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118-618: Pigtown's annual festival famously features a pig race, "The Squeakness", to commemorate its history. Pigtown has long been considered one of Baltimore's most promising neighborhoods due to its proximity to the I-95 corridor, the University of Maryland Medical Center , Camden Yards , Ravens Stadium , the Inner Harbor , and Downtown Baltimore . New developments on the eastern edge of the neighborhood of luxury townhomes were stalled after

236-532: A partial cloverleaf interchange with MD 150 (Eastern Avenue). By 1976, I-95 was under construction east of US 1 Alt. and south of MD 150. By 1981, I-95 was completed as far as I-395, and by 1984, with the construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel quite advanced, the route was open as far as MD 2 west of the Patapsco and Boston Street/O'Donnell Street east of the Patapsco. With

354-408: A 4-2-4 configuration (four southbound general purpose lanes, two northbound express lanes, and four northbound general purpose lanes) to extend the northbound express lanes to milepost 77. Section 200 is a 15-mile (24 km) segment from milepost 70 to exit 85 ( MD 22 ). This segment is also currently eight lanes wide (a 4–4 configuration) as far as exit 77 ( MD 24 ) and

472-414: A bill in the mail to the vehicle owner. Video tolling users pay an additional 50-percent surcharge on their tolls. The toll rates along the express toll lanes vary by time of day and the day of the week. Peak travel times, which is southbound during weekday mornings, northbound during weekday evenings, and both directions on weekend afternoons, have the highest rates. Off-peak travel times, which occur during

590-514: A great number of commuters to Washington, D.C. , and Fort George G. Meade . The legendary baseball player Babe Ruth was born and raised in Pigtown. The area where Pigtown is now located was originally part of the Mount Clare plantation, a 2,368-acre estate owned by Dr. Charles Carroll in the 18th century. Carroll built one of Maryland's first iron foundries on the property, which operated

708-401: A high school diploma, but 26 percent had not completed high school. The overall crime rate in the Pigtown community statistical area (which includes Carroll Park and Barre Circle), at 121.4 per thousand residents for the year of 2012, was markedly higher than the citywide average 61.8 per thousand, reflecting problems associated with poverty. Violent crime in Pigtown was 23.1 per thousand, while

826-657: A multitude of warehouses and industrial areas. The community contains varying types of architecture in the neighborhood's business and residential buildings. In its community statistical area profile for the Pigtown area, the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance reported a population of 5,503 residents in the neighborhood, living in approximately 2,740 homes during 2010. These homes consisted of newly built town homes, older row houses, condominiums and apartments, with an average of 2.4 residents per household. By 2012, neighborhood housing

944-589: A new route, was canceled in July 1983. The third is encountered at exit 60 and is the site of the southwestern terminus of the Windlass Freeway, a relief route for US 40 (part of the route was eventually built and is today part of I-695 ). The interchange that exists at this site is in partial use, serving the Moravia Road freeway spur; like the other two inner-city locations, ramp stubs mark

1062-590: A result, I-95 in Maryland had multiple conflicting sequences of exit numbers. In the mid-1980s, the exits were renumbered according to a statewide, mileage-based numbering system , so that they now range from exit 2 ( I-295 north) on the Capital Beltway to exit 109 ( MD 279 ) on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. To allow a seamless connection between the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and

1180-459: A single exotically named location. Having turned east, the route now runs straight toward the Delaware state line, passing under MD 213 north of Elkton with no access offered and then reaching the exit 109 interchange with MD 279 , which provides a direct route into Elkton and Newark, Delaware . I-95's run through Maryland comes to an end quickly after that exit, and it crosses

1298-584: A thriving German-language press, including publications such as the Baltimore Wecker ( Baltimore Alarm ). Immigration from Germany increased again after the various Revolutions of 1848 flaring up throughout Europe , bringing thousands of " Forty-Eighters " to Baltimore. By the time of the American Civil War , there were 32,613 German-born residents of Baltimore, not counting their American-born descendants of first generation along with

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1416-530: A true toll route as it passes through Susquehanna State Park before crossing the Susquehanna River on the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge . The bridge crosses between bluffs high above the river valley, and is posted with warning signs: "Subject to Crosswinds". The highway now enters Cecil County . Just beyond the bridge is an all-electronic toll gantry at Perryville , where tolls are collected in

1534-719: A wave of German immigrants came from the Palatinate , Hesse , Bavaria , and Bohemia . Many fled from Germany between 1812 and 1814, during the War of the Sixth Coalition , (1812-1814), the last of the series of French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars , in order to avoid military conscription into the Royal Prussian Army . The port of Baltimore was developed as a gateway for immigrants during

1652-415: Is "Billyland", derived from the term hillbilly , a derogatory term for poor white Appalachians. Since the 1970s, an empty lot at the corner of Ward and Bayard Streets has served as the community horseshoe pit . Its significance in the community is commemorated by a mural, painted on a building beside the lot, about 15 years after the first horseshoe stakes were planted there. In 2007, the 12-by-60 foot area

1770-510: Is currently six lanes wide (a 3–3 configuration) between exits 77 and 85. Like Section 100, this segment will be widened into a 4–2–2–4 configuration as far as exit 80 ( MD 543 ). Between exits 80 and 85, the remainder will likely be widened from a 3–3 configuration to a 4–4 configuration. While the MDTA has not yet finalized plans for this segment, the MD ;24 interchange

