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39-535: Joppa Road and its western complement, Old Court Road , have been a cross-county highway since the 17th century. This highway connected the western part of the county to its original county seat of Joppa , which was sited on the Gunpowder River near the modern community of Joppatowne . Like Old Court Road, Joppa Road was improved on its state and county segments in the mid-1920s to form a circumferential paved highway around Baltimore . The state-maintained segment of

78-475: A concrete road, and brought into the state highway system from MD 147 west to US 111. In 1934, the portion of MD 148 between MD 147 and US 1 was proposed to be widened from 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 m). MD 148 was widened with a pair of 5-foot-wide (1.5 m) macadam shoulders from US 1 to MD 147 in 1938 and from there to MD 542 in 1940. The highway was widened to 24 feet (7.3 m) and resurfaced from MD 542 to Providence Road in 1948. Between 1950 and 1952,

117-640: A county highway in the early 1960s. Joppa Road begins at a four-way intersection with MD 25 (Falls Road) and the northern end of the Jones Falls Expressway in Brooklandville. The intersection is a short distance north of the expressway's interchange with the Baltimore Beltway that forms one junction between I-83 and I-695. Joppa Road's western terminus is also a short distance south of MD 25's intersection with MD 130 (Greenspring Valley Road) and

156-537: A divided highway again just west of its intersection with MD 41 (Perring Parkway), which has an interchange with the Beltway immediately to the south. Joppa Road becomes undivided again west of Old Harford Road and meets MD 147 (Harford Road) in Parkville. Joppa Road continues as a four-lane road with center turn lane toward Perry Hall. There, the main segment of the highway ends at an intersection with US 1 (Belair Road);

195-531: A forested descent into the narrow Patapsco River valley. MD 125 begins within the hamlet of Woodstock, where the highway has a grade crossing of CSX 's Old Main Line Subdivision railroad line and crosses the Patapsco River into Baltimore County. The state highway, now known as Old Court Road, passes an entrance to Patapsco Valley State Park and the former grounds of Woodstock College as it ascends out of

234-478: A four-lane road with center turn lane. The highway has an oblique intersections with Providence Road and Goucher Boulevard and expands to a divided highway on the north side of the Towson Place shopping center. Joppa Road becomes undivided again as it approaches its intersection with MD 542 (Loch Raven Boulevard) on the northwestern edge of Parkville. The highway passes under I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) and expands to

273-461: A length of 3.59 miles (5.78 km) between Woodstock and the edge of Randallstown and MD 133 spans 3.31 miles (5.33 km) between MD 129 and MD 25 in Pikesville . Old Court Road connects the western and central Baltimore County communities of Granite , Randallstown, Milford Mill , Pikesville, and Towson . Old Court Road has been a cross-county highway since the colonial era . The highway

312-507: A ridge toward Towson. The two-lane highway crosses over MD 139 and meets the northern end of Charles Street Avenue. Joppa Road enters the downtown area of Towson at its intersection with MD 45 Bypass (Bosley Avenue). Two blocks to the east, Joppa Road becomes one-way westbound; to continue east, traffic must turn south onto Washington Street and east on Allegheny Avenue, an east–west street between Charles Street Avenue and downtown Towson. Allegheny Avenue and Joppa Road converge just west of

351-524: Is a United States Act of Congress that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 28, 1995. The legislation designated about 160,955 miles (259,032 km) of roads, including the Interstate Highway System, as the NHS. Aside from designating the system, the act served several other purposes, including restoring $ 5.4 billion in funding to state highway departments, giving Congress

390-538: Is a network of strategic highways within the United States , including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, military bases, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities. Altogether, it constitutes the largest highway system in the world. Individual states are encouraged to focus federal funds on improving

429-502: Is a state- and county-maintained highway in the U.S. state of Maryland . Including the adjacent road in Howard County known as Woodstock Road , the highway runs 15.4 miles (24.8 km) from Maryland Route 99 (MD 99) near Woodstock east to Joppa Road near Towson . Old Court Road includes two county-maintained sections and two Maryland state highways , Maryland Route 125 ( MD 125 ) and Maryland Route 133 ( MD 133 ). MD 125 has

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468-464: Is now Joppatowne . The first section of the road built as a modern highway was from Falls Road west to near Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville, which was under construction as a 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam road by 1911 and completed by 1915. The macadam road was extended west to Park Heights Avenue in 1923, completing what is today the full length of MD 133. The MD 125 portion of Old Court Road

507-587: The Federal Highway Administration , the 160,000-mile (260,000 km) National Highway System includes roads important to the United States' economy, defense, and mobility, from one or more of the following road networks (specific routes may be part of more than one sub-system): The system includes 4% of the nation's roads, but carries more than 40% of all highway traffic, 75% of heavy truck traffic, and 90% of tourist traffic. All urban areas with

546-542: The Green Spring Station medical complex. Joppa Road heads southeast as a two-lane road that crosses over the Beltway just east of the aforementioned junction of I-83 and I-695. The highway veers east at its intersection with Old Court Road and passes through Riderwood. Joppa Road crosses over Roland Run and MTA Maryland 's Baltimore Light RailLink and intersects Bellona Avenue, which leads to MD 139 (Charles Street) in both directions. Joppa Road continues east along

