List of unused highways in Maryland (U.S.)

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused or later closed. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub. The following is a list:

Maryland

Baltimore

  • A stretch of U.S. Highway 40 west of downtown contains a short below-grade freeway alignment, which was completed in 1979 as part of a planned routing of Interstate 170 into downtown. When the Interstate 70 extension into the city was canceled, this small freeway segment was orphaned. Currently, U.S. 40 runs east-west on a one-way couplet of surface streets, enters this segment for part of its length, and returns to the surface streets at the other end. Stubs at the west end of the freeway segment sit unused, as do an on- and off-ramp at that end. There is also an empty sign bridge for the never-to-be westbound traffic. Viewable at 19
  • Also due to the cancellation of Interstate 70 through the city are ramp stubs along Interstate 95 at the proposed eastern terminus of I-70 (proposed exit 50C). Two are viewable here 20, showing a stub from I-95 southbound to proposed I-70 west and one from I-70 east to I-95 north. Two others are here 21, showing the ramp stub left from I-70 east to I-95 south (the huge bridge that was constructed in advance of I-70 arriving at I-95 has since been demolished, but can be seen here 22 ) and a long approach ramp from I-95 north to I-70 west that ends shortly after curving underneath I-95.
  • There is also a stub end of Interstate 70 at a Park and Ride, located on the freeway mainline at exit 94 (Maryland State Route 122), where it would have continued to Interstate 170 and Interstate 95 through The Downtown. 23
  • Ramp stubs are also located on Interstate 95, just north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, just south of Interstate Avenue 24 and just north of O'Donnell Street 25. This interchange (part of exit 57) would have marked the southern terminus of Jones Falls Expressway, had it continued beyond downtown.
  • Ramp stubs exist on Interstate 695 for the proposed Windlass Freeway. 26 The freeway was to continue north from here. There is also a ramp stub on the eastbound bridge of Maryland State Route 702 just after it separates from I-695. 27
  • Also, immediately south of this intersection, Interstate 695 has a hairpin turn and two additional pairs of ramp stubs; the Windlass Freeway would have continued to the west from this turn to meet Interstate 95. The first bridge immediately to the south of this turn has wider than necessary shoulders, which were to be ramps to and from the Windlass going west. This would have been the long-lost exit 37 off I-695, had the freeway been built. 28
  • At the western end of where the proposed Windlass Freeway would have connected are four ramp stubs at the interchange between Interstate 95 and Moravia Road (exit 60). Viewable at 29

College Park

  • Between Baltimore and Washington, Interstate 95 merges with Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway around Washington. The interchange is known locally as the College Park Interchange. At The Intersection of both freeways, a partially unused mainline roadway and several ramp stubs can be seen. I-95 was originally supposed to continue through D.C. as the Northeast Freeway and North Central Freeway, but plans were scrapped kozel-dc after vigorous and vitriolic protest from residents in the path(s) of the proposed freeway routes. I-95 now continues onto the eastern half of I-495, and the finished portion of I-95's route through D.C. is known as Interstate 395. The stub ramps and a portion of the planned right-of-way were converted into a truck weigh station and a Park and Ride but an old map still shows grading in the right-of-way. Viewable at 30

Montrose

  • On Maryland State Route 185 (Connecticut Avenue) between Maryland State Route 586 (Veirs Mill Road) and Aspen Hill Rd., several short ramp stubs May Be seen as the road passes over a small river. These were originally built for the Washington Outer Beltway, first conceived in the 1950s and an ACTIVE proposal until AbOUT 1980. As a result of it not being built, Maryland is building alternates to alleviate increased traffic in Montgomery County. One is the still-proposed but unbuilt Intercounty Connector from Interstate 370 to U.S. Route 1 just east of Interstate 95, with the first contract to be awarded by May, 2007. The other, closer to the proposed Outer Beltway, is the Montrose Parkway from Interstate 270 to Nebel Road near Maryland State Route 355 (Rockville Pike) using a new road and an updated Montrose Road in Montrose. The westernmost stretch is under construction As of 2006. 31

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