1888-659: The Baltimore 10-D Interstate System , approved in 1962. In this plan, I-95 would run east–west to the north of Fort McHenry , similarly to the above proposal, but would have run along the southern edge of the CBD, passing to the north of Federal Hill and cutting through the historic Fell's Point neighborhood. After crossing the Inner Harbor on another low bridge, it would have followed the Boston Street corridor, crossing

2006-699: The Canadian border at Houlton, Maine . In Maryland , the route is a major highway that runs 110.01 miles (177.04 km) diagonally from southwest to northeast, entering from the District of Columbia and Virginia at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River , northeast to the Delaware state line near Elkton . It is the longest Interstate Highway within Maryland and is one of

2124-631: The College Park Interchange . Instead, it would have exited D.C. at New Hampshire Avenue ( MD 650 ), following the Northeast Freeway , and, after passing through Northwest Branch Park , junctioned I-495 at the College Park Interchange, integrating seamlessly with the existing segment of I-95 at that interchange. This route was canceled in 1977, and I-95 rerouted, after the D.C. government canceled

2242-740: The Convention Hall Theater . Beginning in the 1870s, many wealthy German Jews built lavish homes in the northwest area of the growing city along North Eutaw Street and Eutaw Place towards the new Druid Hill Park of 1860. They also built several synagogues, such as the Eutaw Place Temple . By 1880, there were around 10,000 German Jews living in Baltimore, most of whom were of Bavarian and Hessian descent. The German-born immigrant population in Baltimore peaked in 1890, when German-born Baltimoreans numbered 41,930 out of

2360-544: The Federal Hill neighborhood, was listed as a German parish until 1959. The church had historically played an important institutional role for South Baltimore's large German community. The last German-language publication in Baltimore, the Baltimore Correspondent (formerly Der Deutsche Correspondent ), finally ceased publication in 1976. Aspects of Baltimore's German heritage remain, such as

2478-643: The Fort McHenry Tunnel south of Fort McHenry. The tunnel, containing eight lanes, curves underneath the Northwest Harbor and emerges in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore, quickly encountering the all-electronic toll plaza and connector ramps that lead to and from Keith Avenue. After the toll plaza, I-95 encounters the Boston Street / O'Donnell Street interchange, which also incorporates stubs and other unused infrastructure planned to be used for

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2596-482: The German language as their mother tongue. In 1940, 9,744 immigrants from Germany lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 16% of the city's foreign-born white population. In total, 23,889 people of German birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 17.1% of the foreign-stock white population. As of 2000, 18.7%, or 478,646, of the Baltimore metropolitan area 's population were of German descent, making it

2714-651: The MDTA and run by Areas USA. Both service areas offer bus parking, free Wi-Fi, restrooms, a Kids Korner seating area, an outdoor seating area, multiple fast-food restaurants , retail stores, and Sunoco as the fuel offering. Maryland House , opened in 1963, is at milepost 81.9 in Harford County. It was later remodeled in 1987, and wing additions were added in 1989–1990. It was closed on September 15, 2012, and demolished for reconstruction, reopening on January 16, 2014. Chesapeake House , opened in 1975 (after

2832-563: The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge , are tolled . From the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to the community of College Park , it follows a portion of the Capital Beltway , completed in 1964 and numbered as I-95 in 1977. Prior to 1977, the route was intended to go on a new highway through Washington, D.C.; however, public opposition caused the cancelation of I-95 inside of the Capital Beltway. The unnamed section between

2950-606: The New Carrollton area. Turning northwest, the beltway enters Greenbelt Park , intersecting the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (unsigned MD 295 ) in the northeastern edge of the park. Just after the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, the two routes interchange with MD 201 , which connects to the southern terminus of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway at US 50 ( New York Avenue ) near

3068-808: The North Central Freeway , which would have linked to the Northeast Freeway at its southern end and carried I-95 deeper into D.C., connecting to the Inner Loop . The part of I-95 that was completed from downtown Washington, D.C., to the Springfield Interchange in Springfield, Virginia , was then redesignated as I-395 . Several proposals were made during the 1940s and 1950s for an East–West Expressway through Baltimore. After nine different proposals were floated,

3186-597: The Springfield Interchange in Virginia. While the College Park Interchange was completed, the Northeast Freeway was never built, resulting in highway lanes coming to an abrupt end on the south end of the interchange. After the project to complete I-95 through the District of Columbia was canceled, I-95 was rerouted onto the Capital Beltway in 1977. The portion of I-95 inside the beltway in Northern Virginia and

3304-700: The Zion Lutheran Church . The church has held services in both English and German for over 250 years. There is also an annual Maryland German Festival held in the Baltimore area, which is sponsored by the German-American Citizens Association of Maryland. The German immigrants influenced the cuisine of Baltimore, introducing food items such as Berger Cookies . The Schmidt Baking Company was established by Elizabeth and Peter Schmidt, immigrants from Germany who used German recipes for their products. Baltimore used to have

3422-725: The central business district (CBD). The route would have met two other freeways—the Jones Falls Expressway and the Southwest Expressway—at a four-way interchange in the southeast edge of the CBD; I-95 would have followed the Southwest Expressway, and met both I-70N and I-83 (on the Jones Falls Expressway) at this interchange. I-70N and I-83 would have terminated at the interchange, while I-95 would have turned east and followed

3540-648: The 17th century. During the 19th century, the Port of Baltimore was the second-leading port of entry for immigrants, after Ellis Island in New York City . Many Germans immigrated to Baltimore during this time. In 1880, Germans made up the majority of the foreign-born population of Baltimore at 58% of all foreign born residents. 16.9% (56,354) of Baltimore residents were foreign born, 32,685 of them Germans (including Prussians , Swabians , and Bavarians ). In 1920, 19,813 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke

