Route 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) - South

MD 295 (Russell Street) passes by M & T Bank Stadium between Hamburg and Ostend Streets. Russell Street elevates to pass over CSX Railroad line south of Hamburg Street. Frontage streets provide connections to West Street, Ostend Street and parking areas for the adjacent venue.

08/27/05

Pictured here during reconstruction, MD 295 transitions from Russell Street onto the Baltimore-Washington Expressway at a trumpet interchange with Monroe Street north. Monroe Street used to carry U.S. 301 north from the expressway to U.S. 1 (Wilkens Avenue).

08/27/05

Button copy overheads posted on the Interstate 95 southbound on-ramp to MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Expressway) southbound at the Westport section of Baltimore. Drivers merging onto the freeway quickly encounter the Westport off-ramp onto Manokin Street eastbound.

08/04/13

A compact trumpet-like interchange joins MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Expressway) with the Westport exit. The southbound loop ramp descends onto Manokin Street east at Tacoma Street one block before MD 648 (Annapolis Road).

08/04/13

MD 295 constitutes six lanes through west Baltimore. The succeeding exit departs for MD 648 (Annapolis Road) one third of mile south of the Westport entrance ramp. Visible to the right is Westport Street as it stems south from the Manokin Street ramp onto MD 295.

08/04/13

A badly faded sign attached to a pedestrian bridge along the path of Maisel Street reads "Annapolis Washington" with three closely placed down arrows. MD 648 is visible crossing MD 295 ahead on the Waterview Avenue overpass.

08/04/13

Annapolis Road parallels MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Expressway) southbound briefly before again crossing paths with the highway as it turns southward to Baltimore Highlands. A slip ramp carries southbound drivers onto MD 648 ahead.

08/04/13

MD 648 (Annapolis Road) passes over MD 295 again across a 1919-built overpass.

08/04/13

MD 295 exits the city of Baltimore for Baltimore County by the community of Landsdowne.

06/20/12

Former reassurance marker posted for MD 295 south as the Baltimore-Washington Expressway transitions into the B-W Parkway.

08/20/04

A loop ramp adds traffic from Interstate 895 (Harbor Tunnel Thruway). There is no access to the toll road otherwise from the parkway southbound. Continuing south, MD 295 crosses the Patapsco River into Anne Arundel County on the approach to Interstate 695.

08/04/13

Interests to Interstate 97 south to Annapolis and U.S. 50/301 across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are directed onto Interstate 695 east.

06/20/12

A second sign, removed by 2012, advised motorists of the connection to Interstate 97 south via Interstate 695 east at the MD 168 (Nursery Road) over crossing. Interstate 97 begins 1.8 miles east of MD 295.

12/28/07

The MD 168 (Nursery Road) overpass was reconstructed to eliminate the stone arch from above Interstate 695 in 2012. The bridge-mounted sign for I-695 north was moved to a stand alone assembly in the process.

08/04/13

The Parkway sees a cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 695 (Baltimore Beltway) near the community of Linthicum. Interstate 695 stays just outside the Baltimore city limits through the south and west suburbs of Ferndale, Lansdowne, Catonsville, Woodlawn, and Randallstown. The northbound / inner off-ramp carries drivers to I-95 nearby and I-70 west of the city.

06/06/12

The Interstate 695 east / outer loop ramp departs MD 295 for Glen Burnie (Interstate 97 and MD 10) and the Francis Scott Key Bridge toward Dundalk and Essex.

08/04/13

A diamond interchange joins W. Nursery Road with MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) midway between the junctions with Interstates 695 and 195.
2012 construction on the Hammonds Ferry Road overpass redesigned the bridge to eliminate its stone arch.

08/04/13

MD 295 doubles as the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. A trailblazer for the designation precedes a shield assembly west of the Hamonds Ferry Road overpass.

08/04/13

Widening of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway between Interstates 695 and 195 commenced in 2008. The project, based upon improving access to BWI Airport, added a lane in each direction. Work ran through summer 2012.

08/04/13

Southbound distance sign posted 1.50 miles from Interstate 195 and 33 miles out from Washington, DC.
This sign was removed by 2012.

12/28/07

Nursery Road loops west from MD 168 to Patapsco Valley State Park and southward to Andover Road and Shipley.

08/04/13

Nearing the directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 195 on MD 295 southbound. Interstate 195 comprises a north-south freeway between the terminal of Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Arbutus near the campus of University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Widening of MD-295 in 2012 included the replacement of the Nursery Road overpass. Initial signs for I-195 were moved a quarter mile northward as well.

08/04/13

12/28/07

A left exit carries drivers onto Interstate 195 east to Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport. The ramp configuration is a remnant from the original directional interchange between MD 295 and the MD 166 freeway spur to the airport. Interstate 195 was extended northward in 1990.

12/28/07

Expansion of MD 295 in 2012 concluded at the left side ramp for Interstate 195 east to BWI Airport.

06/06/12

08/04/13

Formerly attached to the Winterson Road over crossing, guide signs direct motorists from MD-295 south onto I-195 east to Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport and I-195 west to Catonsville. Interstate 195 stretches 4.71 miles and includes connections to U.S. 1, Interstate 95, and MD 170.

08/04/13

12/18/07

The exit ramp onto Interstate 195 east merges onto the freeway ahead of its interchange (Exits 1B/1A) with MD 170 (Aviation Boulevard) at Linthicum.

06/08/12

Interstate 195 east ends at MD 166 (Rolling Road), just south of its intersection with MD 372 (Wilkens Avenue) at Arbutus. MD 166 continues north from there a short distance to the Interstate 195 control point of Catonsville.

08/27/05

Distance sign for three major exits/destinations along southbound: MD 100, three miles; MD 175, six miles; and Washington, D.C., 31 miles.

08/04/13

A table-sized shield for MD 295 posted west of the Ridge Road overpass at Ehrmansville.

08/04/13

The next exit along southbound MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) is the cloverleaf interchange with the MD 100 freeway.

06/20/12

Southbound MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) approaches MD 100, one half mile. The MD 100 freeway interchange replaced an original exit with MD 176 (Dorsey Road).

08/04/13

MD 100 is a freeway corridor connecting Ellicott City and U.S. 29 in the northwest with Interstate 97 and MD 10 near Glen Burnie in the southeast. It continues as Mountain Road east to Gibson Island.

08/04/13

Southbound MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) reaches the exit for MD 100 east to Glen Burnie.

08/04/13

This reassurance shield for MD 295 appears within the MD 100 interchange along southbound.

06/07/04

The next exit along southbound MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) is the diamond interchange with Arundel Mills Boulevard.

08/04/13

Wright Road passes over Baltimore-Washington Parkway beyond this southbound reassurance marker.

08/04/13

The Arundel Mills Boulevard off-ramp departs MD 295 south. Arundel Mills Boulevard constitutes a divided arterial east from Baltimore-Washington Parkway to the Arundel Mills Mall and MD 100 as a part of MD 713.

08/04/13

The final interchange for the state-maintained portion of Baltimore-Washington Parkway is the exit for MD 175. All trucks must exit here, as the NPS-maintained Parkway prohibits trucks.

08/04/13

MD 175 west follows Annapolis Road to Jessup and Columbia, while MD 175 east enters Fort Meade, then passes through Odenton en route to Millersville.

08/04/13

A cloverleaf interchange joins MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) with MD 175 (Jessup Road west / Annapolis Road east).

08/04/13

All trucks must exit onto eastbound MD 175 (Annapolis Road); MD 295 ends and the National Park Service begins maintenance of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

08/04/13