Maryland Route 327

Maryland Route 327
Ikea Way
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	0.36 mi[1] (0.58 km)
Major junctions
West end:	MD 7 in Perryville
East end:	Marion Tapp Parkway in Perryville
Location
Counties:	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 324 MD 328 →

Maryland Route 327 (MD 327) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Ikea Way, the state highway runs 0.36 miles (0.58 km) from MD 7 east to Marion Tapp Parkway and Firestone Road within Perryville. MD 327, which was designated in the late 1960s, serves as an access road for Perryville Community Park and an IKEA distribution center that opened on the site of a former chemical plant in the early 2000s.

Route description

MD 327 begins at an intersection with MD 7 (Broad Street) on the eastern edge of the town of Perryville. The state highway heads southeast as a two-lane road, crossing over the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. MD 327 reaches its eastern terminus at an intersection with Marion Tapp Parkway and Firestone Road. Firestone Road leads to the entrance of the IKEA distribution center. Marion Tapp Parkway leads to the entrance of the adjacent Perryville Wastewater Treatment Plant and to Perryville Community Park located at the Perry Point promontory east of the Perry Point VA Medical Center property.^[1][2]

History

MD 327 was originally assigned to a highway in Charles County that was removed from the state highway system around 1956.^[3] A grade-separated crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad at the site of MD 327 was constructed in 1942 and reconstructed in 1968 around the same time Firestone Plastics opened a chemical plant on the site of the IKEA distribution center.^[4][5] MD 327 was designated in 1968 when the railroad crossing was reconstructed. The state highway had no name as of 1999; it was designated Firestone Road in 2001 and Ikea Way in 2004 shortly after the opening of the IKEA distribution center.^[5][6][7][8]

Junction list

The entire route is in Perryville in Cecil County.

Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
0.00	MD 7 (Broad Street)	Western terminus
0.36	Firestone Road east / Marion Tapp Parkway south – Perryville Community Park	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 327 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Broad+St%2FPhiladelphia+Rd&daddr=Firestone+Rd&geocode=FQyvWwIdBFd3-w%3BFWCcWwId0mB3-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=39.56063,-76.063765&sspn=0.007593,0.01929&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
3. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1956 ed.). 
4. ^ "NBI Structure Number: 100000070059010". National Bridge Inventory. http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=24&struct=100000070059010. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Lyne, Jack (2002-03-04). "How Swede It Is: IKEA's Two Baltimore Facilities Adding 580 Jobs". Site Selection (Norcross, GA: Conway Data). http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/bbdeal/bd020304.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
6. ^ "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 1999. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/1999_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
7. ^ "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2001. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2001_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
8. ^ "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2004. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2004_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 

External links

• MD 327 @ MDRoads.com