Maryland Route 152
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Maryland Route 152 is a state highway
in the U.S. state of Maryland
. The state highway runs 17.34 miles (27.9 km) from an entrance to Aberdeen Proving Ground
in Magnolia north to MD 146
near Taylor
. MD 152 parallels the western edge of Harford County
, connecting the communities of Joppatowne
and Fallston
with Interstate 95
(I-95), U.S. Route 40
, and US 1
. The state highway north of Joppa
was mostly built in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 152 south of Joppa was built around 1940; shortly thereafter, the highway was reconstructed as a wartime access project. The state highway originally did not have an interchange with I-95; a partial interchange was built in the early 1970s and completed in the mid 1990s concurrent with the expansion of the highway to a four-lane divided highway through Joppa.
's Penn Line
. MD 152 passes through Magnolia, where the highway intersects Trimble Road, which connects the community with Edgewood
to the east and the planned community of Joppatowne to the west. The state highway expands to a four-lane divided highway ahead of its intersection with US 40 (Pulaski Highway), where the highway's name changes to Mountain Road. MD 152 crosses over CSX
's Philadelphia Subdivision to arrive in Joppa, where the highway is paralleled to the west by its old alignment, Old Mountain Road South. The state highway intersects MD 7
(Philadelphia Road) before meeting I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) at a diamond interchange
. The interchange ramps to and from Baltimore intersect the old alignment.
North of I-95, MD 152 receives the northern end of Old Mountain Road South and reduces to two lanes to pass through the hamlet of layton, Maryland|]. The state highway, which is paralleled on the east by another loop of old alignment, Old Mountain Road Center, has many sections of three lane road with center turn lane on its way northwest to Fallston. The state highway intersects Singer Road and Jerusalem Road in the village of Mountain. Singer Road heads east past the historic school McComas Institute
; Jerusalem Road heads west to Jerusalem
, a village within Gunpowder Falls State Park
on Little Gunpowder Falls
that contains the Jerusalem Mill Village
and the Jericho Farm
, which are connected by the Jericho Covered Bridge
. Through the hamlet of Stockton, MD 152 is paralleled to the west by Old Mountain Road North and intersects Old Joppa Road, which heads northeast toward Bel Air providing access to the historic farm Olney
and the Norris-Stirling House
.
As MD 152 approaches Fallston, it expands to a four-lane divided highway and intersects US 1 (Belair Road) and MD 147
(Harford Road) in commercial areas in the hamlets of Lynchs Corner and Bagley, respectively. MD 152 continues northwest as two-lane Fallston Road. Old Fallston Road splits to the west; the old alignment provides access to the Little Falls Meetinghouse
, the historic home Bon Air
, and Fallston Airport. MD 152 veers more toward the west at its intersection with the old alignment and Carrs Mill Road, which leads to historic Rockdale
. As the state highway leaves Fallston and passes through the hamlet of Scarff, its surroundings transition from suburban residential development to farmland. MD 152 intersects MD 165
(Baldwin Mill Road) in the community of Upper Crossroads, then veers north at its junction with Hess Road in the hamlet of Rutledge. The state highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 146 (Jarrettsville Pike) near Taylor.
crossing just north of Watervale Road in Fallston to Pleasantville Road in Scarff by 1910. The paved highway was extended north to Rutledge in 1928. The segment from Fallston to MD 147 at Bagley, which was a county highway in 1930, was resurfaced in macadam in 1932. MD 152 was paved in macadam from US 40 (now MD 7) in Joppa north to Bagley in 1932 and 1933. The state highway was extended north from Rutledge to MD 146 near Taylor in 1938.
A disjoint segment of MD 152 was constructed from US 40 south to Magnolia in 1940. At its southern end, instead of continuing southeast across the Pennsylvania Railroad
(now Amtrak
), the state highway curved to the southwest along what is now Fort Hoyle Road to end where Fort Hoyle Road turns north. Only two years later, the southern segment of MD 152 was widened and resurfaced as a military access project. A bridge over the railroad was constructed as part of a new alignment built starting in 1942 to provide better access to the Edgewood Arsenal; the project was completed by 1944. The gap in MD 152 was filled in 1951 when the highway between US 40 and MD 7 was brought into the state highway system.
MD 152 was widened, resurfaced, and relocated, leaving behind several sections of old alignment, for most of its length in the late 1950s. The highway was reconstructed between Rutledge and Fallston starting in 1957 and from Fallston to Stockton beginning in 1958. MD 152 was expanded to a four-lane divided highway from south of US 1 to north of MD 147 in 1964. When I-95 was constructed northeast of Baltimore in 1963, no interchange was constructed with MD 152. The I-95–MD 152 interchange was constructed as a partial interchange with ramps to and from Baltimore in 1973. The interchange was expanded with ramps from southbound I-95 to MD 152 and from MD 152 to northbound I-95 in 1994. MD 152 was also expanded to a divided highway from south of MD 7 to north of the I-95 interchange and around the US 40 intersection in 1994. The gap in divided highway between US 40 and MD 7 was filled when the highway's bridge over CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision was reconstructed in 1996.