585-619: The Interstate Highway System, be included. The act provided a framework to develop a National Intermodal Transportation System which "consists of all forms of transportation in a unified, interconnected manner, including the transportation systems of the future, to reduce energy consumption and air pollution while promoting economic development and supporting the Nation's preeminent position in international commerce". The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 ( Pub. L.   104–59 (text) (PDF) , 109  Stat.   568 , COMPS-1425 )

624-597: The Old Court Road, in the 18th century the path became the cross-county highway to Joppa, the original county seat of Baltimore County, which was located on the Gunpowder near what is now Joppatowne. Joppa Road west of Towson was never part of the state highway system, but Allegheny Avenue was constructed as a concrete road from York Road (later US 111 ) west to Charles Street Avenue (later MD 139) by Baltimore County with state aid by 1921. Allegheny Avenue later became MD 141 and

663-549: The Towson Roundabout, a racetrack-shaped, five-legged roundabout at the junction of MD 45 (York Road), MD 146 (Dulaney Valley Road), Allegheny Avenue, and Joppa Road. Joppa Road heads east from the circle as a four-lane undivided highway on the south side of the Towson Town Center shopping mall and on a bridge directly above part of the retail building on the south side of the road. Joppa Road leaves downtown Towson as

702-573: The block of MD 148 immediately to the east of US 111 was shifted, widened, and reconstructed as a bridge over the ground floor of the first suburban location of the Hutzler's department store. Construction on the Baltimore Beltway, which functionally replaced Joppa Road as the main east–west highway between Towson and Carney, began from Joppa Road near Brooklandville to the Baltimore–;Harrisburg Expressway (now I-83) in 1954. Joppa Road served as

741-648: The east leg of the intersection is Ebenezer Road. Joppa Road continues when it splits off from US 1 one block north of Ebenezer Road. The two-lane road passes along the southern edge of Perry Hall and the northern edge of White Marsh. Joppa Road crosses Honeygo Run and has consecutive intersections with Honeygo Boulevard and Cowenton Avenue, meeting the latter at a roundabout. The highway continues southeast and crosses I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 7 (Philadelphia Road). That state highway heads southwest through Rosedale to Baltimore and northeast toward Joppatowne, which lies near

780-415: The easternmost section of Old Court Road met MD 25 north of MD 133's terminus and Ruxton Road, which prior to 1963 was part of MD 134 , met MD 25 south of MD 133's terminus. When Ruxton Road's interchange with I-83 was built, Ruxton Road was realigned to end at the same intersection as MD 133. The current north–south section of Old Court Road east of I-83 was built to replace the disconnected segment to

819-540: The efficiency and safety of this network. The roads within the system were identified by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) in cooperation with the states, local officials, and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and approved by the United States Congress in 1995. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in 1991 established certain key routes such as

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858-462: The existing macadam road resurfaced for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to U.S. Route 140 (US 140, now MD 140); MD 125 was extended east and resurfaced for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) to its current eastern terminus; and MD 125 was extended west and resurfaced along Woodstock Road to MD 99. In 1956, four years after the highway's bridge over the Patapsco River was redecked, the Howard County portion of MD 125

897-414: The federal government or the private sector , and they would be repaid through such means as highway tolls or taxes. In 1997, 28 more states asked to be part of the program. Ohio was the first state to use a state infrastructure bank to start building a road. An advantage of this method was completing projects faster; state laws and the lack of appropriate projects were potential problems. According to

936-644: The freeway. Before I-83 has its southern interchange with I-695, Old Court Road curves east and reaches its eastern terminus at Joppa Road, which heads northwest to Brooklandville and east through Riderwood to the center of Towson. Old Court Road is a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector between the Old Court station on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink and MD 140. Old Court Road originated as an Indian trail that

975-400: The highway between Towson and Perry Hall was designated Maryland Route 148 . MD 148 was widened in the mid-1930s and again in the late 1930s and 1940s. The highway's role as the primary east–west highway of Baltimore's northern suburbs was superseded by the construction of I-695 in the late 1950s and early 1960s. MD 148 was removed from the state highway system and all of Joppa Road became

1014-547: The highway passes the Park School of Baltimore . MD 133 reaches its eastern terminus at MD 25 (Falls Road) within the Rockland Historic District . The roadway continues east as Ruxton Road, which has a half- diamond interchange with I-83 (Jones Falls Expressway) that allows access to and from Baltimore. At the exit ramp from northbound I-83 to Ruxton Road, the eastern segment of Old Court Road heads north parallel to

1053-443: The north. Similar to the situation at MD 25, Old Court Road previously met US 140 at staggered intersections and the westernmost portion of MD 133 was part of Sudbrook Lane. In 1967, Old Court Road was relocated to its present alignment between US 140 and Sudbrook Lane. MD 133 was truncated at MD 129 to bring MD 133 to its current length in 1969. National Highway System (United States) The National Highway System ( NHS )

