page_title: Baltimore–Washington Parkway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Baltimore–Washington Parkway / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) measured drawing with illustrations and descriptions of places of interest located within close proximity to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway
context_page_description: The Baltimore–Washington Parkway is a highway in the U.S. state of Maryland, running southwest from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. The road begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 50 near Cheverly in Prince George's County at the Washington, D.C. border, and continues northeast as a parkway maintained by the National Park Service to MD 175 near Fort Meade, serving many federal institutions. This portion of the parkway is dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman, a representative of Maryland's 5th congressional district, and has the unsigned Maryland Route 295 designation. Commercial vehicles, including trucks, are prohibited within this stretch. This section is administered by the NPS's Greenbelt Park unit. After leaving park service boundaries the highway is maintained by the state and signed with the MD 295 designation. This section of the parkway passes near Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Upon entering Baltimore, the Baltimore Department of Transportation takes over maintenance of the road and it continues north to an interchange with Interstate 95.
caption: Map of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway from the National Park Service
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