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10 unusual facts about Baltimore Light Rail


Baltimore Light Rail

Adjacent to M&T Bank Stadium, it was initially only open during Ravens games and other major stadium events; however, in 2005, it became a full-time stop.

Beginning in the late 1980s, Governor William Donald Schaefer (a former mayor of Baltimore) pushed for building a transit line along this corridor, motivated in part by a desire to establish a rail transit link to the new downtown baseball park being built at Camden Yards for the Baltimore Orioles.

By 1983, only a single line had been built: the "Northwest" line, which became the current Baltimore Metro Subway.

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Meyerhoff is immediately adjacent to the Cultural Center Station on the Baltimore Light Rail, and within walking distance of the State Center Station on the Baltimore Metro Subway.

Maryland Route 131

The state highway crosses over Interstate 83 (I-83) (Harrisburg Expressway) with no access and enters Lutherville, where the road has an at-grade intersection with the Baltimore Light Rail.

Maryland Route 168

Nursery Road continues east into the parking lot for the Nursery Road station of the Baltimore Light Rail.

Maryland Route 176

This intersection is adjacent to one of two southern ends of the Baltimore Light Rail; the terminal station, Cromwell Station / Glen Burnie, is accessed via MD 648.

Maryland Route 3

Immediately after, MD 3 Business intersects MD 648 (Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard), the former alignment of MD 2, which provides access to the Baltimore Light Rail.

Maryland Route 648

The state highway is a part of the National Highway System between I-97 and the entrance to the Cromwell Station / Glen Burnie station of the Baltimore Light Rail.

Robert Flanagan

In this position, Flanagan would be charged with the management of the Port of Baltimore, the Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI), the Motor Vehicle Administration, the various transportation entities, such as the MARC Train, the Baltimore Light Rail, the Baltimore Subway, and the Maryland bus system (MTA), and various tolls and bridges, such as the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.