Route description Maryland Route 32

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1.1 millersville fort meade
1.2 fort meade clarksville
1.3 clarksville westminster

route description

md 32 maintained maryland state highway administration (mdsha) entire length except section between samford road , canine road in fort meade, maintained u.s. government. highway part of main national highway system eastern terminus in millersville i-70 , us 40 in west friendship; highway national highway system principal arterial howard–carroll county line md 91 @ gamber.

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view west @ east end of md 32

md 32 begins @ partial cloverleaf interchange i-97 , md 3 (robert crain highway) in millersville. md 32 starts pair of two-lane flyover ramps split west northbound i-97 , join southbound i-97; md 32 ramps head northwest while i-97 curves northeast , settles wide median of northern end of md 3. after passing through interchange md 3, md 32 heads northwest patuxent freeway, four-lane freeway passes north of community of gambrills. state highway s first interchange sappington station road, spur westbound ramps of md 32 unsigned md 32aa. eastbound ramps connect county-maintained burns crossing road. md 32 continues northwest along northern edge of odenton, freeway gradually curves southwest, has diamond interchange md 170 (telegraph road) , partial cloverleaf interchange md 175 (annapolis road), , crosses on amtrak northeast corridor , marc s penn line between interchanges.

md 32 heads west odenton along southern edge of fort george g. meade. freeway has dumbbell interchange md 198 (laurel fort meade road) north of tipton airport. md 32 curves northwest , has interchange samford road, 1 of 2 interchanges provide access nsa. median of md 32 widens @ interchange eastbound ramps enter , exit on left roundabout, samford road crosses westbound lanes of md 32. north of trumpet interchange canine road, provides access nsa, national vigilance park, , national cryptologic museum, freeway has cloverleaf interchange baltimore–washington parkway.

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md 32 westbound @ dorsey run road exit

md 32 traverses dorsey run industrial community of annapolis junction, westbound md 32 has interchange guilford road, leads national business parkway , historic home grassland. state highway crosses on csx s capital subdivision howard county , has partial cloverleaf interchange dorsey run road. dorsey run road, unsigned md 732r, provides access savage station on marc s camden line , several industrial parks in annapolis junction. md 32 continues northwest savage, highway has cloverleaf interchange us 1 (washington boulevard) includes collector-distributor lanes in both directions. north of savage, freeway has partial cloverleaf interchange i-95 has pair of left-exiting ramps westbound md 32 southbound i-95 , eastbound md 32 northbound i-95; because of these left exits, i-95 configured differently in southbound lanes pass under md 32 , northbound lanes pass on md 32.

md 32 continues west six-lane freeway through expansive new town of columbia. freeway passes south , north of villages of king s contrivance , owen brown, respectively, highway has partial cloverleaf interchange broken land parkway , four-loop interchange eden brook drive , shaker drive. md 32 crosses little patuxent river between 2 interchanges. south of simpsonville, state highway has cloverleaf interchange us 29 (columbia pike), provides access columbia town center. freeway reduces 4 lanes , crosses middle patuxent river east of diamond interchange sanner road , cedar lane. md 32 continues along southern edge of village of river hill, highway has half-interchange great star drive, unsigned md 732v, allowing access , east. state highway continues northwest clarksville, highway has diamond interchange md 108 (clarksville pike).

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west of interchange md 108, md 32 s name changes sykesville road , becomes north-south highway, continues partially controlled-access two-lane highway through mix of farmland , large-plot residential subdivisions. state highway paralleled west old alignment, ten oaks road. east of community of dayton, state highway passes mdsha s dayton shops. in glenelg, md 32 passes under triadelphia road , expands two-lane divided highway dumbbell interchange burnt woods road, provides access northern end of ten oaks road , pfefferkorn road. state highway becomes undivided again , veers northeast , north toward west friendship. md 32 crosses middle patuxent river , terrapin branch before intersection md 144 (frederick road), highway expands four-lane divided highway. state highway has diamond interchange i-70 , us 40 (baltimore national pike) before reducing four-lane undivided highway continues north md 32 s intersection md 99 (old frederick road).

view south along md 32 in westminster

md 32 continues north two-lane road sykesville. south of town, state highway intersects west friendship road, old alignment of md 32 unsigned md 851. md 32 veers northeast , crosses patapsco river , csx s old main line subdivision carroll county; east of md 32 s crossing highway s old aluminum bridge. state highway passes west of springfield hospital center, original buildings preserved warfield complex, hubner, , t buildings. md 32 temporarily expands four-lane divided highway @ intersection springfield avenue, northern end of md 851, , continues north suburban community of eldersburg. state highway expands four-lane divided highway @ piney ridge parkway , maintains form through intersection md 26 (liberty road). md 32 continues through suburban area four-lane undivided highway 2 lanes northbound, 1 lane southbound, , center turn lane. state highway passes east of liberty high school , reduces 2 lanes north of bennett road.

md 32 heads forested area , crosses morgan run arm of liberty reservoir. state highway passes through s-curve before heading through communities of louisville , gamber, highway meets southern end of md 91 (gamber road). md 32 continues northwest through mix of farmland , residential subdivisions toward fenby, highway intersects md 97 (new washington road). north of md 97 adjacent carroll community college, state highway meets md 97 s old alignment, old washington road, unsigned md 854b. md 32 continues north washington road through suburban area; highway parallels md 97 , passes east of historic friendship valley farm , carroll county almshouse , farm, carroll county farm museum. north of bennett avenue, md 32 reaches northern terminus @ southern city limit of westminster. roadway continues north municipal street main street, heads northwest through westminster historic district.