How to Travel Baltimore's Interstate 395

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If you've ever been traveling I-95 and come upon an interchange leading towards Downtown Baltimore in Maryland and wondered where it went, you'll probably have wandered onto Interstate 395 for its 1.98 miles (3.19 km) roadway. [1] Also known as Cal Ripken Way, [2] travel it and you'll see some of the more interesting sights as it leads you into Downtown Baltimore.

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Learn the highway which files its traffic onto this highway.

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  1. Learn how to approach this interchange. This interchange (at its southern terminus) is found along I-95's exit 53 above the Patapsco River's Middle Branch inside an estuary of Gwynns Falls. [3]
    • This exit is about 3 miles from the tolled Fort McHenry Tunnel as I-95 crosses the Patapsco River into Baltimore County (heading southbound). Its points north contain not only Wilmington, Delaware, but also Philadelphia, PA, Newark NJ, and New York, NY - a separate slight day trip away.
    • Meanwhile, coming from the south, it is 24 miles (39 km) away from Washington, DC. This exit is across from Ridley's Cove
      • This interchange is a directional T-interchange on an overpass of the Patapsco River.
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Travel this highway.

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  • This highway, though also very short, has unnumbered exits. Instead of exit numbers, these exits will be marked by the mileage/kilometer pairs placed on this highway.
  1. On this highway, the roadway stays pretty much straight with a slightly bendy shape in the middle - mostly bending to the northeast, before reaching its last "exit" and terminus at/near the Camden Yards Sports Complex (containing Oriole Park at Camden Yards, M&T Bank Stadium, and its Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards building).
    • In this area, the roadway only encounters four exits, with one bridge after getting onto it and within the half mile leading up to the first of its three other exits.
      • Cross the Patapsco River Bridge. This bridge is five-lane (1 on the outer roadway, 2 on the inner roadway heading towards I-95, and 2 lanes heading in your direction of travel). I-95 pushes people onto it as it exits because the highway is built over water.
      • In this span, you may be able to see the Extra Space Storage location as well as the Greyhound Package Express and stadium area resorts, along with the Gwynda of the Good Wheel of the West (from I-95 southbound only) and adjacent city line of criss-crossing highways.
      • Travel past Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Russell and Lee Sts. Wikipedia lists this roadway as an unsigned I-395A, [4] but it won't be talked about much here. Instead of turning, stay in the left two lanes, to avoid getting off onto this boulevard-roadway-exit.
        • In this stretch, you'll pass by the Boys and Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore, Solo Gibbs Playfield/Basketball Court/Tennis Court, Otterbein Swim Club, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (northbound). On the opposite side (southbound), you'll spot M&T Bank Stadium with Parking Lot H and G, but also Hamburg St (Northbound), Light Rail Station, Camden Yards' Lee St Parking Lot, Camden Station Light Rail Station, and Eutaw St.
        • In this stretch, the interstate carries six lanes west of Federal Hill. It parallels Maryland Transit Administration's Baltimore Light RailLink and CSX Transportation Baltimore Terminal Subdivision carrying MARC Train's Camden Line. [5] However, past the exit, each direction loses one lane and it becomes a four-lane highway near Camden Station.
        • This is a northbound-only exit. The southbound exit doesn't have access to this exit.
        • It's helpful to note these roadway/highway areas. However, keep in mind that this interstate portion lasts for only .65 miles (1.05 km). [6] In this area, this related highway begins with I-395 and heads just south of downtown, ending at Howards and Chase Sts where Russell St begins. But this highway name (I-395A) is unsigned. [7]
      • Travel past Conway Street E. This street heads directly towards Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Be mindful, because there is a traffic light at this intersection, and it is monitored.
        • Directly on your left, you'll spot Camden Station and its light rail station, and just diagonally across is Camden Yards and its Warehouse.
        • Although Conway St's westbound intersection has a traffic light, Conway St's eastbound has the traditional curvy exit but travels east only heading towards Light St, where that street ends at the Inner Harbor.
      • Realize that past this, I-395 becomes the local S Howard Street for one block, and outside of Camden Station's parking lot and Jackie Robinson's Number at Camden Yards sculpture and Babe's Dream sculpture from the southbound lanes, it has little to no other points of interest. However, Wikipedia says it leads to "Downtown," and this highway's northern terminus.
    • East of this, the roadway curves north to become a four-lane highway, but then gains an additional lane in each direction without the viaduct in the middle. It then travels one block to the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards in the B&O Railroad's Camden Station building. then continues through Downtown Baltimore as a local road. [8]
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Locate the cross street where the highway ends.

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  1. This highway ends after the traffic light on S Howard Street, where W Camden St intersects the highway. However, there's a traffic light here too, though Google Street Views of the area show the Interstate designation heading onto the highway, with the local name coming from the interstate. [9]
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      • It's helpful to learn that, although Oriole Park at Camden Yards is essentially a baseball field where the Baltimore Orioles play ball, M&T Bank Stadium (locally called Ravens Stadium) is a football field where a variety of other Baltimore sports teams play - including the Baltimore Ravens.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_395_(Maryland)
      9. ↑ https://maps.app.goo.gl/k3avySfcAtL1D7JBA

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