Maryland Route 439 (MD 439) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Maryland
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. Known as Old York Road, the state highway runs from
MD 45 in
Maryland Line
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east to
MD 23 in
Shawsville
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. In conjunction with MD 23 and
Interstate 83 (I-83), MD 439 connects
Bel Air with
York, Pennsylvania
York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populati ...
. The state highway was constructed at both ends in the early 1930s. The middle section of MD 439 was brought into the state highway system around 1980.
Route description
MD 439 begins at an intersection with MD 45 (York Road) in Maryland Line a short distance south of the
Pennsylvania
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state line. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road through a four-ramp
partial cloverleaf interchange
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The design has been well received, and has since become one of the most popular freeway-to-arterial interchange designs in North America. It has also bee ...
with I-83 (Baltimore–Harrisburg Expressway). A
park and ride lot is located at the southeast corner of this interchange. MD 439 heads southeast and passes through the hamlet of
Shane
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as the highway follows the height of land between the drainage basins of
Little Gunpowder Falls
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and
Deer Creek. Shortly after crossing the
Baltimore
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–
Harford county line, the state highway reaches its eastern terminus at MD 23 (Norrisville Road) in Shawsville.
History
Old York Road was an alternate, less-direct route for traffic between
Towson and Maryland Lane compared to York Road. MD 439 is one of several extant stretches of the road; another segment is from south of Shawsville to
MD 145 in
Jacksonville, part of which is
MD 562.
MD 439 was paved as a state highway in two segments between 1930 and 1933: from York Road east to Lentz Road, and from the Baltimore–Harford county line east to MD 23.
The state highway originally had an acute intersection with York Road north of the present terminal intersection. MD 439 was relocated when I-83 was completed from
Parkton to the Pennsylvania state line in 1959.
The state highway remained in pieces until the intervening section of Old York Road was brought under state maintenance around 1981.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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Maryland Route 439
Maryland Route 439