Maryland Route 10
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| MD 10 |
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| Arundel Expressway | |||||||||
| Length: | 7.17 mi (11.54 km) | ||||||||
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| Decomd.: | N/A | ||||||||
| From: |  MD 2 near Pasadena |
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| Major junctions: |
 MD 100 near Pasadena |
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| To: |  I-695 near Baltimore |
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Maryland Route 10, also known as the Arundel Expressway, is a state highway and freeway in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
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[edit] Cities and towns
- Pasadena
- Harundale
- Glen Burnie
[edit] Route description
The highway runs from the Baltimore Beltway south to an intersection with Maryland Route 2 (Ritchie Highway) in Pasadena and serves mostly to bypass Ritchie Highway through Glen Burnie. MD 10 helped to relieve traffic congestion in that area prior to the construction of Interstate 97, despite it going no further south than MD 100 and MD 2.
Despite its short length and lack of interchanges, the highway is six lanes wide between MD 177 and MD 710, a reminder of the route's planned importance.
The highway interchanges with Maryland Route 100 via a flat crossover junction, where each route switches to the other route's through carriageway, forcing traffic from each route to weave across itself to continue on the same route.
[edit] Exit list
Exit numbers are not marked on MD 10.
| Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| Pasadena | 0.0 | Maryland Route 2 - Severna Park; Annapolis |
southbound exit and northbound entrance; at-grade intersection |
| 0.8 |   Maryland Route 100 east - Gibson Island |
southbound exit and northbound entrance; joins northbound and leaves southbound |
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| 1.3 |  Maryland Route 100 west - to  I-97 |
northbound exit and southbound entrance; joins southbound and leaves northbound |
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| 1.7 |  Maryland Route 177 / Mountain Rd. - Jacobsville |
southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| Harundale | 3.6 |  Maryland Route 648 / Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. - Sun Valley; Glen Burnie |
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| Glen Burnie | 5.0 |  Maryland Route 270 / Furnace Branch Road |
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| 6.2 |  Maryland Route 710 / Ordnance Road - Glen Burnie |
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| 7.2 |  Interstate 695 east / Baltimore Beltway - Key Bridge; Dundalk |
northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 7.2 |  Interstate 695 west / Baltimore Beltway - Baltimore (to MD 2); Towson |
northbound exit and southbound entrance |
[edit] History
MD 10 was to have continued south of MD 2 to Annapolis, to relieve the congestion of Ritchie Highway between Baltimore and Annapolis. However, the continuation of the highway was canceled after major protests from the owners of properties within the highway's path. The desire to relieve MD 2, often described as a 25-mile "shopping strip", led to the upgrade of the MD 3-MD 178 corridor into Interstate 97.