3658-645: The 1820s, and soon became the second largest gateway to America after New York City , (and Ellis Island ), especially at the terminals of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Locust Point, Baltimore , which had made an agreement with the Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd Line). By 1850, 20,000 German-born people lived in the city. Between 1820 and 1860, Germans were the largest group of immigrants to Baltimore. This wave of immigrants created numerous German institutions, including banks, insurance companies, and newspapers. German immigrants also created

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3776-400: The 1850s and 1860s. Slaughter houses located near the railroad yards earned the area its name as Pigtown as workers herded pigs for slaughter and processing to shops and packing plants across the streets from the rail cars. Although official records have identified the neighborhood as Washington Village at various points since the 1970s, it has been consistently labeled as Pigtown since 2006 at

3894-567: The 1920s, one third of Baltimore's public schools still offered German-language curricula and a quarter of Baltimoreans could still speak German fluently. Up until World War I the notes from the Baltimore City Council were published in both German and English. Before and during World War II , many Jewish refugees fled from Germany to Baltimore. By the end of the War they numbered 3,000. Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church , in

4012-576: The 2008 market crash but eventually resumed and have continued into 2016. Other parts of the neighborhood contain classic Baltimore-style rowhouses , often with 1950s-era formstone facades on brick fronts. Pigtown has a relatively diverse population, which, besides its longtime residents, includes a sizeable graduate student population. Because of its proximity to Interstate 95 , the Baltimore-Washington Parkway , MARC's Camden Station , and its low housing costs, Pigtown also has

4130-534: The Baltimore Beltway, a full-circle beltway around Baltimore that offers a full freeway bypass of the city and that connects to I-70, I-83 , and I-97. Before its collapse in March 2024 , northbound traffic not authorized to make use of either of the direct (tunnel) routes through Baltimore (such as vehicles either carrying hazardous materials or exceeding the tunnel clearance heights) was encouraged to use

4248-427: The Baltimore city line as far as exit 55 (Key Highway), the route was maintained by the city of Baltimore. Between exits 55 and 57 (Boston Street/O'Donnell Street) the route, traversing the Fort McHenry Tunnel , was maintained by the MDTA . Between exit 57 and the Baltimore city line the route was again maintained by the city of Baltimore. Now, between the southern Baltimore city line (near exit 49,

4366-457: The Baltimore city line, where ramp stubs were once planned for an unbuilt portion of the Windlass Freeway, then connects with US 40 before narrowing to six lanes and merging with I-895 just after exiting Baltimore into northeastern Baltimore County. From 2009 to 2015, new gray gantries were installed that displayed signs in the Clearview font which was being adopted statewide, replacing

4484-410: The Capital Beltway to I-270 , while I-95 turns north onto its own planned alignment. The interchange includes access to a park and ride and a weigh station . It is marked as exit 27 on both Interstates. Running northeast, I-95, still eight lanes wide, passes through Beltsville , interchanging with MD 212 near the community. The highway, completed in 1971, runs through undeveloped land to

4602-569: The Capital Beltway to north of Baltimore was completed in various stages between 1964 and 1985, while the northeastern section from Baltimore to the Delaware state line, known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (named after the former US president, John F. Kennedy ), was the first section completed, opening to traffic in 1963. A rebuild of this section was begun in 2006, and is underway; as of 2022 , several miles of express toll lanes have been added to I-95 north of Baltimore, with further widening of

4720-604: The Chesapeake Bay by 1723, living in the area that became Baltimore when the city was established in 1729. German Lutheran immigrants established Zion Lutheran Church in 1755, which also attracted Pennsylvania Dutch settlers to the region. Early German settlers also established the German Society of Maryland in 1783 in order to assist German immigrants. Following the War of 1812 in North America ,

4838-524: The Chesapeake Gas Company to distribute coal gas in Baltimore, now serves as home to Housewerks, an architectural salvage store. Pigtown is also home to the historic B&O Railroad Museum , which houses exhibits of historic significance to American railroading and items specific to the Pigtown community. Mount Clare Mansion, a brick Georgian plantation house built in 1763, is the oldest remaining Colonial-era structure in Baltimore. It

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4956-547: The D.C. line. Now turned fully west, the beltway runs through the northern edge of College Park , interchanging with the access roadway to the Greenbelt station serving Washington Metro's Green Line and MARC Train's Camden Line and US 1 . Beyond the US ;1 interchange, I-95 encounters its own route at the College Park Interchange and separates from I-495 within this interchange. I-495 continues west, alone, on

5074-554: The Delaware state line, becomes the Delaware Turnpike, and soon reaches the Newark mainline toll plaza (in 2012, the MDTA installed signs prior to and at the MD 279 interchange informing motorists of the Delaware toll plaza ahead). Similar to what was done on the between the beltways segment, new lighting projects have replaced the original high-mast lights (which were also mercury vapor) with conventional streetlights at

5192-485: The District of Columbia was designated as I-395 . The eastern half of the Capital Beltway was renumbered from I-495 to I-95. In 1991, the I-495 designation was restored on the eastern half of the beltway, numbered concurrently with I-95 as part of an effort to provide more consistent numbering and directional indicators on the Capital Beltway. The College Park Interchange was modified in late 1986 to allow free movement along

