Owings Mills Boulevard

Maryland Route 940
Owings Mills Boulevard
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA and Baltimore County Department of Public Works
Length:	6.2 mi[2] (10.0 km) MD 940 is 1.48 mi (2.38 km).[1] Two county-maintained portions are 0.7 mi (1.1 km) and 4.0 mi (6.4 km).[2]
Major junctions
South end:	Lyons Mill Road near Randallstown
	Red Run Boulevard in Owings Mills I-795 in Owings Mills MD 140 in Owings Mills
North end:	Bond Avenue near Glyndon
Location
Counties:	Baltimore
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 939 MD 942 →

Owings Mills Boulevard is a county- and state-maintained highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 6.2 miles (10.0 km) from Lyons Mill Road north near Randallstown north to Bond Avenue near Glyndon. Maryland Route 940 (MD 940) is the designation for the state highway portion of Owings Mills Boulevard between Red Run Boulevard and MD 140 that is centered around Owings Mills Boulevard's interchange with Interstate 795 (I-795) in Owings Mills. Owings Mills Road is a major suburban highway in western Baltimore County. All of MD 940 is part of the National Highway System.

Route description

Owings Mills Boulevard currently has its southern terminus at Lyons Mill Road. Owings Mills Boulevard is under construction to be extended southwest to MD 26 (Liberty Road) in Randallstown. Owings Mills Boulevard heads north as a four-lane divided highway to Lakeside Boulevard, where the highway expands to six lanes and crosses over Red Run on its way to Red Run Boulevard. Red Run Boulevard leads to Owings Mills Mall and to Painters Mill Road, which provides access to the Owings Mills station of the Baltimore Metro Subway. At Red Run Boulevard, Owings Mills Boulevard becomes state-maintained as MD 940 and reduces to two through lanes in each direction.^[2]

Owings Mills Boulevard meets I-795 (Northwest Expressway) at a full interchange that includes fly-over ramps from northbound I-795 to southbound Owings Mills Boulevard and from southbound Owings Mills Boulevard to southbound I-795. The interchange also includes direct ramps from I-795 in the direction of Baltimore for Owings Mills Mall and direct ramps from I-795 in the direction of Reisterstown to the Baltimore Metro Subway station. The first intersection north of I-795 is for Dolfield Road. There is no direct access from the ramp from northbound I-795 to northbound Owings Mills Boulevard to westbound Dolfield Road; that movement requires a U-turn at the following intersection. Owings Mills Boulevard continues onto a bridge over Gwynns Falls and an industrial area paralleling CSX's Hanover Subdivision. At the north end of the bridge, MD 940 reaches its northern terminus at a two-way, four-lane ramp from Owings Mills Boulevard to MD 140 (Reisterstown Road). Owings Mills Boulevard continues north as a county highway, crossing over MD 140.^[1][2]

Owings Mills Boulevard crosses Gwynns Falls a second time, reduces to a five-lane highway with center turn lane, and passes a shopping center. The highway crosses the creek a third time and then begins to parallel both the creek and the railroad line. Owings Mills Boulevard intersects Gwynnbrook Avenue and Bonita Avenue before reaching its northern terminus at Bond Avenue. The roadway continues north as two-lane Central Avenue toward MD 128 in Glyndon.^[2]

The MD 940 part of Owings Mills Boulevard is a component of a loop of the National Highway System that is an intermodal passenger transport connection between I-795 and the Baltimore Metro Subway station. The loop also includes MD 140 from Owings Mills Boulevard to Painters Mill Road, Painters Mill Road south to Red Run Boulevard, and Red Run Boulevard west to Owings Mills Boulevard.^[3]

History

Owings Mills Boulevard was constructed during the mid-1980s in conjunction with other development in the Owings Mills area, which included I-795 and the Owings Mills Town Center. The road incorporated part of the older 2-lane Bonita Avenue.

By the late 1990s, traffic at the intersection of Owings Mills Boulevard and Gwynnbrook Avenue had become bottlenecked due to the road being narrow at this point with no turning lanes. A plan to construct a wider intersection was delayed due to concerns of demolishing a historic spring house adjacent to the intersection. While the situation was temporarily remedied with left turn signals that would be operational on a part-time basis, the road was finally widened to allow for five lanes to be constructed on Owings Mills Boulevard, and left-turn lanes to be added on Gwynnbrook Avenue. This construction was completed in 2003^[4]

Baltimore County is currently working on the extension of Owings Mill Boulevard to the south, planning for the road's southern terminus at Maryland Route 26, Liberty Road.

The training facility for the Baltimore Ravens was located on Owings Mills Boulevard in the past. Around the time the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV, a portion of the road near the location of their facility was commemoratively named Ravens Boulevard in the team's honor. Some of the signs labeling the street "Ravens Boulevard" were stolen at the time^[5]. The team's facility has since moved.

Junction list

This table only includes details for the portion of Owings Mills Boulevard designated MD 940, which is entirely within Owings Mills in Baltimore County.

Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Owings Mills Boulevard continues south as a county highway for 0.7 miles (1.1 km) toward Lyons Mill Road near Randallstown.[2]
0.00	Red Run Boulevard – Owings Mills Mall	Southern terminus of MD 940
0.70	I-795 (Northwest Expressway) – Baltimore, Reisterstown	I-795 Exit 4
1.22	Dolfield Road
1.48	To MD 140 (Reisterstown Road) – Garrison, Reisterstown	Northern terminus of MD; two-way ramp between MD 940 and MD 140
Owings Mills Boulevard continues north as a county highway for 4.0 miles (6.4 km) toward Bond Avenue near Glyndon.[2]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Highway Location Reference: Baltimore County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_BALTIMORE.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Google, Inc. Google Maps – Owings Mills Boulevard (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Owings+Mills+Blvd&daddr=Glynowings+Dr%2FOwings+Mills+Blvd&hl=en&geocode=FTQbWQIdxixs-w%3BFdg3WgIdsgps-w&mra=ls&sll=39.399061,-76.785936&sspn=0.015222,0.038581&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
3. ^ Federal Highway Administration (August 2003) (PDF). National Highway System: Baltimore, MD (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs//maps/md/baltimore_md.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
4. ^ Owings Mills Times
5. ^ Superbowl2001: A loud blast from the past: Dilfer never liked cannon

External links

• MD 940 @ MDRoads.com