Interstate 83

Interstate 83

Interstate 83 replaced the U.S. 111 designation from Baltimore northward to York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The freeway entails the Jones Falls Expressway between downtown Baltimore and Interstate 695, the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) between Exits 23 and 24, and the Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway from Interstate 695 northward to the Pennsylvania state line. Exit numbering along Interstate 83 varies between a sequential system within the Beltway and a mileage-based system from the Beltway northward. Initial sections of the freeway opened as U.S. 111 during the late 1950s. U.S. 111 was replaced wholly by either Interstate 83 or MD 45 in 1963.

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The south end of Interstate 83 was intended to connect directly with I-95, following an easterly alignment from Fells Point to I-95 at Boston and O'Donnell Streets. Construction never broke ground due to intense community opposition, especially from the historic Fells Point neighborhood. Ramp stubs were added at I-95 / Exit 57 and the Jones Falls Expressway viaduct was completed south to Fayette Street. All other work never materialized and Interstate 83 remains a freeway spur to Downtown for interests to the north.

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