5310-673: The East–West Expressway out of the CBD, along the Boston Street corridor and out toward east Baltimore, intersecting the Harbor Tunnel Thruway near today's exit 62. The Southwest Expressway would have cut through Federal Hill and crossed the Inner Harbor on a fixed bridge with 50 feet (15 m) of vertical navigational clearance. All these proposed routes would have required extensive right-of-way acquisition and clearance. The above routings were eventually further refined and modified and eventually became part of

5428-548: The German immigrant community in that part of the city. In the year 1900, the city's German population was 34,000, according to the United States Census . Around 1900 there were over 30 congregations in Baltimore that were holding Sunday services in German. By 1914, the number had risen to 94,000, 20% of city's population. During the 19th Century, many of the city's public schools were known as "German-English". By

5546-474: The Harbor Tunnel Thruway near to where it does today, then followed the existing I-95 alignment out of the city. The highway would have junctioned I-70N a mile (1.6 km) to the northwest of the Inner Harbor, near the eastern terminus of the now-defunct I-170 ; it would have met I-83 in the northeastern corner of the CBD. This routing was little different from the routings proposed in 1960 and

5664-593: The I-95 express toll lanes was part of the $ 1.1-billion (equivalent to $ 1.39 billion in 2023 ) I-95 Improvement Project, which included $ 756 million (equivalent to $ 958 million in 2023 ) in highway and safety improvements along eight miles (13 km) of I-95 from the I-895 interchange to just north of White Marsh Boulevard (MD 43) in northeast Baltimore. Originally, there were several changes in jurisdiction over maintenance of Baltimore's segment of I-95. North of

5782-609: The MD 152 and MD 155 interchanges, but new high-masts were installed from the Perryville toll plaza to MD 222. Additionally, there are now high-mast lights at the northern I-695 interchange in Rosedale to match its southern counterpart in Halethorpe (although the ones in Halethorpe were removed by 2018); those replaced the conventional streetlights that had existed within the area. I-95 has express toll lanes in

5900-620: The MD 200 and southern I-895 interchanges (which opened in 1973 as part of an extension from its original terminus at US 1) now have high-mast lights (with high-pressure sodium lights, same as those within Baltimore), and new LED high-masts replaced the original ones at the I-195/MD 166 interchange. South of Baltimore , I-95 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration ; north of

6018-732: The MDTA issued its results for Section 100, the southernmost section. There may be the future consideration of replacing New York City with the much closer Philadelphia as the control city on I-95 north, north of Baltimore, as I-95 is fully completed between Philadelphia and New York City. Section 100 is an eight-mile (13 km) segment of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway that runs between exit 62 ( I-895 ) and milepost 70. This segment used to be just eight lanes wide (a 4–4 configuration) and carries approximately 165,000 vehicles per day (expected to increase to 225,000 vehicles per day by 2025). This segment has been expanded to 12 lanes (a 4–2–2–4 configuration), with

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6136-427: The Old Mountain Road bridge and will relocate the park-and-ride lot just south of the older facility and will be accessed through a roundabout. The project is expected to be complete by 2026. Section 300 is a three-mile (4.8 km) segment from exit 77 to exit 80. Plans for its widening are described above. History of the Germans in Baltimore The history of the Germans in Baltimore began in

6254-404: The U.S. Second Chance, Inc. is a 200,000 square foot store that sells reclaimed furniture and materials. Pigtown is one of the many stops on the Gwynn Falls trail connecting more than thirty Baltimore neighborhoods. It is home to the historic Carroll Park that consists of baseball fields, football fields, basketball courts, a skate park, playgrounds, and Mount Clare . The area also consists of

6372-501: The area's households were under $ 25,000 and 25.3 percent were considered below the poverty line. Its poverty rate was significantly greater than the citywide rate of 17.7 percent. The 50-acre community statistical area measured by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicator's Alliance is somewhat larger than Pigtown, including the neighborhoods of Carroll Park and Barre Circle. During 2012, the Pigtown community statistical area experienced an unemployment rate of 12.7 percent, somewhat better than

6490-412: The beltway travels very close to near its northern edge. Turning north past the MD 4 interchange, the beltway runs through Glenarden , interchanging with MD 202 , US 50 /unsigned I-595 , and MD 450 , the latter route offering access to New Carrollton station serving Washington Metro 's Orange Line , MARC Train 's Penn Line , and Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor railroad line and

6608-543: The center lanes designated as express toll lanes . In addition, the interchange between the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and the Baltimore Beltway at exit 64 has been rebuilt into a more orthodox stack interchange , removing the left entrances and exits as well as the unique carriageway crossovers on I-95 (the carriageway crossovers on I-695 there remained, but those have since been removed as well). The interchange at exit 67 ( MD 43 ) has been significantly modified from its former cloverleaf configuration, and

6726-430: The city due to the violence. The population continued to surge after the Civil War , due in large part to the agreement signed on January 21, 1867 between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Norddeutscher Lloyd , a German steamship line which brought tobacco along with further German immigrants to the port of Baltimore from Bremen , Germany . German immigrants disembarked from the steamships at B&O's pier, which

6844-461: The city of Baltimore . Traveling northbound, the first interchange encountered is the College Park Interchange , exit 27. This was the intended site of the northern crossing of I-95 and I-495 and the northern end of the Northeast Freeway . South of here, I-95 was to enter D.C. on the Northeast Freeway, continue on the North Central Freeway and connect seamlessly to the portion of I-95 in downtown Washington that had been completed from there to

