Interstate 795 (Maryland)
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Image:I-795.svg Interstate 795 (abbreviated I-795) is a nine-mile freeway linking Baltimore's northwestern suburbs of Pikesville, Owings Mills and Reisterstown, Maryland to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695). I-795 is also known as the Northwest Expressway. For the first four miles, it is paralleled by the Baltimore Metro Subway, which runs in the median.
Currently it is the only highway in the United States designated as Interstate 795. While there have been several proposed highways to be signed with the designation, none have received the designation (a proposed highway in Florida has been tentativly selected to receive the designation). I-795 also holds the destinction, along with Interstate 495 (Long Island Expressway) in New York, of being the only two tertiary Interstate spurs from Interstate 95.
Orginial plans had the highway running further north and further south, into the City of Baltimore along a similar route to that of the Metro Subway, then its current termini. Plans to extend the highway beyond its current configuration have not been sought out by highway officials in Maryland.
Exits
- I-695/Baltimore Beltway/Glen Burnie/Towson (Exit 1)
- Owings Mills Boulevard (Exit 4)
- Franklin Boulevard (route into Reisterstown) (Exit 7)
- MD 140/Westminster Pike (Exit 9)
Also, a short connector route, called MD 795, provides access to MD 30 (Hanover Pike), which goes through the towns of Hampstead, Maryland and Manchester, Maryland to the state line with Pennsylvania were the road continues to Hanover, Pennsylvania as PA 94.