]

MD 176 was superseded by MD 100 in the early to mid-1990s. MD 176 was expanded to a divided highway on either side of its interchange with MD 295, which was rebuilt as a cloverleaf interchange, in 1992 and 1993. By the latter year, MD 100 was under construction from US 1 to I-97.[19][20] MD 100 was completed in 1995; the freeway took over as the east–west highway through the MD 295 interchange. MD 176 was temporarily assigned to Wright Road, Race Road, and Faulkner Road to connect the portions of the highway on either side of the interchange. Also in 1995, the highway was relocated to the current double-curve roadway to the US 1–MD 103 intersection.[21] MD 103 was extended over that relocation east to its present eastern terminus and MD 176 was truncated at its present western terminus by 1997.[22] The portion of this detour on Wright Road over MD 295 was retained in the state system and designated MD 176B.[22][23] The highway's interchange with I-97 was reconstructed to its present form by 1999.[24][23]

Junction list

The entire route is in Anne Arundel County.

Locationmi
[1]		kmDestinationsNotes
Hanover0.000.00Dorsey Road northWestern terminus; end of state maintenance
0.861.38


 MD 713 south (Arundel Mills Boulevard) to MD 100 / MD 103 / New Ridge Road north – Fort Meade, Arundel Mills		Northern terminus of MD 713
BWI Airport
MD 176 joins Airport Loop
MD 652
south (Old Telegraph Road)		Northern terminus of MD 652
BWI Airport
Southern terminus of MD 162; MD 176 leaves Airport Loop
Bay Bridge, Annapolis
I-97 Exit 15; access from southbound I-97 to MD 176 is via MD 162
5.689.14 MD 648 (Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard) / 8th Avenue N.W. – FerndaleEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary routes

MD 176C, which is a former alignment of MD 176 near Dorsey
  • MD 176B is the designation for the 0.23-mile (0.37 km) section of Wright Road from Race Road east to a right-angle turn north; this segment includes the highway's bridge over MD 295.[1][25] This section of highway was part of MD 176's detour along Wright Road, Race Road, and Faulkner Road when MD 100 assumed MD 176's interchange with MD 295 around 1995.[21] All but what is now MD 176B and the bridge over MD 100, which became MD 100N, were transferred back to county maintenance by 1997.[22][23]
  • MD 176C is the designation for Binder Lane, a 0.15-mile (0.24 km) section of the old alignment of MD 176 from MD 103 northwest to a dead end adjacent to US 1's interchange with MD 100 west of Dorsey in Howard County.[1][26] MD 176C was assigned by 1999 after MD 176 (now MD 103) was relocated to the double-curve section east of US 1 in 1995.[21][23]

See also

  •  
    Maryland Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. ^ a b Google (2012-12-15). "Maryland Route 176" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  3. ^ National Highway System: Baltimore, MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  4. ^ 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. p. 196. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1936). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  7. ^ Tabler, H.E.; Wilkinson, C. Nice; Luthardt, Frank F. (December 4, 1936). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1935–1936 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 54. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  8. ^ Beall, J. Glenn; Jarboe, Elmer R.; Obrecht, George F., Sr. (March 4, 1939). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1937–1938 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 87. Retrieved 2012-12-15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000020051010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  10. ^ Whitman, Ezra B.; Webb, P. Watson; Thomas, W. Frank (March 1, 1945). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1943–1944 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  11. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1951). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  12. ^ a b Reindollar, Robert M.; George, Joseph M.; McCain, Russell H. (February 15, 1949). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1947–1948 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 19, 113. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  13. ^ 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. 75, 90. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  14. ^ 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. 140, 144. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  15. ^ a b McCain, Russell H.; Bennett, Edgar T.; Kelly, Bramwell (November 12, 1954). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1953–1954 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 196. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  16. ^ a b Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (November 2, 1956). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1955–1956 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 4, 173, 180. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  17. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1978). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  18. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000020050010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  19. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1993). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  20. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000020180011". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  21. ^ a b c Maryland State Highway Administration (1995). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  22. ^ a b c Maryland State Highway Administration (1997). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  23. ^ a b c d Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 1999). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  24. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1999). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1999–2000 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  25. ^ Google (2012-12-15). "Maryland Route 176B" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  26. ^ Google (2012-12-29). "Maryland Route 176C" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-12-29.

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