6962-446: The city saw an average of 14.7 per thousand. The city had a property crime rate of 47 per thousand residents in 2012, but the rate in Pigtown hit 98.3. Juvenile arrests were at a rate of 91.7 per thousand in Pigtown, compared to the citywide rate of 79.2 in 2012. Interstate 95 in Maryland Interstate 95 ( I-95 ) is an Interstate Highway running along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida , north to

7080-412: The city's department of planning published a proposal of its own in 1960. The route in the proposal would have started out as I-70N (as it was known then) and run due east through vast city parkland before picking up the small piece of freeway that was constructed within the Franklin Street–Mulberry Street corridor, and then crossing the city to the north of the Inner Harbor on an elevated viaduct within

7198-405: The citywide rate of 13.9 percent for the year. Eastern portions of Pigtown are within walking distance of Camden Station , served by both the Baltimore Light Rail and the MARC Camden Line . The neighborhood's proximity to Camden Station, Interstate-95 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway , provides residents with access to important regional commuter routes. Route 36 (MTA Maryland) provides

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7316-425: The crossovers on I-695. At this junction, southbound vehicles that cannot use either tunnel are redirected onto the western half of I-695, as its eastern half has been severed by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Continuing to the northeast, parallel with the Chesapeake Bay , the route encounters MD 43 near White Marsh . After passing through Gunpowder Falls State Park , and into Harford County ,

7434-402: The daytime outside of peak travel times, have lower rates, with the overnight hours having the lowest rates. Just as in Delaware, the northern segment of I-95 in Maryland has service areas in the median that serve both directions of traffic. This dates back to its days as a two-state toll highway. Between the Delaware line and the Baltimore city line, two service areas are available, owned by

7552-427: The earlier wave of colonial and pre-revolutionary era settlers. Many German immigrants were politically active in opposing slavery , and German newspapers that editorialized against it were targets of attacks by nativists and Confederate sympathizers. During the Baltimore riot of 1861 , the office of the Baltimore Wecker was destroyed by mobs; the publisher, William Schnauffer, and the editor, Wilhelm Rapp , left

7670-420: The east. Just beyond this interchange, I-95 encounters three more of its auxiliary routes within Maryland: I-895 , which splits from I-95 within Patapsco Valley State Park , just south of the Patapsco River (and at which point the road enters southwestern Baltimore County ); I-195 and MD 166 near Catonsville , a short spur to Baltimore/Washington International Airport ; and I-695 near Halethorpe ,

7788-449: The eastern half of I-695, which crossed the Patapsco River via the Francis Scott Key Bridge ; it is now detoured onto the western half of the beltway, with I-95 being available to all other through traffic. When this part of I-95 opened to traffic in 1971, all interchanges in the stretch had high-mast lighting (with mercury vapor lights ), but, beginning in 2010, these were replaced with lower-mounted conventional streetlights. However,

7906-429: The eight movements in lieu of flyovers. Beyond the interchange, both sets of carriageways crossed over each other again and resumed right-hand running. As part of the upgrades to I-95 to accommodate express toll lanes in this area, this interchange was replaced with a more conventional four-level stack; all exits are now on the right, and I-95's carriageways no longer cross over one another; a similar project also eliminated

8024-428: The final opening of the tunnel on November 23, 1985, I-95 was finally completed within the city of Baltimore. Originally, the toll plaza at the north end of the Fort McHenry Tunnel was to be removed after the city of Baltimore repaid its share of the construction costs of the tunnel. However, the MDTA lobbied successfully to keep the toll plaza in place to prevent a traffic problem on I-95 within Baltimore. Despite

8142-412: The highway was widened from four to six lanes in 1972), is at milepost 97 in Cecil County. It was closed and demolished in January 2014 following the reopening of the Maryland House and reopened on August 5, 2014. A rest area is located in Howard County , between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Unlike the two service areas farther north, which are located in the median, this rest area is located on

8260-443: The insistence of community groups such as Southwest Community Council, Inc. Pigtown has several historic landmarks, including some national landmarks. Patrick's of Pratt Street, which had operated at 934 West Pratt Street for nearly 170 years, claimed to be "America's Oldest Irish Pub". The pub closed in 2016 after being founded and run by the same family since 1847. The Bayard Station valve house at 1415 Bayard Street, built in 1885 by

8378-500: The interchange area until 2018 when two new lanes were taken from the left shoulders. The interchange would have been a three-way freeway-to-freeway interchange, with a full complement of ramps provided for local access to and from Boston Street and O'Donnell Street, to and from both Interstates. Of the two planned Interstate terminuses, I-83's terminus was the first to be abandoned, with the connecting highway segment being cancelled in September 1982; I-70's terminus, later redesignated as

8496-427: The interchange at exit 62 was also reconfigured so that I-95 is now the straight-ahead route instead of I-895, thus eliminating the need for southbound I-95 traffic to weave to the right and cross over. The project cost $ 1.1 billion (equivalent to $ 1.39 billion in 2023 ). It began in 2006 and was completed in 2014. The remainder of the section between Exit 67 and milepost 70 is currently being widened to

8614-555: The interchange with the Intercounty Connector toll road ( MD 200 ) and Konterra Drive ( MD 206 ) before interchanging with MD 198 just west of Laurel . Passing over the Patuxent River just south of the T. Howard Duckett Dam , the route enters Howard County and promptly has an interchange with MD 216 . North of the MD 216 interchange, the route encounters its first rest area in

8732-464: The junction with I-895, after three miles (4.8 km), I-95 once again intersects with I-695 in Rosedale at what was a unique double-crossover interchange. Within this interchange, the carriageways of I-95 narrowed to six lanes and crossed over each other, thereby putting through traffic on the left within the interchange nexus, allowing left exit ramps and left entrance ramps to accommodate four of

