page_title: U.S. Route 1 Business (Bel Air, Maryland)
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 1 Business (Bel Air, Maryland) / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View south along U.S. Route 1 Business (Conowingo Road) at Maryland State Route 543 (Ady Road) in Hickory, Harford County, Maryland
context_page_description: U.S. Route 1 Business is a business route of U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 6.90 miles from US 1 and Maryland Route 147 in Benson north to US 1 near Hickory. US 1 Business is the old alignment of US 1 through Bel Air, the county seat of Harford County. US 1 was originally constructed on both sides of Bel Air in the early 1910s. The U.S. highway was widened in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s. US 1 Business was assigned to the highway from Benson through Bel Air to south of Hickory after the Bel Air Bypass was built in the mid-1960s. US 1 Business was extended north through Hickory when US 1 bypassed Hickory in 2000.
context_section_description: US 1 Business begins at an intersection with US 1 and MD 147 in the community of Benson.  US 1 heads north as the Bel Air Bypass and south as Belair Road.  MD 147 (Harford Road) forms the west leg of the intersection opposite US 1 Business, which heads east as Belair Road, a three-lane road with center turn lane that passes the Graystone Lodge at its intersection with Old Joppa Road.  US 1 Business crosses Winters Run at a place known as Lake Fanny Hill just to the north of a loop of old alignment that uses US 1's original bridge over the stream.  East of the Lake Fanny area, the business route enters a commercial area and expands to a five-lane road with center turn lane.  The highway enters the town of Bel Air just west of its intersection with Tollgate Road.  US 1 Business intersects MD 24 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) surrounded by shopping centers, including the Harford Mall on the northwest corner.
  US 1 Business continues east as Baltimore Pike to downtown Bel Air.  The business route intersects Bond Street, which carries southbound MD 924, and becomes one-way eastbound.  At the next intersection with Main Street, the street continues as the eastbound lanes of MD 22 (Fulford Avenue) while US 1 Business turns north onto Main Street, where the business route runs concurrently with northbound MD 924.  The two directions of US 1 Business pass through the Bel Air Courthouse Historic District, which includes the Harford County courthouse and county offices.  The business route also passes by the Odd Fellows Lodge, the Bel Air Armory, and the Graham-Crocker House.  The southbound business route passes the historic Harford National Bank building.  North of downtown, the two directions of the business route come together at Gordon Street, which heads east past the Proctor House and west to the historic estate Liriodendron.  One block to the north, MD 924 continues straight toward Forest Hill while US 1 Business turns east onto Broadway.
  US 1 Business follows two-lane Broadway east to Hickory Avenue, onto which the business route turns north.  At the northern limit of Bel Air, the business route intersects Moores Mill Road, which heads east toward the Heighe House.  US 1 Business crosses Bynum Run and continues north as Conowingo Road, which becomes a three-lane road just before the entrance to the farm complex The Vineyard.  The business route intersects US 1 at the northern end of the Bel Air Bypass; the U.S. highway continues north as the Hickory Bypass.  US 1 Business becomes a two-lane road at the present alignment of MD 23 (East–West Highway).  The business route intersects the old alignment of the state highway, Jarrettsville Road, adjacent to St. Ignatius Church, then veers east through the center of Hickory.  US 1 Business intersects MD 543 (Ady Road) before reaching its northern terminus at US 1 at the northern end of the Hickory Bypass.  Conowingo Road continues north as mainline US 1 through northeastern Harford County.
  US 1 Business is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from US 1 and MD 147 at Benson to MD 924 in Bel Air.
caption: View south along US 1 Bus. at MD 543 in Hickory
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