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I-895
· Harbor Tunnel Thruway
14.87 mi.; from I-95 near Elkridge northeast to I-95
at eastern Baltimore City limits.
Marked north-south. The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel was opened November 29, 1957, and originally extended from US 1 near Elkridge
to US 40 (Pulaski Hwy) in eastern Baltimore City, with a spur southward to Ritchie Hwy. (MD 2). Soon thereafter another fork of the spur would
be built to the Glen Burnie Bypass (then MD 3, now I-97). Plans for a bypass connection between the main arteries for inter-city traffic
through Baltimore (US 1 southwest and US 40 northeast) date back to 1944. Baltimore in the postwar years developed a
reputation as a horrible specimen of gridlock. Prior to the tunnel's completion, traffic backups heading northeast into Baltimore along US 1 were known to extend all the way to New York Ave. in
Washington DC, a distance of over 35 miles. With the construction of I-95, the Tunnel Thruway was extended northeast to meet it, as it did its southwestern
counterpart in 1973.
With the opening of the I-95 Fort McHenry Tunnel allowed a much needed renovation of the 'old tunnel' as it's sometimes called by locals. It remains today as one of the best kept secrets when traveling up and down the East Coast. Last Thanksgiving weekend, I exited onto 895 northbound from 95, and I didn't have another soul on my side of the road until the merge of the I-895 spur. On the southbound side I counted fewer than 15 cars. Suffixed Sections of I-895: |
895
14.9 = I-95 6213.9 14 Moravia 13.3 13 US 40 12.4 12 Lombard 11.7 11 O'Donnell 11.0 10 Holabird 10.2 N Entr Tunnel 8.9 S Entr Tunnel 8.3 9 Childs 8.1 Toll (Cars $3) 7.8 8 Frankfurst 6.7 7 MD 2 6.4 AA-BC Line 5.8 6 I-895 spur 5.6 BA-AA Line 4.4 4 MD 295 3.4 3 I-695 8a 1.0 1 US 1 1.0 HO-BA Line 0.0 = I-95 46
895 (a)
0.7 6A I-895B 60.0 6A I-97 17B
895 Spur (b)
2.7 6 I-8951.0 6A I-895A 0.8 -- I-695 3B 0.0 6B MD 2 |