Interstate 97

Interstate 97 (abbreviated I-97) is an intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It runs from Annapolis at the overlapped section of US 50, US 301, and unsigned I-595 to Baltimore at the city's beltway. Originally a spur route, to be designated Interstate 297, was planned to be built along the Maryland Route 3 corridor, but the proposed route was canceled due to local opposition . I-97 was completed in 1993 and, as of 2008, is the shortest two-digit Interstate highway and only intracounty Interstate highway.

Cities and towns

• Baltimore (does not actually enter the city)
• Glen Burnie
• Severna Park
• Millersville
• Annapolis

Route description

An older version of the I-97 shield as used in Maryland, still commonly seen along the route

Interstate 97 begins at US 50/US 301/unsigned I-595 with a pair of collector distributor roadways feeding directly into I-97, to the south, the same C/D roads become Maryland Route 665. After the road begins, there are no exits along it until Exit 5. At the following exit, Exit 7, the route merges with former Maryland Route 3 and shifts from a rural Interstate with few exits to a more urban one. In Glen Burnie the route intersects Maryland Route 3 Business, a former alignment of MD 3 that now no longer connects directly to its parent route. Interstate 97 ends outside of Baltimore at an interchange with the Baltimore Beltway, while its travel lanes continue as a spur of Interstate 895.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Anne Arundel	Annapolis			MD 665 (Aris T. Allen Boulevard)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				US 50 (I-595) / US 301 - Richmond, Washington, Annapolis, Bay Bridge	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			5	MD 178 – Crownsville	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
			7	MD 32 west / MD 3 south – Columbia, Bowie, Odenton
			10	Veterans Highway, Benfield Boulevard (MD 3C) - Severna Park	Signed as exits 10A (east) and 10B (west) southbound
	Glen Burnie		12
			13	MD 174 (Quarterfield Road)
			14	MD 100 – Gibson Island, Ellicott City	Signed as exits 14A (east) and 14B (west)
			15	MD 176 (Dorsey Road) / MD 162 (Aviation Boulevard) – Glen Burnie, BWI Airport	Signed as exits 15A (east) and 15B (west) northbound
	Ferndale		16	MD 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) – Glen Burnie, Ferndale
	Linthicum		17	I-695 – Baltimore, Towson, DundalkModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 17A (west) and 17B (east)
	Brooklyn Park			MD 648 – Ferndale	Northbound exit only
				I-895 north (Harbor Tunnel)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

Notes

• The originally proposed north-south route was to follow the current Maryland Route 10 corridor.
• The second proposed route included a section of US 50/unsigned I-595 between Interstate 95 and the current I-97 designation.
• Two spur routes of I-97 were planned but never built. I-197 would have been 4 miles (6.4 km) long and I-297 would have been 7.7 miles (12.4 km) long.

External links

• Steve Anderson's DCroads.net: Interstate 97 (Maryland)