 Interstate 395 | ||||
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| Cal Ripken Way | ||||
 I-395 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route ofI-95 | ||||
| Maintained byMDTA | ||||
| Length | 1.98 mi[1] (3.19 km) | |||
| Existed | 1981–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-95 inBaltimore | |||
| Major intersections | Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Baltimore | |||
| North end | Howard Street and Camden Street in Baltimore | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | City of Baltimore | |||
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Interstate 395 (I-395) is anauxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state ofMaryland. Known asCal Ripken Way, the highway runs 1.98 miles (3.19 km) fromI-95 north toHoward Street and Camden Street inDowntown Baltimore, where it provides access to theInner Harbor and theBaltimore Convention Center. The Interstate also serves theCamden Yards Sports Complex, which containsM&T Bank Stadium andOriole Park at Camden Yards, homes of theBaltimore Ravens andBaltimore Orioles, respectively. I-395 also serves as the southern terminus ofMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, an urban arterial that provides a western bypass of Downtown Baltimore and connects I-95 withU.S. Route 40 (US 40),US 1, andI-83. The Interstate is maintained by theMaryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) and, like all Interstates, is a part of theNational Highway System.[2]
I-395 begins at adirectional T interchange with I-95 that is entirely elevated above the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River, an estuary that receivesGwynns Falls just west of the interchange. The two-lane ramps from northbound I-95 to northbound I-395 and southbound I-395 to southbound I-95 pass over ramps from southbound I-95 to the southboundBaltimore–Washington Parkway and from the northbound parkway to northbound I-95. The one-lane ramp from southbound I-395 to northbound I-95 splits from the southbound I-95 ramp where the Interstate becomes a viaduct over land. I-395, which carries six lanes, passes to the west of theFederal Hill neighborhood and to the east of M&T Bank Stadium and begins to parallelMaryland Transit Administration'sBaltimore Light RailLink andCSX Transportation'sBaltimore Terminal Subdivision railroad line, which carriesMARC Train'sCamden Line.[3][4]
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East of the stadium, two-lane flyover ramps from northbound I-395 toMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and from the boulevard to southbound I-395 leave and join the mainline. I-395 curves to due north as a four-lane freeway that gains one additional lane in each direction as the viaduct ends and the highway approaches its signed, limited access terminus at Conway Street adjacent toCamden Station, the northern terminus of the Camden Line. The train station is just to the east of theBaltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards, which is just to the east of the Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Conway Street heads east towardLight Street and the Inner Harbor. I-395 officially continues one block north along the western edge of the Baltimore Convention Center to a northern terminus at Camden Street adjacent toSports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, which is in theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad's original Camden Station building. The roadway continues north as Howard Street through Downtown Baltimore.[3][4]
In 1969, the Design Concept Team, a multidiscipline group assembled in 1966 by the city government to help design freeway routings that would not disrupt the city's fabric, published theBaltimore 3-A Interstate and Boulevard System. In the 3-A system, I-395 was planned as a freewayspur from I-95 to the south edge of the central business district, connecting to a new route named Harbor City Boulevard (now known asMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). As routed in the 3-A System, I-95 would act as abypass of the central business district, with I-395 providing direct access.[5] On May 30, 2008, the Eastern Branch was officially dedicated forCal Ripken Jr., theHall of Fame baseball player who played for theBaltimore Orioles from 1981 to 2001 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. The Eastern Branch is now called Cal Ripken Way from I-95 to Conway Street.[6]
The entire route is inBaltimore.
| mi [3] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | I-95 –Washington,New York | Southern terminus;directional T interchange on an overpass over thePatapsco River | ||
| Patapsco River bridge | |||||
| 0.53 | 0.85 | Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard north toRussell Street / Lee Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; unsigned I-395A | ||
| 1.24 | 2.00 | Conway Street east –Inner Harbor | Northboundat-grade intersection | ||
| 1.33 | 2.14 | Howard Street north –Downtown | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard | |
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| Location | Baltimore |
| Length | 2.5 mi[7] (4.0 km) |
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, a related road, is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) controlled-access boulevard that passes along the west side of Downtown Baltimore. The boulevard begins at a partial interchange with I-395 south of downtown and ends at Howard and Chase streets north of downtown. The first 0.65 miles (1.05 km) of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from I-395 toRussell Street, is unsigned I-395A and is maintained by MDTA.[3] The remainder of the highway from Russell Street to Howard Street is maintained by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation. The boulevard is a part of the National Highway System between I-395 and US 40.[2]
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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard begins as a pair of two-lane freeway ramps to and from southbound I-395 and northbound I-395, respectively. Before the northbound ramp crosses I-395, an exit ramp splits from the main flyover for Lee Street, which leads to Russell Street and parking for M&T Bank Stadium and the Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The boulevard curves to the west, crosses over the Baltimore Terminal Subdivision and Baltimore Light Rail lines, and passes between the two stadiums. Each direction of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard receives a ramp from northbound Russell Street before it crosses over the state highway. At the west end of the bridge over Russell Street, maintenance changes from state to city. The boulevard curves northwest and the southbound direction has an exit ramp for southbound Russell Street before the freeway section ends at a signalized intersection with Washington Boulevard.[3][7]
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard continues as a six-lane controlled-access boulevard. The boulevard passes between thePigtown neighborhood to the west andRidgely's Delight on the east. The highway veers north at Lombard Street and passes alongOld Saint Paul's Cemetery, which is adjacent to theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore, campus. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has intersections with Franklin and Mulberry streets, which act as the ramps of adiamond interchange with a short freeway segment of US 40 that was formerlyI-170. North of US 40, the boulevard passesPerkins Square Gazebo as it curves northeast. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has intersections with Druid Hill Avenue and McCulloh Street, which form the southbound and northbound directions, respectively, ofMaryland Route 129 (MD 129). The boulevard passes to the east of State Center, a collection of state office buildings, before intersecting Howard Street at the northern end of that street's integration with the Baltimore Light Rail. At Howard Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard splits into separate roadways that rejoin at their five-way intersection with Park Avenue, which is one-way northbound, and Chase Street, which is one-way westbound. The boulevard continues one more block to its official northern terminus next to theJoseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; this intersection's west leg is an east-heading disjoint segment of Park Avenue and its east leg is one-way eastbound Biddle Street (which is paired with the westbound-running Preston Street in this area).[7]
The Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard-initiated arterial route continues north along a four-lane undivided, two-block disjoint segment of Cathedral Street separate from the portion of Cathedral Street that complementsCharles Street to the south. Cathedral Street reaches its northern terminus at an intersection with Mount Royal Avenue between the formerMount Royal Station of theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad to the west and theLyric Performing Arts Center to the east. One direction of Mount Royal Avenue, a four-lane boulevard, heads east through theUniversity of Baltimore campus before paralleling I-83 to its eastern terminus at Guilford Avenue. The arterial follows Mount Royal Avenue northwest, intersects the light rail at-grade, crosses over Howard Street, and passes along the northeast side of theBolton Hill neighborhood. Mount Royal Avenue reaches its western terminus at US 1 andUS 40 Truck (North Avenue) at their interchange withI-83 (Jones Falls Expressway).[7] North of here, Mount Royal Terrace runs one way alongside the southbound side of I-83, between Druid Park Lake Drive and North Avenue; it is complemented by a northboundcollector-distributor road on I-83 that connects to eastbound 28th Street and westbound Druid Park Lake Drive.
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