First photo courtesy Lou Corsaro. The B-W Parkway (seen above at its NB beginning) is MD 295, but the highway is only signed when it's not the Federally maintained Parkway.


Very old shield on the B-W Parkway SB just outside of Washington, DC, courtesy Lou Corsaro. I wonder if this was once a TEMP I-95 shield, from the days before I-95 was constructed to the west?


MD 201, Kenilworth Ave., SB under MD 295.


SB at the northern entrance to the Parkway.


Something's wrong with the I-195 shield on the right, and I can't place it. Again courtesy Lou Corsaro.


Four SB photos from Lou Corsaro, four different notes. The DETOUR is along I-695 NB back to I-95 (which parallels MD 295 to the west), and uses a very creative combo plate ("TO SOUTH" in one sign?). The I-695 shield in the second photo is a mite squished. In the third photo, you see that the all-encompassing Baltimore Beltway chooses MD 295 as an inflection point. Finally, a rare sighting of a Key Bridge (the other other harbor crossing) shield.


Parkway accents, NB. The first overpass is MD 168, Nursery Rd., which has long since faded from the sign. The "Welcome to Baltimore" sign is on the opposite side of the same message seen in the first photo on this page. The multi-arched overpass and following stonework are on MD 648, Annapolis Rd., the original route now supplanted by MD 2 but still running on the old road down to the state capital.


SB at that interchange, button copy with the original shields that are completely non-reflective now. The pull-through LGS for Washington is also too old for its own good, and all three arrows point(ed) to just one lane.


NB button copy treasures in Baltimore, but the "1" was repainted on the shield, replacing the original button-copy numeral. The original I-95 shield here, which probably looked like the second photo on the page, is replaced by another one that's still old but not suited for this role.


The SB run includes an original, unmolested US 1 shield. The Westport signs do not indicate a C-D road but rather a short multi-lane weave.


Leaving the stadium of the Baltimore Ravens (M&T Bank Stadium as I write this) alongside MD 295, with the only MD 40 shield I've seen and a rare MD/US shield error.

Into the District of Columbia on DC 295
Onto I-695
Onto I-95
Onto US 1
To I-83
To US 40
Into Baltimore
The Baltimore-Washington Parkway and MD 295 on Steve Anderson's dcroads.net
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