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{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Destinations
!Notes
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|Magnolia
|0.00
|Entrance to Aberdeen Proving Ground
|Southern terminus
|-
|rowspan=3|Joppa
|2.38
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|2.97
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|
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|3.30
|
|I-95 Exit 74
|-
|rowspan=2|Fallston
|7.55
|
|
|-
|8.03
|
|
|-
|Upper Crossroads
|13.35
|
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|Taylor
|17.34
|
|Northern terminus
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
in the U.S. state of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. The state highway runs 17.34 miles (27.9 km) from an entrance to Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland, . Part of the facility is a census-designated place , which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census.- History :...
in Magnolia north to MD 146
Maryland Route 146
Maryland Route 146 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from MD 45 in Towson north to MD 23 near Jarrettsville. MD 146 connects Towson with Loch Raven Reservoir, an impoundment of Gunpowder Falls. The state highway also serves the northern Baltimore County...
near Taylor
Taylor, Maryland
Taylor is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Ladew Topiary Gardens and House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.-References:...
. MD 152 parallels the western edge of Harford County
Harford County, Maryland
Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 244,826. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.-History:...
, connecting the communities of Joppatowne
Joppatowne, Maryland
Joppatowne is an unincorporated "bedroom community" in southwestern Harford County, Maryland, United States. It was established in 1961 as a Planned Unit Development . Joppatowne is a census-designated place - the population was 11,391 at the 2000 census.Joppatowne is only a small part of what is...
and Fallston
Fallston, Maryland
Fallston is a census-designated place in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,427 at the 2000 census. It is a semi-rural community consisting mostly of farms and suburban-like developments and is a good example of an "exurb"...
with Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in Maryland
Interstate 95 in Maryland is a major highway that runs diagonally from northeast to southwest, from Maryland's border with Delaware, to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, briefly entering the District of Columbia before reaching Virginia...
(I-95), U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
U.S. Route 40 in the U.S. state of Maryland runs from western Maryland to Cecil County in the state's northeastern corner. With a total length of over , it is the longest numbered highway in Maryland. Almost half of the road overlaps with Interstate 68 or Interstate 70, while the old alignment...
, and US 1
U.S. Route 1 in Maryland
U.S. Route 1 is the easternmost and longest of the major north–south routes of the United States Numbered Highway System, running from Key West, Florida to Fort Kent, Maine. In the U.S...
. The state highway north of Joppa
Joppa, Maryland
Joppa, Maryland in Harford County, Maryland is now a planning region for the county, but there was originally a town at the center called Joppa. Joppa was founded as a British colonial settlement in the early 18th century, and takes its name from the biblical town of Joppa .The town of Joppa on...
was mostly built in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 152 south of Joppa was built around 1940; shortly thereafter, the highway was reconstructed as a wartime access project. The state highway originally did not have an interchange with I-95; a partial interchange was built in the early 1970s and completed in the mid 1990s concurrent with the expansion of the highway to a four-lane divided highway through Joppa.
Route description
MD 152 begins at an entrance to the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground. The state highway heads north as two-lane Magnolia Road and crosses over the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and MARCMARC Train
MARC , known prior to 1984 as Maryland Rail Commuter Service, is a regional rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. MARC is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration , a Maryland Department of Transportation agency, and is operated under contract...
's Penn Line
Penn Line (MARC)
The Penn Line is a MARC commuter rail line running from Union Station, Washington D.C. to Perryville, Maryland via Penn Station, Baltimore, Maryland on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. It is MARC's busiest and only electric line. Currently the line is the fastest commuter rail line in the country, with...
. MD 152 passes through Magnolia, where the highway intersects Trimble Road, which connects the community with Edgewood
Edgewood, Maryland
Edgewood is a census-designated place in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 23,378 at the 2000 census.-History:Pooles Island Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.-Geography:...
to the east and the planned community of Joppatowne to the west. The state highway expands to a four-lane divided highway ahead of its intersection with US 40 (Pulaski Highway), where the highway's name changes to Mountain Road. MD 152 crosses over CSX
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...
's Philadelphia Subdivision to arrive in Joppa, where the highway is paralleled to the west by its old alignment, Old Mountain Road South. The state highway intersects MD 7
Maryland Route 7
Maryland Route 7 is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 40 between Baltimore and Elkton that were bypassed when US 40 was moved to Pulaski Highway, a four-lane divided highway, in the late 1930s and early 1940s...
