Maryland Route 10

Maryland Route 10

Maryland Route 10 marker

Maryland Route 10
Arundel Expressway
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 7.17 mi[1] (11.54 km)
Major junctions
South end: MD Route 2.svg MD 2 near Pasadena
  MD Route 100.svg MD 100 near Pasadena
North end: I-695.svg I-695 near Baltimore
Highway system

Maryland highway system
Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes

MD 8 US 11

Maryland Route 10, also known as the Arundel Expressway, is a state highway and freeway in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

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Route description

The highway runs from the Baltimore Beltway south to an intersection with Maryland Route 2 (Ritchie Highway) in Pasadena and serves mostly to bypass Ritchie Highway through Glen Burnie. MD 10 helped to relieve traffic congestion in that area prior to the construction of Interstate 97, despite it going no further south than MD 100 and MD 2.

Despite its short length and lack of interchanges, the highway is six lanes wide between MD 177 and MD 710, a reminder of the route's planned importance.

The highway interchanges with Maryland Route 100 via a flat crossover junction, where each route switches to the other route's through carriageway, forcing traffic from each route to weave across itself to continue on the same route.

History

MD 10 was to have continued south of MD 2 to Annapolis, to relieve the congestion of Ritchie Highway between Baltimore and Annapolis. However, the continuation of the highway was canceled after major protests from the owners of properties within the highway's path. The desire to relieve MD 2, often described as a 25-mile "shopping strip", led to the upgrade of the MD 3-MD 178 corridor into Interstate 97.

Exit list

Exit numbers are not marked on MD 10. The entire route is in Anne Arundel County.

Location Mile Destinations Notes
Pasadena 0.0 MD 2 – Severna Park, Annapolis southbound exit and northbound entrance; at-grade intersection
0.8 MD 100 east – Gibson Island southbound exit and northbound entrance; MD 100 joins northbound and leaves southbound
1.3 MD 100 west to I-97 northbound exit and southbound entrance; MD 100 joins southbound and leaves northbound
1.7 MD 177 (Mountain Road) – Jacobsville southbound exit and northbound entrance
Harundale 3.6 MD 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) – Sun Valley, Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie 5.0 MD 270 (Furnace Branch Road)
6.2 MD 710 (Ordnance Road) – Glen Burnie
7.2 I-695 east (Baltimore Beltway) – Dundalk, Key Bridge northbound exit and southbound entrance
I-695 west (Baltimore Beltway) to MD 2 – Towson northbound exit and southbound entrance

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