page_title: Columbia, Maryland
section_title: Roads
hierarchical_section_title: Columbia, Maryland / Infrastructure / Transportation / Roads
caption_attribution_description: English: View south along Interstate 95 from the overpass for Maryland State Route 175 (Waterloo Road/Rouse Parkway) in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland
context_page_description: Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States, and is one of the principal communities of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. It is a planned community consisting of 10 self-contained villages.
  Columbia began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, rather than merely economics and engineering. Opened in 1967, Columbia was intended to not only eliminate the inconveniences of then-current subdivision design, but also eliminate racial, religious and class segregation. Columbia has consistently ranked in the top 10 of CNN Money's Best Places to Live in the United States.
  Columbia proper consists only of that territory governed by the Columbia Association, but larger areas are included under its name by the U.S. Postal Service and the Census Bureau. These include several other communities which predate Columbia, including Simpsonville, Atholton, and in the case of the census, part of Clarksville. The census-designated place had a population of 99,615 at the 2010 United States Census.
context_section_description: Columbia has a number of roadways that serve the community (see below). All of these highways allow Columbia access to nearby Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Annapolis.
  U.S. Route 29 Columbia Pike, runs north-south connecting Columbia to Ellicott City and Washington, D.C.
  Interstate 95, runs north-south connecting Columbia to Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
  MD 32 Patuxent Freeway, runs east-west connecting Columbia to Sykesville and Annapolis.
  MD 100 Paul T. Pitcher Memorial Highway, runs east from U.S. Route 29 connecting Columbia to Glen Burnie.
  MD 175 Rouse Parkway, a central artery that runs east-west from the Town Center to Jessup.
  MD 108 Clarksville Pike-Waterloo Road, forms the northern boundary of the community by running east-west from Clarksville to Ellicott City.
caption: I-95 in Columbia
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