This is a supporting column for what will one day be MD-200, the inter-county connector. This long awaited roadway will link Shady Grove, (at I-370) with the B-W parkway, just south of Laurel. The idea of this roadway was first floated more than three decades ago, when the original interstate plan for the area included an outer loop around DC, which 200 will partially follow, and an innter loop which would have linked 395 in the District, with K street.
I-200 will, ideally, take a lot of traffic off of I-495, and save people from having to deal with the mess that is the capital beltway in rush hour. Of course, there are always controversies surrounding a roadway. I mentioned that the Trolley museum had to be moved to make room for this highway, but there are plenty of other displaced homes and businesses too.
This highway discussion makes me want to cover another topic that many Marylanders are familiar with: the remains of the interstates that were never completed. Stay tuned for more on this one throughout the summer.
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1 thefrog5 // Apr 29, 2009 at 2:03 PM
“I-200 will, ideally, take a lot of traffic off of I-495… ”
Not gonna happen. The official study admitted it won’t help reduce Beltway traffic. They said it would help with congestion on local roads, but the details of that are less than convincing. It’s really just a huge waste of money and a present for developers.
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