page_title: Maryland Route 193
section_title: Montgomery County
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 193 / Route description / Montgomery County
caption_attribution_description: English: View west along Maryland State Route 193 (University Boulevard) at Maryland State Route 195 (Carroll Avenue) in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 193 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as University Boulevard and Greenbelt Road, the state highway runs 26.07 mi from MD 185 in Kensington east to MD 202 north of Upper Marlboro. MD 193 serves as a major east-west commuter route in eastern Montgomery County and northern Prince George's County, connecting Wheaton, Silver Spring, Langley Park, College Park, and Greenbelt. The state highway also provides the primary access to the University of Maryland and Goddard Space Flight Center. In central Prince George's County, MD 193 is the main north-south highway connecting Glenn Dale and Greater Upper Marlboro with the affluent suburbs of Woodmore and Kettering.
  MD 193 originally consisted of Connecticut Avenue between Chevy Chase and Kensington and Old Bladensburg Road between Kensington and College Park. While MD 185 replaced MD 193 on the Connecticut Avenue portion in the 1970s, MD 193 grew on its eastern end by taking over the routing of MD 430 between College Park and Greenbelt and MD 199 in Glenn Dale in the early 1960s.
context_section_description: MD 193 begins at an acute intersection with MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) in Kensington.  There is no access between southbound MD 185 and eastbound MD 193, as well as between westbound MD 193 and northbound MD 185; those movements use Perry Avenue.  The state highway, named University Boulevard, heads northeast as a six-lane divided highway through a commercial area.  After leaving the town limits of Kensington, MD 193 passes through a mix of apartment complexes and single family homes. The state highway enters the commercial district of Wheaton, where the road passes the Westfield Wheaton shopping mall and intersects MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road).  MD 586 south is used to access the Wheaton station along Washington Metro's Red Line.  MD 193 continues east through the commercial area to meet MD 97 (Georgia Avenue).  There are no left turns allowed from MD 193 to MD 97; instead, the eastbound and westbound directions use Grandview Avenue and Amherst Avenue, respectively, to complete the missing movements.
  After passing the WTOP-FM radio transmitter, MD 193 heads southeast through suburban residential areas.  The state highway descends into the valley of Sligo Creek, where the highway meets the northern end of Sligo Creek Parkway and crosses the Sligo Creek Trail.  MD 193 passes a cluster of high-rise apartment buildings and Northwood High School around the intersection with Arcola Avenue and turns south, passing Dennis Avenue.  MD 193 splits into a one-way pair upon entering the Four Corners commercial area, where the highway intersects U.S. Route 29 (US 29) and passes Montgomery Blair High School.  The state highway then meets Interstate 495 (I-495, Capital Beltway) at a partial cloverleaf interchange that is missing the movements between I-495 west and MD 193 west.  The missing movements are completed by using US 29 south of Four Corners.  After crossing the Capital Beltway, MD 193 continues south through residential suburban areas of Silver Spring, intersecting East Franklin Avenue.  After meeting MD 320 and passing Quebec Terrace Park, the state highway turns southeast and enters an area of garden apartments and duplexes.  After crossing MD 195 at an oblique angle, MD 193 enters Prince George's County.
caption: MD 193 westbound at MD 195 in Takoma Park
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