Maryland Route 134 (MD 134) is an unsigned
state highway in the U.S. state of
Maryland
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. Known as Bellona Avenue, the state highway runs from
MD 139 in
Towson
Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorp ...
north to Ruxton Road in
Ruxton in central
Baltimore County
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. MD 134 was created as a modern road from MD 139 northwest to
MD 25 in 1928. The highway was reduced to its present length in 1962. Signage was removed from the route in June 2022.
Route description
MD 134 begins at MD 139 (Charles Street) in the southwestern part of Towson. Bellona Avenue continues southeast as a county road through
Rodgers Forge and then a city street in
Baltimore
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, ultimately ending at
MD 45 (York Road). MD 134 heads west as a two-lane undivided road through a forested residential area. The state highway veers north near
Lake Roland and begins to closely parallel
MTA Maryland
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's
Baltimore Light RailLink. MD 134 reaches its northern terminus in the village of Ruxton at an intersection with Ruxton Road, which heads west across the tracks toward
Pikesville. Bellona Avenue continues north parallel to the light rail tracks as a county highway that intersects Joppa Road in
Riderwood before veering east and intersecting MD 139 again just south of
Interstate 695 (Baltimore Beltway). There is also a disjoint segment of Bellona Avenue north of the Beltway in
Lutherville.
History
MD 134 originally followed not only its present course along Bellona Avenue, but also Ruxton Road west to MD 25 in the hamlet of Rockland east of Pikesville.
The whole original length of the highway was paved in macadam in 1928.
The Ruxton Road portion of MD 134 was transferred to Baltimore County in 1962.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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MDRoads: MD 134
134
Roads in Baltimore County, Maryland