8850-682: The largest pig iron furnace in the colonies prior to the American Revolution . Dr. Carroll was a cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton , who signed the Declaration of Independence . In 1827, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was founded in Baltimore . Ground was broken on the Mount Clare property in 1828, with the first stone laid by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, at the age of 90. Initially providing service between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland ),

8968-400: The largest European ancestral group. In the same year Baltimore city's German population was 48,423, 7.4% of the city's population. As of 2011, immigrants from Germany were the seventeenth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore and the German language was the sixteenth most common language of those who spoke English "less than very well". German immigrants began to settle along

9086-467: The left lanes of I-95 without conflict. North of this unusual interchange, I-95 encounters MD 175 , the main access route into Columbia , at a less-radical directional cloverleaf interchange. After the MD 175 interchange comes the MD ;100 interchange, providing access to Ellicott City , US 29 , and I-70 to the west and the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (MD 295) and I-97 to

9204-476: The mainline bridges built to grade-separate I-95 and the exit ramps to and from I-70, several ramp stubs, a few grassy abutments. An incomplete flyover bridge once existed as well, but was later demolished. Narrow shoulders through the interchange area show that I-95 narrowed to six lanes but was restriped to widen the highway. While this interchange was left incomplete, the existing exit 50, built with extensive collector–distributor lanes due to its proximity to

9322-647: The median between the I-895 merge in northern Baltimore to just north of MD 43 in White Marsh, with two express toll lanes in each direction. In addition to access to and from I-95 at both ends, the express toll lanes have a southbound exit and northbound entrance with I-895, a southbound exit and northbound entrance with Moravia Road via I-895, and a northbound exit and southbound entrance with MD 43. The express toll lanes utilize all-electronic tolling ; tolls are collected by E-ZPass or video tolling , which uses automatic license plate recognition and sends

9440-409: The most traveled Interstate Highways in the state, especially between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. , despite alternate routes along the corridor, such as the Baltimore–Washington Parkway , U.S. Route 1 (US 1), and US 29 . I-95 also has eight auxiliary routes in the state, the most of any state along the I-95 corridor. Portions of the highway, including the Fort McHenry Tunnel and

9558-666: The neighborhood with local bus service along Washington Boulevard, on its daily route between Northern Parkway (north) and Lansdowne (south). Three elementary schools are located in Pigtown: George Washington Elementary, Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary, and Southwest Baltimore Charter School. There are two middle schools in Pigtown: Mount Clare Christian School and Franklin Middle. No high schools are located in

9676-435: The neighborhood. In 2011, 88.87 percent of the children in Pigtown were receiving free or reduced price school lunches, and 15 percent were enrolled in special education programs. The racial composition of Pigtown students was 76.6 percent African-American, 17.2 percent white, and 2.1 percent Hispanic. Thirty-two percent of Pigtown's adult residents had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2011, while another 41 percent had at least

9794-747: The neighborhood. Community organizations have emphasized the importance of the neighborhood's history and blue collar origin as they rebuffed attempts to rename it Washington Village. Pigtown celebrates its culture yearly during the Pigtown Festival, which features local food, entertainment and "Squeakness", a race featuring pigs. The pig race pays homage to the neighborhood's beginning with the railroad, railroad workers and German butchers. Many white residents of Pigtown are out-migrants or descendants of out-migrants from Appalachia , particularly West Virginia and Western Maryland . Poor white Appalachian residents of Pigtown report discrimination from

9912-459: The northbound direction only. There are no southbound tolls on the highway, but southbound truck traffic may need to stop at a nearby weigh station . At the northern end of the plaza is exit 93 for MD 222 in Perryville, before continuing through Cecil County toward the Delaware state line. (Until the 1980s, there were tolls at the southbound exits and northbound entrances, at the Perryville and North East interchanges.) Still paralleling

10030-552: The northern shore of the Chesapeake Bay , I-95's carriageways split apart again to encounter another service area, Chesapeake House , that is accessible from both directions. Now past the northern tip of the bay, north of Elk Neck State Park , the route encounters MD 272 , which provides access to the towns of North East and Rising Sun . The "North East Rising Sun" exit off I-95 has been read by some drivers, including children's writer Katherine Paterson , as referring to

10148-614: The northern terminus of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (and the southern terminus of Russell Street, with ramps to the transitioning roads and from the terminating ones) within the I-395 interchange, which is almost completely elevated over the middle branch of the Patapsco River . After interchanging with both routes, I-95 interchanges with MD 2 and Key Highway , the latter route offering access to Fort McHenry and an escape route for hazardous material traffic. I-95 encounters

10266-436: The old brown gantries and Highway Gothic signs, some of which had button copy . In 2017, the high-mast poles, which were also brown, were taken down and replaced with new gray ones. The John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway portion of I-95, a toll facility operated by the MDTA , begins at the end of the Harbor Tunnel Thruway (I-895), which is also operated by the MDTA, at the Baltimore city line. Starting out eight lanes wide at

10384-473: The planned eastern terminus of I-70 , the planned southern terminus of I-83 , and the planned southern terminus of the Windlass Freeway . All three unbuilt interchanges incorporate interchanges with local roads. The first is located near exit 50 in Baltimore; it is the site of the planned eastern terminus of I-70 within the city. The only remnants of the interchange that remain in situ today are

