Re: US 29 Northern Terminus

"Elliott Plack" <elliott.plack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today I reached the northern end of US 29: http://tinyurl.com/auje2 and
> was wondering if there are plans to extend it further. Is this where
> MdDOT wants to build the inter-county connector?

The ICC will be wholly within Montgomery County.

> I ask because of the
> way it just goes from 4 lane limited access highway to a 2 lane road
> just like that...
>
> Also, could this have been the route for the proposed Baltimore Outer
> Beltway? If you zoom out it looks kind of like that.

That interchange between I-70 and US-29 was built around 1968. It looks
very obvious that the original design included the ultimate plan to
extend the divided highway further northward.

The 1964 Baltimore Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (BMATS) shows
the Outer Beltway extending northward from that freeway terminus at
Frederick Road.

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