Maryland Route 543 travels 19 miles northward from U.S. 40 at Belcamp to MD 165 at Pylesville. The southern section along Fountain Green Road to Creswell, MD 22 east of Bel Air and U.S. 1 at Hickory is suburban. North of Hickory, MD 543 along Ady Road is a rural highway through agricultural areas and timberland.
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| MD 543 (Creswell Road / Riverside Parkway) meets Interstate 95 at a diamond interchange (Exit 80). Some time before the interchange opened to traffic in 1991, the state route utilized Belcamp Road north from U.S. 40 (Pulaski Highway) to old Creswell Road northeast of Exit 80. Much of the original alignment no longer exists due to development of land between the JFK Memorial and Pulaski Highways. 07/02/10 |
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| MD 543 resumes its original alignment at the Riverside Parkway transition into Creswell Road. The state route reduces to two lanes as it crosses James Run near Harford Furnace in this scene. 07/02/10 |
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| A short distance north of Harford Furnace is the cross roads with MD 136 (Calvary Road) at Creswell. 07/02/10 |
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| MD 136 travels north four miles to Churchville (MD 22) and overall 30.04 miles between MD 7 at Bush to MD 23 at Norrisville. 07/02/10 |
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| MD 136 (Calvary Road) continues ten miles north from Creswell to U.S. 1 (Bel Air Road). MD 543 reaches Fountain Green in four miles at MD 22, two miles east of Bel Air. 07/02/10 |
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