10502-503: The police on the basis of class . Some poor white residents of Pigtown allege that while poor black people in Pigtown and the nearby neighborhood of Sandtown experience more discrimination due to the combination of racism and classism, poor whites nonetheless experience targeting and harassment from the police . According to David Simon , a police reporter from the Baltimore Sun , a nickname for Pigtown among police officers

10620-400: The railroad began operating along West Pratt Street on May 22, 1830. The horsedrawn cars of the early B&O Railroad were the nation's first regular passenger rail. Construction of the first houses to the north and south of the railroad yards began in 1833. A community of railroad workers grew along Columbia Avenue (now Washington Boulevard) in the 1840s, followed by industrial development in

10738-524: The roadway planned through to the Delaware state line. I-95 enters the state of Maryland concurrently with I-495 , the Capital Beltway. From Alexandria, Virginia , the roadways, five lanes in either direction, travel together over the Potomac River on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge , briefly cross the southern tip of the District of Columbia (over water), and touch down in Prince George's County west of Forest Heights . I-95/I-495 immediately encounter

10856-515: The route encounters the MD 22 interchange in Aberdeen , providing access to Aberdeen Proving Ground . South of Susquehanna State Park , I-95 encounters the southern end of the remaining tolled portion of the highway at the MD 155 interchange, providing access to Havre de Grace and US 40 . (Until the 1980s, there were tolls to enter I-95 southbound and exit it northbound in Harford County.) North of this interchange, I-95 becomes

10974-498: The route has interchanges with MD 152 north of Joppatowne , then with MD 24 , providing access to Bel Air and Edgewood . Within the MD 24 interchange, I-95 narrows to six lanes and remains this wide to the Delaware border. Just beyond the MD 543 interchange, I-95's carriageways split apart to provide space for the Maryland House service area accessible from both directions. Beyond Maryland House,

11092-579: The route's inclusion in the Interstate Highway System in the mid-1950s, the construction of the Baltimore and Capital beltways had diverted most of the state funds that would have been used to build it. To relieve traffic on US 40 , it was decided to finance construction using a bond issue. The Maryland State Roads Commission, the predecessor to the MDTA , floated $ 73 million (equivalent to $ 563 million in 2023 ) in revenue bonds to provide funds to start construction of

11210-461: The route, which began in January 1962. Completed in 1963, the 48-mile (77 km) Northeast Expressway and the adjoining 11-mile (18 km) Delaware Turnpike were dedicated by President John F. Kennedy , Delaware Governor Elbert N. Carvel , and Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes in a ceremony at the state line on November 14, 1963. Eight days after dedicating the toll road, President Kennedy

11328-413: The shoulders, with separate facilities for each direction of travel. This rest area also features only restrooms, a tourist information area, and vending machines, in contrast to the full food and fuel options at the two service areas farther north. Under the original plans for I-95 in Maryland, the route would not have followed the eastern half of the Capital Beltway from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to

11446-436: The site of the ramps to and from the unbuilt freeway. Due to the heavy use of this route by commuters and through traffic, the MDTA has begun the process of significantly expanding the highway to increase its capacity. The expansion plans are divided into short, individual sections; in 2001, the MDTA began public studies to determine the best way to expand the highway to meet current and future needs. After four years of study,

11564-413: The southern I-695 interchange) and the northern Baltimore city line, the route is maintained entirely by the MDTA. Maryland state highway police force and the authority's own police force share police duties on this segment. Additionally, the city of Baltimore pays the MDTA to maintain I-95 within the city limits. I-95 has at least four incomplete interchanges along its route, with three located within

11682-509: The southern Baltimore city line, I-95 changes jurisdiction to the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). Continuing on its northeasterly track, the route intersects US 1 Alternate (US 1 Alt.) just beyond the city line. I-95's interchange with US 1 Alt. incorporates stubs and unused embankments that would have been used for the planned eastern terminus of I-70 within Baltimore (later planned as

11800-637: The southern terminus of I-295 , known as the Anacostia Freeway, a route that serves downtown Washington, D.C. , and connects to the originally planned alignment of I-95 through Washington D.C., I-395 . Just beyond I-295 the two routes interchange with Maryland Route 210 (MD 210), a major north–south route into southern D.C. The two Interstates continue along the Capital Beltway and have interchanges with various local highways such as MD 5 (Branch Avenue) and MD 4 ( Pennsylvania Avenue ) on either side of Andrews Air Force Base , which

11918-433: The southern terminus of I-83 ; I-95 also passes over I-895 within the interchange area, with no access between the two routes, then runs into east Baltimore, providing local access to various city streets (a northbound-only exit to Dundalk Avenue and a three-quarter interchange with Eastern Avenue, which share southbound access ramps via Kane Street) in lieu of I-895. It interchanges with the Moravia Road freeway spur next to

12036-435: The southern terminus of I-595, though the freeway was later canceled and that designation was moved to US 50 east of Washington ). Continuing past this unbuilt interchange, I-95 intersects Washington Boulevard, a local city street (with ramps to the southbound side and from the northbound side), before encountering the main access route into the central business district, I-395 . I-95 also interchanges with MD 295 at

12154-424: The state of Maryland, with separate facilities for the northbound and southbound lanes. Continuing northeast, I-95 intersects MD 32 at a modified directional cloverleaf interchange . Within this interchange, I-95 grade-separates, with the northbound carriageway passing over MD 32 and the southbound carriageway passing under MD 32, allowing left exits from both of the latter's carriageways to merge into

