Maryland Route 710 (MD 710) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Ordnance Road, the state highway runs 2.16 miles (3.48 km) from MD 2 in Glen Burnie east to MD 173 in Brooklyn Park at the city limits of Baltimore. MD 710 provides access to the Defense Logistics Agency Curtis Bay Depot, a unit of the General Services Administration. The state highway is named for the federal site's prior use as a U.S. Army Depot. MD 710 was constructed in the early 1940s and relocated for most of its length concurrent with the construction of MD 10 in the early 1970s.
Ordnance Road | ||||
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Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
Length | 2.16 mi[1] (3.48 km) | |||
Existed | 1942–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Anne Arundel | |||
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Route description
editMD 710 begins at an intersection with MD 2 (Governor Ritchie Highway) surrounded by four shopping centers in Glen Burnie. The roadway continues west as county-maintained West Ordnance Road. MD 710 heads east as a four-lane divided highway and meets MD 10 (Arundel Expressway) at a partial cloverleaf interchange. Beyond MD 10, the state highway curves to the northeast, crosses a branch of Furnace Creek, and reduces to a two-lane undivided road. MD 710 passes the Anne Arundel County Correctional Center, a U.S. Army Reserve Center, and the Defense Logistics Agency Curtis Bay Depot. The state highway curves east and has a grade crossing of CSX's Curtis Bay Branch underneath Interstate 695 (I-695, Baltimore Beltway). MD 710's eastern terminus is at an intersection with MD 173 (Pennington Avenue/Hawkins Point Road) in Brooklyn Park at the city limits of Baltimore.[1][2]
History
editMD 710 was constructed as a 24-foot-wide (7.3 m) concrete road in 1942 to connect the Curtis Bay Ordnance Depot with MD 173 and MD 2.[3][4] The highway originally followed what is now MD 711 east from MD 2. Beyond MD 711, the highway headed east through the site of MD 10's interchange with I-695 to what is now the U.S. Army Reserve Center, then followed its present alignment to MD 173.[5] MD 710 was relocated to its present course, including the divided highway segment, in 1972 in conjunction with the construction of MD 10.[6][7]
Junction list
editThe entire route is in Anne Arundel County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Glen Burnie | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 2 (Governor Ritchie Highway) to I-895 north / Ordnance Road west – Pasadena, Brooklyn Park, Ferndale | Western terminus | |
0.56 | 0.90 | MD 10 (Arundel Expressway) to I-695 – Annapolis, Baltimore | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||
Brooklyn Park | 2.16 | 3.48 | MD 173 (Pennington Avenue/Hawkins Point Road) – Baltimore, Riviera Beach | Eastern terminus; Baltimore city limit | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- Anne Arundel County (PDF).
- ^ "Maryland Route 710" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ Whitman, Ezra B.; Webb, P. Watson; Thomas, W. Frank (March 15, 1943). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1941–1942 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 53–54. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1946). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1946–1947 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ Curtis Bay, MD quadrangle (Map) (1946 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1972). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000020112010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.