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Route information is arranged in groups of 20, for a total of 50 pages. Interstate, US, and state highways have their own sub-section, with basic information included for all on the state route pages. It's in a table format, as shown in the sample below:

I-270

Frederick
Frederick

Montgomery
Germantown
Gaithersburg
Rockville


I-270 · Eisenhower Memorial Hwy.
32.60 mi., from I-70 in Frederick southeast to I-495, Bethesda.

Route Number · Road Name
Length; Endpoints

Left: the marker for the route, in this case I-270. Below the marker in bold type appear the counties through which the route passes, followed by the towns in each county through which it passes. Towns are shown when they appear on the official Maryland highway maps. The background of the left sidebar indicates the route's current status: green if signed, blue if 'secret' (state maintained but not signed), brown if the number is decommissioned, and gray if the number hasn't been assigned.

Center: reserved for specific route information, plus whether or not part of the route is part of the NHS (National Highway System), and associated secret or obscure routes.

Right: below the route number, in red the mileage measuring from the southern or western end. If the route is north-south, zero mileage will be at the bottom to keep north at the top. The crossing route follows; most times, only state routes are noted except in cases of an unnumbered road being a freeway exit. If the route is part of a freeway, its exit numbers appear in blue, and if the crossing route is a freeway, its exit for this route are noted in purple. A dash (-) in blue indicates an interchange with non-numbered exits. There's no Exit 14 in real life, but it's there to show an asterisk (*) added to the route would indicates the beginning and end of a concurrency.

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270
32.6 32 I-70 53
31.2 31 MD 85
26.0 26 MD 80
22.5 MO-FR Line
22.3 22 MD 109
18.4 18 MD 121
15.8 16 MD 27
14.7 15 MD 118*
14.7 14 MD 118*
14.0 13 Middlebrook
11.5 11 MD 124
10.9 10 MD 117
  9.3   9 I-370 1
  8.4   8 Shady Gr
  6.4   6 MD 28
  5.5   5 MD 189
  4.1   4 (MD 927)
  2.4   2 I-270sp
  1.5   1 MD 187
  0.0   0 I-495 35

Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in Route Listings
CTP: Consolidated Transportation Program. Published yearly by the Department of Transportation, giving projects planned for the next five years in all modes of transport in Maryland.
HLR: Highway Location Reference. Gives location and number of every numbered highway in Maryland. It is the source of the mileage figures, and is published by the SHA.
RTDS: Route Transfer Data Sheet. Details route transfers between the state and counties in the time before the HLR. A veritable goldmine in finding older routes missed by modern technology.
MdGS: Maryland Geologial Survey. Responsible for road maintenance prior to establishment of the State Roads Commission in 1908.
MdTA: Maryland Transportation Authority. Formerly known as Toll Facilities, is responsible for construction and maintenance of the state's toll bridges and tunnels. MD spelled out in the acronym to avoid confusion with:
MTA: Mass . Formerly known as Toll Facilities, is responsible for construction and maintenance of the state's toll bridges and tunnels. MD spelled out in the acronym to avoid confusion with:
SHA: State Highway Administration. Created in 1971 as part of a comprehensive Department of Transportation, and sucessor agency to the State Roads Commission.
SRC: State Roads Commission. Created in 1908 by the state legislature, the State Roads Commission was responsible for highway maintenance until 1971, when it was incorporated into the State Highway Administration.