U.S. 50 East - Cheverly to Bowie


The Maryland welcome sign for U.S. 50 east appears east of the directional cloverleaf interchange with MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue Freeway).
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The succeeding exit from U.S. 50 (John Hanson Highway) is for Columbia Park Road in the town of Cheverly.
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Arbor Street west from Columbia Park Road and the exchange with U.S. 50 (John Hanson Highway) is unsigned MD 459. Measuring 1.25 miles in length, MD 459 parallels U.S. 50 west along Tuxedo Road and MD 201 along Kenilworth Avenue north.
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U.S. 50 (John Hanson Highway) advances one mile east from Columbia Park Road to Exit 3 for MD 202 (Landover Road) at Landover.
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Exit 3 B is a trumpet interchange joining eastbound U.S. 50 with MD 202 (Landover Road) south to Glenarden, Summerfield and Lake Arbor.
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U.S. 50 continues east from New York Avenue in the District of Columbia and the exchange with Baltimore-Washington Parkway as a freeway to Queenstown, Maryland.
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The Metro Orange Line parallels U.S. 50 east to New Carrollton Station north of Exit 5. Landover Station lies off Pennsy Drive northeast from MD 202 (Landover Road).
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Removed by 2008, the initial guide sign for Exit 5 to MD 410 (East-West Highway) was an overhead posted at the exchange with MD 202 (Landover Road). The next sign references New Carrollton Station.
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MD 410 heads southeast to Ardwick-Ardmore Road and northwest across the northern Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., en route to MD 355 (former U.S. 240) in Bethesda.
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MD 450 leads northwest from Exit 5 to Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Route 295). U.S. 50 advances east one mile to Exit 7 with I-95/495 (Capital Beltway), where unsigned Interstate 595 begins.
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The Capital Beltway, which encircles the nation's capital and the District of Columbia, is wholly designated as I-495 and as part of I-95 along the eastern half.
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I-95/495 (Capital Beltway) continue northwest from U.S. 50 to U.S. 1 at College Park. Beyond their separation at Beltsville, I-495 advances west to Silver Spring.
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The control cities of the Capital Beltway eastern half reference I-95 north to Baltimore and I-95 south to Richmond, Virginia.
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Two lanes depart U.S. 50 east for I-95/495. U.S. 50 becomes part of the Interstate Highway System from the Capital Beltway east to MD 70 (Rowe Boulevard) outside Annapolis.
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Exit 7 partitions into ramps for the Capital Beltway outer loop north toward Baltimore and the inner loop south toward Alexandria and Richmond, Virginia.
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I-595/U.S. 50 continue one mile east from the systems interchange with I-95/495 to Exit 8 for MD 704 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway) to Glenarden.
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I-595/U.S. 50 converge with MD 704 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway) at a parclo interchange (Exit 8) between the suburban communities of Lanham and Springdale.
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MD 704 heads southwest to the District of Columbia boundary in Fairmount Heights and northeast to MD 450 (Annapolis Road) along Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway.
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MD 3 (Robert Crain Highway) leads north along an arterial route to Millersville, where it meets I-97. Interstate 97 extends from there to I-695 and I-895 in Baltimore.
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MD 3 north from U.S. 50/301 follows the pre-1960 alignment of U.S. 301. U.S. 301 ran north to U.S. 1 in Baltimore originally.
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Exit 13 leaves U.S. 50 east for U.S. 301 south to Richmond and MD 3 north to Baltimore. U.S. 50-301 overlap east from here to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Queenstown.
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A principle arterial, MD 3 (Robert Crain Highway) angles 7.11 miles northeast to I-97 at MD 32. I-97 replaced MD 3 north to Glen Burnie, however MD 3 Business remains to the east.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/16/16, 12/17/20, 12/21/24
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Page Updated Thursday February 11, 2021.


