page_title: Maryland Route 5
section_title: Waldorf business route
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 5 / Related routes / Waldorf business route
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Maryland State Route 5 Business (Leonardtown Road) at Maryland State Route 5 (Mattawoman-Beantown Road) in Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 5 is a 74.34-mile long state highway that runs north–south in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs from Point Lookout in St. Mary's County north to the Washington, D.C. border in Suitland, Prince George's County. MD 5 begins as two-lane undivided Point Lookout Road which runs from Point Lookout, St. Mary's County, to an intersection with MD 235 in the northern part of the county. Point Lookout Road passes through rural areas as well as the county seat of Leonardtown. After the MD 235 intersection, the route becomes four-lane divided Three Notch Road and continues into Charles County, where it becomes Leonardtown Road. Here, the route bypasses Hughesville and continues north toward the Waldorf area, which it bypasses to the east on Mattawoman Beantown Road. The route merges onto U.S. Route 301 and enters Prince George's County, splitting from US 301 at an interchange in Brandywine. From here, MD 5 continues north on Branch Avenue, running through suburban areas, before becoming a freeway as it passes Andrews Air Force Base and interchanges with Interstate 95 /I-495.
context_section_description: Maryland Route 5 Business (MD 5 Bus.) is a 1.80-mile (2.90 km) business route that runs along Leonardtown Road between MD 5 in St. Charles and US 301 in Waldorf. The route heads west from MD 5 (Mattawoman Beantown Road) and St. Charles Parkway as a four-lane divided highway with a traffic count of 29,430 vehicles in 2007. The route passes north of Thomas Stone High School before it heads into commercial areas. The median ends and MD 5 Bus. gains a center left-turn lane. It crosses CSX’s Popes Creek Subdivision before coming to an intersection with MD 925 (Old Washington Road). A short distance later, MD 5 Bus. becomes a divided highway again and ends at US 301 (Crain Highway), where the road continues west as MD 228 (Berry Road).
caption: View north along MD 5 Bus. at MD 5 in Waldorf
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