(Philadelphia Road) before meeting I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) at a diamond interchange
Diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge...
. The interchange ramps to and from Baltimore intersect the old alignment.
North of I-95, MD 152 receives the northern end of Old Mountain Road South and reduces to two lanes to pass through the hamlet of layton, Maryland|]. The state highway, which is paralleled on the east by another loop of old alignment, Old Mountain Road Center, has many sections of three lane road with center turn lane on its way northwest to Fallston. The state highway intersects Singer Road and Jerusalem Road in the village of Mountain. Singer Road heads east past the historic school McComas Institute
McComas Institute
McComas Institute is a historic school located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The school was built in 1867, and is a one-story frame structure with a gable roof, five bays long and three bays wide, and resting on a stone foundation...
; Jerusalem Road heads west to Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Baltimore County, Maryland
Jerusalem is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is the location of the historic Jerusalem Mill Village and Jericho Covered Bridge, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jerusalem Mill Village is located on Jerusalem Road in Kingsville, MD...
, a village within Gunpowder Falls State Park
Gunpowder Falls State Park
Gunpowder Falls State Park is an park in northwestern Baltimore County and eastern Harford County, Maryland. It is primarily made up of the stream valleys of the Big and Little Gunpowder Falls and the Gunpowder River, and boasts over 100 miles of trails. All areas of the park are convenient to the...
on Little Gunpowder Falls
Gunpowder River
The Gunpowder River is a tidal inlet on the western side of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of two freshwater rivers, Gunpowder Falls and Little Gunpowder Falls.-Gunpowder Falls:The Big Gunpowder, long, begins in the extreme southern part of Pennsylvania's...
that contains the Jerusalem Mill Village
Jerusalem Mill Village
Jerusalem Mill Village is a living history museum that spans the 18th through early 20th centuries. One of the oldest and most intact mill villages in the U.S. state of Maryland, Jerusalem is located in Harford County, along the Little Gunpowder Falls River. It also serves as the headquarters of...
and the Jericho Farm
Jericho Farm (Kingsville, Maryland)
Jericho Farm is a historic home located near Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States near historic Jerusalem Mill Village. It is a large -story gable-roofed stone dwelling overlooking the Little Gunpowder Falls...
, which are connected by the Jericho Covered Bridge
Jericho Covered Bridge
The Jericho Covered Bridge is a Burr arch through truss wooden covered bridge near Jerusalem, Harford County and Kingsville, Baltimore County, in Maryland, United States and near historic Jerusalem Mill Village. The bridge was constructed in 1865 across the Little Gunpowder Falls. Renovations were...
. Through the hamlet of Stockton, MD 152 is paralleled to the west by Old Mountain Road North and intersects Old Joppa Road, which heads northeast toward Bel Air providing access to the historic farm Olney
Olney (Joppa, Maryland)
Olney, originally patented as Prospect, is a historic home and farm complex located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland. It is a working pony farm with a collection of 15 structures ranging in style, use, and elegance...
and the Norris-Stirling House
Norris-Stirling House
Norris-Stirling House, also known as Mt. Pleasant, is a historic home located at Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland. It is composed of an early 19th century fieldstone section and two later frame additions. In 1936, a lean-to addition and double-tiered porch were added...
.
As MD 152 approaches Fallston, it expands to a four-lane divided highway and intersects US 1 (Belair Road) and MD 147
Maryland Route 147
Maryland Route 147 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Harford Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 1 in Baltimore north to US 1 and US 1 Business in Benson. MD 147 is an alternate route to US 1 between Baltimore and Bel Air, the county seat of Harford County...
(Harford Road) in commercial areas in the hamlets of Lynchs Corner and Bagley, respectively. MD 152 continues northwest as two-lane Fallston Road. Old Fallston Road splits to the west; the old alignment provides access to the Little Falls Meetinghouse
Little Falls Meetinghouse
The Little Falls Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Fallston, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It was constructed in 1843 and is a sprawling one-story fieldstone structure with shallow-pitched gable roof and a shed-roofed porch. The building replaced an earlier...
, the historic home Bon Air
Bon Air (Fallston, Maryland)
Bon Air is a historic home located at Fallston, Harford County, Maryland. It is a three story dwelling of stone, stuccoed and scored in imitation of ashlar, with a steep hipped roof featuring a pronounced splay or "kick" at the eaves...
, and Fallston Airport. MD 152 veers more toward the west at its intersection with the old alignment and Carrs Mill Road, which leads to historic Rockdale
Rockdale (Fallston, Maryland)
Rockdale, also known as The Robinson/Stirling Place, is a historic home and farm complex located at Fallston, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is a farm developed from the late 18th century through the early 20th century. The dwelling is in three parts. The east room of the east wing is...
