 Past the Capital Beltway, MD 5 becomes a surface road again, intersecting MD 535 (Auth Road), which provides access to northbound MD 5 from southbound I-95 / I-495 as well as to the Branch Avenue station on Washington Metro ’ s Green Line. The route continues northwest into commercial areas, intersecting MD 967C (Simpson Road) / Auth Way and MD 967A (Old Branch Avenue). The route narrows to four lanes and turns west, coming to an interchange with MD 414 (St. Barnabas Road) in Marlow Heights. MD 5 turns to the northwest past this interchange, passing by the Marlow Heights Shopping Center and continuing to Hillcrest Heights, where the route intersects MD 458 (Silver Hill Road) adjacent to the Iverson Mall.