12272-561: The then-unnumbered Harbor Tunnel Thruway, a partial interchange was constructed for I-95 to continue south into Baltimore. However, this meant that I-95 had to enter from and exit to the right, as evidenced by a southbound flyover ramp; a construction project corrected the problem in 2009 so that I-95 would proceed straight through the interchange. Express toll lanes were built from the I-895 merge in northern Baltimore to just north of MD 43. The lanes opened Saturday, December 6, 2014, after more than eight years of construction. Construction of

12390-595: The total population of 365,863. Holy Cross Church on West Street off Light Street in old South Baltimore near Federal Hill was founded in 1860 to serve the growing numbers of Germans moving onto the peninsula south of "The Basin" of the Patapsco River's Northwest Branch and the Baltimore Harbor , which had been annexed into the city in 1816. St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic was later founded in 1895 in Highlandtown in east Baltimore to serve

12508-408: The transition from the I-95 corridor and the Capital Beltway without requiring the use of exit ramps. Today, all parts of the interchange are in regular use. The southern end of the interchange now serves as a park and ride commuter lot. The other three interchanges are located in the city of Baltimore, a sign of the many successful freeway revolts that accompanied the construction of the 3-A System:

12626-496: The unbuilt interchange, stands as a more visible sign of what was planned. Today, exit 50 connects US 1 Alt. to I-95. The second is located near exit 57, just to the north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel , and is the site of the planned southern terminus of I-83. Like I-70's terminus, the remnants here consist mainly of ramp stubs and unused bridges. This interchange, like exit 50, also serves Boston Street and O'Donnell Street , and also narrowed to six lanes within

12744-747: Was assassinated in Dallas . As a result, both the Northeast Expressway and Delaware Turnpike were renamed the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in his honor in December 1963. Between 1963 and 1993, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway was a tolled facility for the entire length of the roadway in both directions. The mainline toll plaza is situated just north of the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge in Perryville . The southbound toll plaza

12862-483: Was also universally disliked. By 1969, the design concept team, a multidiscipline group assembled in 1966 by the city government to help design freeway routings that would not disrupt the city's fabric, the 10-D System had been replaced by the Baltimore 3-A Interstate and Boulevard System . In the 3-A system, I-95 was shifted south onto the Locust Point peninsula and eventually constructed there. Originally, I-95

12980-423: Was estimated to have increased to 2,760 homes. Its population mix in 2010 was estimated as 49 percent African American, 39 percent white, 5.3 percent Hispanic and 6.7 percent other, giving the area a 61.2 diversity index, well above the 54.5 citywide index. The majority (59.9 percent) of the area's population was reported in the age range of 25 to 64. Median income of $ 44,993 was estimated for 2010, but 30.5 percent of

13098-461: Was improved, with the interchange improvement project completed in 2009. The segment between mileposts 70 and 79 is currently being widened to a 4-2-4 configuration, which will extend the current northbound express lanes to just south of MD 543. The MD 152 and MD 24 interchanges will be reconstructed along with multiple overpasses and underpasses. The reconstruction of the MD 152 interchange had demolished

13216-523: Was located in Locust Point. By 1868, one-fourth of Baltimore's 160,000 white inhabitants were German-born and half of the remainder were of full or partial German descent. Many of the German immigrants who arrived during the latter half of the 19th century were affluent German Jews who created a number of cultural institutions, including Yiddish theatres such as the Concordia Hall and

13334-671: Was planned to cross the Patapsco River on a 180-foot-high (55 m) bridge, but opposition to this crossing brought forth the Fort McHenry Tunnel, which made up the last part of I-95 to be completed within the city limits. I-70N would have run through Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park to terminate at I-95 near US 1 Alt. (with the I-170 spur serving the areas to the immediate west of the CBD, where it would terminate), while I-83

13452-564: Was purchased by the city government in 1890, along with 70 acres of land, for use as a park. Located at 1500 Washington Boulevard, the former home of Dr. Charles Carroll has been maintained as a museum by the Maryland chapter of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America since 1917. The blue collar culture of Pigtown began with the individuals who worked on the B&;O Railroad and German immigrants who opened butcher shops in

13570-439: Was removed in 1991, but tolls are still collected for northbound traffic over the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge at this location. Additionally, ramp tolls were collected at many of the interchanges until they were abolished by an act of the legislature in 1981. The highway and bridge are maintained by the MDTA. Exits on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway were originally numbered consecutively , beginning with exit 1. As

13688-536: Was shifted to a new alignment and planned to terminate at I-95 north of the Patapsco River . I-395 was also brought into existence under this plan; it was planned as a freeway spur from I-95 to the south edge of the CBD, connecting to a new route named City Boulevard (now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard ). The 3-A System's result was that I-95 would act as a bypass of the CBD, with I-395 providing direct access. The first portion of I-95 in Baltimore

13806-487: Was sold by the city government to a developer. It was repurchased by the city in 2010, and is now preserved and maintained as the community horseshoe pit by Baltimore Green Space, a local nonprofit organization. The first Annual Horseshoe Tournament at the Pit In Pigtown was held in 2011. The B&O Railroad Museum forms the northern boundary of Pigtown. It has the largest collection of 19th Century locomotives in

13924-528: Was the southern 0.6 miles (0.97 km) of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, completed in 1963. By 1971, I-95 had entered Baltimore proper when it was completed between the Capital and Baltimore beltways; beyond the southern I-695 interchange, the highway came to a dead halt at US 1 Alt. By 1974, I-95 was under construction in East Baltimore between its current merge with I-895 south to

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