Maryland Route 614
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Maryland Route 614 is a state highway
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
U.S. state
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 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...

. Known as Goldsboro Road, the state highway runs 1.97 mi (3.2 km) from MacArthur Boulevard in Glen Echo
Glen Echo, Maryland
Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 242 at the 2000 census.Glen Echo derives its name from Edward and Edwin Baltzley, who came up with name circa 1888...

 north to MD 191
Maryland Route 191
Maryland Route 191 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The route runs from Maryland Route 190 in Potomac to Maryland Route 185 in Chevy Chase.-Route description:...

 in Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...

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Route description

MD 614 begins at a directional intersection with MacArthur Boulevard in Glen Echo adjacent to the entrance to the Clara Barton National Historic Site
Clara Barton National Historic Site
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton , an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. The site is located northwest of Washington D.C...

 and Glen Echo Park. The state highway heads northeast as a two-lane highway passing between residential subdivisions. MD 614 passes the western terminus of MD 396
Maryland Route 396
Maryland Route 396 is the route designation of the extension of Massachusetts Avenue from Washington, D.C., into Bethesda, Maryland. The Maryland section of Massachusetts Avenue runs for just over two miles , from Westmoreland Circle at the District line to Goldsboro Road .-Route...

 (Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
Massachusetts Avenue is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C., and the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is a historic district that includes part of it....

) before temporarily widening to a four-lane divided highway around the intersection with MD 190
Maryland Route 190
Maryland Route 190, or River Road, is a major state highway through southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.-Route description:MD 190 begins at MD 112's western terminus in Seneca, and ends at the Montgomery County/Washington, D.C. border...

 (River Road). The four right-turn ramps at the MD 614–MD 190 intersection are designated MD 614A, MD 614B, MD 614C, and MD 614D, clockwise starting with the ramp from westbound MD 190 to northbound MD 614. MD 614 continues east, passing through Kenwood Country Club before reaching its northern terminus at MD 191 (Bradley Boulevard) in Bethesda.

Junction list

The entire route is in Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

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Location Mile
Destinations Notes
Glen Echo
Glen Echo, Maryland
Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 242 at the 2000 census.Glen Echo derives its name from Edward and Edwin Baltzley, who came up with name circa 1888...

0.00 MacArthur Boulevard – Cabin John
Cabin John, Maryland
Cabin John is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The placename is a corruption of its original name of "Captain John's Mills."-Geography:...

, Washington
Washington, D.C.
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Southern terminus
0.46
Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...

1.04 , Washington
Washington, D.C.
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1.97 Northern terminus

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