1092-443: The northern edge of Milford Mill community and crosses over Interstate 695 (I-695, Baltimore Beltway) just south of its interchange with I-795 (Northwest Expressway). The highway crosses over MTA Maryland 's Baltimore Metro SubwayLink next to the transit line's Old Court station and passes under CSX's Hanover Subdivision railroad line. In the center of Pikesville, Old Court Road intersects MD 140 (Reisterstown Road) and follows

1131-464: The power to prioritize highway system projects, repealing all federal speed limit controls, and prohibits the federal government from requiring states to use federal-aid highway funds to convert existing signs or purchase new signs with metric units. The act also created a State Infrastructure Bank pilot program. Ten states were chosen in 1996 for this new method of road financing. These banks would lend money like regular banks, with funding coming from

1170-571: The river valley. MD 125 has a curvaceous path through the village of Granite, which is preserved as the Granite Historic District . The state highway continues through farmland to its eastern terminus at an arbitrary point 3.50 miles (5.63 km) east of the Patapsco River. Old Court Road continues as a county highway into the suburban area of Randallstown. The highway expands to a four-lane undivided road shortly before its intersection with MD 26 (Liberty Road). Old Court Road passes along

1209-519: The same year the Beltway opened from MD 542 to US 1. Joppa Road was expanded to a divided highway from Goucher Boulevard to Drumwood Road and for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) on both sides of the MD 41 intersection in 1978. The entire route is in Baltimore County . Old Court Road MD 133 is 3.31 miles (5.33 km). County-maintained Woodstock Road is 1.2 mi (1.9 km). Old Court Road

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1248-547: The site of the abandoned town of Joppa. Joppa Road is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from Goucher Boulevard in Towson east to US 1 in Perry Hall. Joppa Road originated as an Indian trail that was repurposed in the late 17th century as a patrol road and defensive perimeter across Baltimore County for rangers based at Fort Garrison to defend English settlements from hostile Indians. In conjunction with

1287-579: The southern edge of Druid Ridge Cemetery to Sudbrook Lane close to Mettam Memorial Baptist Church . Old Court Road continues along the line of Sudbrook Lane to its intersection with MD 129 (Park Heights Avenue). Old Court Road continues as MD 133, which immediately turns east as county-maintained Stevenson Road continues straight. The state highway carries two lanes past several farm fields between suburban subdivisions and Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School . MD 133 intersects Greenspring Avenue just south of I-695 then passes through several curves, during which

1326-489: The western terminus of the northern arc of the Beltway from 1955 until the Jones Falls Expressway and the northwest portion of the Beltway from I-83 to US 40 in Catonsville both opened in 1963. Baltimore Beltway construction from MD 146 to MD 542 began in 1956; that section opened in 1958. MD 148's western end was moved to MD 542 in 1959. The remainder of the highway was transferred from the state to county maintenance in 1963,

1365-728: Was fully paved in Baltimore County by the mid-1920s, including the sections of the highway that became MD 125 and MD 133. MD 133 was extended west to MD 140 and MD 125 was extended west to MD 99 in the early 1930s; MD 125's terminus returned to the Patapsco River in the mid-1950s. Old Court Road was relocated at its eastern end in the early 1960s and in Pikesville in the late 1960s, at which time MD 133 assumed its current course. Woodstock Road begins at an intersection with MD 99 (Old Frederick Road) northwest of Ellicott City. The two-lane undivided county highway passes through farmland then has

1404-407: Was paved in macadam through Granite in 1924 and relocated and paved in concrete from Granite to the Patapsco River in 1924 and 1925. With the completion of those sections, Old Court Road featured an all-weather surface from the Patapsco River to Towson on both its state-maintained and county-maintained sections. In 1932 and 1933, three sections of the highway were upgraded: MD 133 was extended west and

1443-402: Was removed from the state highway system in 1961. Joppa Road between US 1 and MD 147 was constructed by the state as a concrete road in 1925 and 1926. That road, which became MD 148, was the final link in the state and county construction of a hard-surface circumferential highway from Eastern Avenue ( MD 150 ) to Liberty Road ( MD 26 ). Between 1930 and 1933, Joppa Road was widened, resurfaced as

1482-458: Was repurposed in the late 17th century as a patrol road and defensive perimeter across Baltimore County for rangers based at Fort Garrison to defend English settlements from hostile Indians. In conjunction with the Joppa Road, in the 18th century the path became the cross-county highway to Joppa , the original county seat of Baltimore County, which was located on the Gunpowder River near what

1521-509: Was transferred to county maintenance. In 2002, a 0.09-mile (0.14 km) section of Woodstock Road immediately to the west of the Patapsco River was returned to state maintenance. In 1957, a connector road was built from just east of the eastern terminus of MD 133 to Joppa Road at what is now the latter highway's overpass of I-695 near Riderwood. This connector road, which was briefly a state highway, became part of I-83 in 1962. Old Court Road and Ruxton Road were relocated at I-83; previously

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