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U.S. 50 West at MD 331 - Vienna exit. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 16 East. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 750 West. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 343 West in Cambridge. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 565. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD
322 - Easton Pkwy./TO MD 33 - St. Michaels. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 331 in Easton. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 328 East in Easton. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD
322/Easton Pkwy. - St. Michaels/Tilghman Island. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD 404. |
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U.S. 50 West at MD
213 north of Wye Mills. MD 213 was once U.S. 213, which ran along a similar route that U.S. 50 takes today along Maryland's Eastern Shore. |
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Five miles west of
MD 213, U.S. 50 West merges with U.S. 301 South, and a freeway begins. This is U.S. 50 West/U.S. 301 South at Exit 45A - Hissey Road. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 44B - Winchester Creek Rd. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S. 301 South at Exit 44A - VFW Ave. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 43A - Jackson Creek Road. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 42 - MD 18 - Main St./Kent Narrows East. The highways are about to cross the Kent Narrows Bridge. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 41 - MD 18 - Main St./Kent Narrows West. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 40A - Piney Creek Road. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 39B - Piney Creek Road. It seems like there are a lot of repeated exits here with the exit numbers as the only difference. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 39A - Castle Marina Rd./TO MD 18. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 38A - Duke Street. One exit remains on the Eastern Shore before we cross the Chesapeake Bay. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 37 - MD 8 - Stevensville/Romancoke. The highways are about to cross the Chesapeake Bay. |
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A view from the
beginning of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on U.S. 50 West/U.S. 301 South. The bridge is about five miles long and is the only bridge crossing the bay. Traffic backs up for several miles before this bridge at peak times during the summer. |
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A view from the middle of the bridge. |
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And finally, a view
from the final approach onto the Western Shore of Maryland. A weigh station is 1/2 mile ahead, and the Maryland Highway Patrol likes to hide there. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 32 - Sandy Point State Park/East College Pkwy./Whitehall Rd. |
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VMS on U.S. 50
West/U.S. 301 South between Exit 32 and Exit 29. Unfortunately, I caught it as it was changing messages, but both messages that were displayed here on this day were ominous. Because this highway leads to Washington, DC, and the War on Iraq began just the night before, this sign had these messages: "Heightened Homeland Security Alert" and "To Report Suspicious Activity call ..." (Don't remember the phone number). You know things are crazy when these signs have messages like that! |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 29 - MD 179 - Cape St. Claire Rd./St. Margarets Rd. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 28 - Bay Dale Drive. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 27B - MD 2 North - Ritchie Hwy./Severna Pk. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 27A - MD 450 South - Naval Academy. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 24B - TO Bestgate Road. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 24A - MD 70 South - Rowe Blvd./Annapolis. This is the western beginning of secret Interstate 595, which goes from here to Interstate 495. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 23A - MD 2 South/MD 450 - Parole/Jennifer Road. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South approaching Exit 23B - MD 450 - 1/2 mile, and Exit 21 - Interstate 97 North - 1 mile. Exit 22 for MD 665 is also approaching in 1 1/2 miles. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 23B - MD 450 - Crownsville. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 21 - Interstate 97 North - Baltimore. Interstate 97 is the nation's shortest 2-digit interstate at a measly 17 miles. Even Interstate 595 is longer than that at a distance of 19 miles! |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 22 - MD 665 - Aris T. Allen Blvd./TO Riva Rd. The off-ramp for Interstate 97 parallels U.S. 50 West for a mile before heading northward towards Maryland's largest city. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exit 16 - MD 424 - Davidsonville Rd./Davidsonville/Crofton. The left sign on this gantry should also have U.S. 301 South on it, since that highway remains on this road for another three miles. |
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U.S. 50 West/U.S.
301 South at Exits 13A-B-C - U.S. 301/MD 3 - Richmond/Crofton. |
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U.S. 50 West at
Exit 11 - MD 197 - Collington Rd./ Bowie. A blank space to the left of the U.S. 50 shield was supposedly left for an Interstate 595 shield. |
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U.S. 50 West
approaching Exits 7B-A - Interstate 95/ Interstate 495 - Baltimore/Richmond - 2 miles. |
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U.S. 50 West
approaching Exit 8 - MD 704 - 1/2 mile, and Exits 7B-A - 1 mile. |
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U.S. 50 West at
Exit 8 - MD 704 - M.L. King Jr. Hwy./ Glenarden. The Capital Beltway is still a mile away, despite the signage 1/2 mile back saying it was one mile away. |
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U.S. 50 West approaching Exits 7B-A - 1/2 mile. |
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Lanes begin to be
marked like they are about to leave the highway about 1/4 mile from the exit. |
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U.S. 50 West at
Exit 7B - Interstate 95/495 North - Baltimore/Silver Spring. |
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Approaching the end
of the ramp from U.S. 50 West to Interstate 95/495 North is an exit that leads to the New Carrollton train and subway station. |