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Interstate 195 west
Coming off Elm Road on the property of the Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Interstate 195 begins with signage for the airport terminal, parking and hotels at next right, along with the highways intersected ahead and which cities they provide access to. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 1 up ahead can be used to access the BWI Rail Station. Located along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it has direct Amtrak and MARC Penn Line service to Baltimore's Penn Station and Washington, DC's Union Station. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 1 intersects, in ¼ mile, Maryland Route 170, which leads to Interstate 97 via Maryland routes 162 or 648. This portion of MD 170, which runs between Odenton and Brooklyn Park on the border of Anne Arundel County and southeast Baltimore city, forms the northwest leg of BWI's Airport Loop. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
The ramp to Terminal Drive is ahead. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
On the next sign assembly, Annapolis as a control city is reassigned to exit 1; only Baltimore and Washington are now marked for I-195. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Grass briefly appears in the median as the highway curves before reaching exit 1. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
The exit 1 gore sign. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 2 intersects the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (MD 295). Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 2A can be used for northbound interests to reach Interstate 695 (Baltimore Beltway) two exits' distance away on the Parkway. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Feet prior to exit 2A, westbound I-195 is marked as leading to its parent I-95, I-70, and I-83, the latter two via the Parkway north and then the inner loop of I-695. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Westbound traffic then passes over the long ramp from MD 295 south to I-195 east. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
A cloverleaf ramp from MD 295 north comes in at right, then I-195 passes over the Parkway. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
That crossing is followed by exit 2B. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
The right lane of the highway ends ahead, after a curve. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Northbound I-95 provides another thoroughfare to make the connections to I-70 and I-83 via the Beltway. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
A blank blue sign for attractions for exit 3 sits in the median. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
This is quickly followed by I-195 reassurance. Between exits 2 and 3, a gap was present along the corridor of the highway, then known as Maryland Route 46, for several years until the turn of the 1990s. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 3, intersecting U.S. Route 1 (Washington Boulevard) with control city Elkridge in Howard County, is half a mile away. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
In the meantime, I-195 approaches a viaduct over River Road, the Northeast Corridor, and the Patapsco River. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
This is where the highway crosses the train tracks. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
At the end of the viaduct, I-195 enters southwestern Baltimore County. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Two separate MARC stations - Halethorpe on the Penn Line and St. Denis on the Camden Line - are accessible from the next exit. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Before exit 3, near Guinness' Open Gate brewery, I-195 passes over I-895 (Harbor Tunnel Thruway). There is no interchange between the two highways. A connection to I-895 north from BWI is made via MD 295 north at exit 2. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
I-195 then crosses over US 1. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
One mile after exit 3, I-195 reaches I-95 at exit 4. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
The exit 3 gore sign. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
The highway proceeds over the Camden Line. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
More I-195 reassurance follows. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 4A for I-95 north toward Baltimore is "next right". Photo taken 08-11-2024.
Exit 4A is another access point to I-695. Photo taken 08-11-2024.
After exits 4A and 4B, the highway continues another half-mile northward to two separate signals at Rolling Road beside the UMBC campus, with a park-and-ride in the median along with ramps to and from UMBC Boulevard in the meantime. Photo taken 08-11-2024.