U.S. 1 Business follows original U.S. 1 through Bel Air and Hickory. The business route was originally signed in the 1960s when U.S. 1 shifted to the Bel Air Bypass. When the Hickory Bypass opened in 2000, U.S. 1 Business was extended over Conowingo Road through Hickory.
Like U.S. 13 Business in Salisbury and MD 5 Business at Hughesville, signs for U.S. 1 Business through Bel Air and Hickory utilize a white on green or green on white color scheme.
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 | U.S. 1 Business continues Bel Air Road from U.S. 1 and the Bel Air Bypass. The bypass north of the Harford County seat was constructed between 1963 and 1964. 07/06/10 |
 | Leaving the Benson community, U.S. 1 Business (Bel Air Road) sees a second shield ahead of the intersection with Old Joppa Road. 07/06/10 |
 | Old Joppa Road provides a direct route south to MD 152 (Mountain Road) at Stockton from Bel Air. 07/06/10 |
 | Continuing east, Bel Air Road spans Winters Run and transitions into a commercial arterial. 07/06/10 |
 | Amid a sea of asphalt, U.S. 1 Business lives up to its name with numbers shopping centers flanking the intersections with Tollgate Road and MD 24 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway). 07/06/10 |
 | MD 24 assembly posted along Baltimore Pike east across from the Harford Mall. 07/06/10 |
 | MD 24 constitutes a controlled access arterial through Bel Air, linking U.S. 1 Business with the Bel Air Bypass to the north and Exit 77 of Interstate 95 to the south. 07/06/10 |
 | MD 24 represents the main corridor of development between Interstate 95 and Bel Air. The state highway shifted from its original alignment (MD 924) west in 1987 and exists as a controlled access route between U.S. 1 and Aberdeen Proving Ground. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 Business (Baltimore Pike) continues across MD 24 between additional shopping centers to Atwood Road. 07/06/10 |
 | The second shopping center based traffic light east of MD 24 along Baltimore Pike. Kelly Avenue ties in from the north, but provides no outlet to the residential area behind the adjacent strip mall. 07/06/10 |
 | Atwood Road provides a back route to MD 24 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) south via Marketplace Drive. Northward the road becomes a residential street. 07/06/10 |
 | One block west from the merge with MD 924 (South Main Street) north near downtown Bel Air. MD 924 travels a one way street couplet through the central business district, utilizing South Bond Street and Kenmore Avenue south and Main Street north. 07/06/10 |
 | Baltimore Pike transitions into the eastbound beginning of MD 22 (Fulford Aveune) at the U.S. 1 Business turn onto MD 924 (South Main Street) north. MD 22 travels 12.91 miles east to Churchville and Aberdeen. 07/06/10 |
 | MD 924 represents old MD 24 southward from Bel Air to Emmorton. The state route travels 7.34 miles overall east of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 Business shield assembly posted at the Baltimore Pike intersection with MD 924 (South Main Street) north and MD 22 (Fulford Avenue) east. 07/06/10 |
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 | MD 22 ends via Churchville Road west at U.S. 1 Business & MD 924 (South Main Street) north. Churchville Road west becomes unsigned MD 922 en route to Hays Street south. U.S. 1 Business south utilizes the state route between Bond Street and Baltimore Pike. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 Business is not acknowledged along the Main Street portion of MD 924 between Baltimore Pike and Broadway. 07/06/10 |
 | Courtland Street flows east from MD 924 (Bond Street) south to Hickory Avenue and Courtpland Place across Main Street north. 07/06/10 |
 | Main Street northbound at the signalized intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue west and Kimmie Way east. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 Business reappears at its split from MD 924 (North Main Street) for Broadway east. 07/06/10 |
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 | Broadway carries U.S. 1 Business east a short distance to its turn onto Hickory Avenue north. 07/06/10 |
 | Hickory Avenue stems north from MD 22 (Churchville Road) west at Maitland Street to the Bel Air city line. 07/06/10 |
 | Heading north along Hickory Avenue from Broadway on U.S. 1 Business. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 Business exits the city at the Hickory Avenue transition to Conowingo Road at Moores Mill Road. Moores Mill Road straddles the city line west to MD 924 (Rock Spring Road) and east to Broadway. 07/06/10 |
 | Leaving Bel Air, U.S. 1 Business follows Conowingo Road northward to Hickory. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 Business returns to U.S. 1 (Bel Air Bypass) at the transition to the Hickory Bypass. 07/06/10 |
 | U.S. 1 joined the Hickory Bypass upon its completion in 2000 to bypass Hickory to the south. U.S. 1 Business was extended along old U.S. 1 (Conowingo Road) in the process. 07/06/10 |
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 | Reverse white on green shields for U.S. 1 Business appear for the route through Bel Air. This assembly directs motorists from Tollgate Road south onto Baltimore Pike north. 07/06/10 |
Photo Credits:
07/06/10 by AARoads
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Page Updated 08-19-2010.