. As the state highway leaves Fallston and passes through the hamlet of Scarff, its surroundings transition from suburban residential development to farmland. MD 152 intersects MD 165
Maryland Route 165
Maryland Route 165 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Baldwin north to the Pennsylvania state line in Cardiff, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 74 . MD 165 passes through western and northern Harford County, where it connects the...
(Baldwin Mill Road) in the community of Upper Crossroads, then veers north at its junction with Hess Road in the hamlet of Rutledge. The state highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 146 (Jarrettsville Pike) near Taylor.
History
The first section of MD 152 was constructed as a macadam road from the Maryland and Pennsylvania RailroadMaryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad , familiarly known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s...
crossing just north of Watervale Road in Fallston to Pleasantville Road in Scarff by 1910. The paved highway was extended north to Rutledge in 1928. The segment from Fallston to MD 147 at Bagley, which was a county highway in 1930, was resurfaced in macadam in 1932. MD 152 was paved in macadam from US 40 (now MD 7) in Joppa north to Bagley in 1932 and 1933. The state highway was extended north from Rutledge to MD 146 near Taylor in 1938.
A disjoint segment of MD 152 was constructed from US 40 south to Magnolia in 1940. At its southern end, instead of continuing southeast across the Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
(now Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
), the state highway curved to the southwest along what is now Fort Hoyle Road to end where Fort Hoyle Road turns north. Only two years later, the southern segment of MD 152 was widened and resurfaced as a military access project. A bridge over the railroad was constructed as part of a new alignment built starting in 1942 to provide better access to the Edgewood Arsenal; the project was completed by 1944. The gap in MD 152 was filled in 1951 when the highway between US 40 and MD 7 was brought into the state highway system.
MD 152 was widened, resurfaced, and relocated, leaving behind several sections of old alignment, for most of its length in the late 1950s. The highway was reconstructed between Rutledge and Fallston starting in 1957 and from Fallston to Stockton beginning in 1958. MD 152 was expanded to a four-lane divided highway from south of US 1 to north of MD 147 in 1964. When I-95 was constructed northeast of Baltimore in 1963, no interchange was constructed with MD 152. The I-95–MD 152 interchange was constructed as a partial interchange with ramps to and from Baltimore in 1973. The interchange was expanded with ramps from southbound I-95 to MD 152 and from MD 152 to northbound I-95 in 1994. MD 152 was also expanded to a divided highway from south of MD 7 to north of the I-95 interchange and around the US 40 intersection in 1994. The gap in divided highway between US 40 and MD 7 was filled when the highway's bridge over CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision was reconstructed in 1996.
Junction list
The entire route is in Harford CountyHarford County, Maryland
Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 244,826. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.-History:...
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{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Destinations
!Notes
|-
|Magnolia
|0.00
|Entrance to Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland, . Part of the facility is a census-designated place , which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census.- History :...
|Southern terminus
|-
|rowspan=3|Joppa
Joppa, Maryland
Joppa, Maryland in Harford County, Maryland is now a planning region for the county, but there was originally a town at the center called Joppa. Joppa was founded as a British colonial settlement in the early 18th century, and takes its name from the biblical town of Joppa .The town of Joppa on...
|2.38
|
|
|-
|2.97
|
|
|-
|3.30
|
|I-95 Exit 74
|-
|rowspan=2|Fallston
Fallston, Maryland
Fallston is a census-designated place in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,427 at the 2000 census. It is a semi-rural community consisting mostly of farms and suburban-like developments and is a good example of an "exurb"...
|7.55
|
|
|-
|8.03
|
|
|-
|Upper Crossroads
|13.35
|
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|-
|Taylor
Taylor, Maryland
Taylor is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Ladew Topiary Gardens and House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.-References:...
|17.34
|
|Northern terminus
Auxiliary routes
- MD 152A is the designation for the unnamed 0.09 mile (0.1448406 km) section of old alignment of MD 152 just east of the state highway's northern terminus at MD 146 near Jarrettsville. MD 152A was designated between 1982 and 1994 after the MD 146–MD 152 intersection was reconstructed from an oblique geometry to perpendicular.
- MD 152B is the designation for the 0.22 mile (0.3540548 km) section of Jaycee Drive that heads east from MD 152's intersection with Old Mountain Road South just north of the state highway's interchange with I-95 in Joppa. The service road, which was constructed concurrent with the expansion of MD 152's interchange with I-95 around 1994, is maintained by the Maryland Transportation AuthorityMaryland Transportation AuthorityThe Maryland Transportation Authority is an independent state agency responsible for financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining eight toll facilities, currently consisting of two toll roads, two tunnels, and four bridges in Maryland...
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