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Interstate 97 north
Northbound Interstate 97 pulls away from exit 7 (Maryland Route 3/32) in the Millersville area of Anne Arundel County. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The three exits serving Glen Burnie to the north are displayed by this overhead sign. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 10, leading to the parallel Veterans Highway and also serving Benfield Boulevard and Severna Park, is a mile away. An "END MD 3" shield is attached to the pole of this overhead sign. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The speed limit through here is 65 MPH. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) is 5 miles north of this overhead gantry. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The Interstate goes on to cross the Severn Run, the non-tidal component of the Severn River beside which sits Maryland's capital, Annapolis. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
After the Severn Run bridge, I-97's surface changes from asphalt to concrete. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The gas stations available at exit 10, including the New Transit Truck Stop, are posted on this blue sign. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Millersville proper can be reached from exit 10. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 10 lies ahead. The southbound component of this interchange contains separate ramps (10A and 10B) to each direction of Benfield. This was the only interchange to be built from scratch during the construction of I-97. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The exit 10 gore sign. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The Interstate then takes the time to pass under Benfield. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
At right, the northbound lanes receive an onramp from Benfield. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Between exits sits I-97 reassurance. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Food options at exit 12 up ahead are posted to the right. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 12 intersects Maryland Route 3 Business (Crain Highway) and New Cut Road in one mile. The continued designation of MD 3 Bus. is despite mainline MD 3's truncation to exit 7 in the early 1990s. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Brightview Drive passes over I-97 prior to exit 12. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The half-mile advance sign for exit 12 is in Clearview font, which Maryland began pushing back against around 2018-19 after initially embracing it heavily. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
A hospital, Baltimore-Washington Medical Center, is off this exit. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 12 was the southernmost exit of the old Glen Burnie Bypass back when MD 3 still ran along the corridor. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The northbound component of exit 12 is a semi-flyover ramp leading to Veterans Highway, which then has a signal at Crain Highway. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Meanwhile, directions to various districts of the BWI Region are posted at right. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
I-97 crosses over New Cut/Crain Highway at this spot. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Directions to Baltimore's Camden Yards are displayed on this variable message sign as these photos were taken on the Orioles' opening day. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Ahead on the right, I-97 north will receive incoming traffic from Veterans Highway and New Cut Road. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
I-97 now approaches exit 13, which intersects Maryland Route 174 (Quarterfield Road). The highway's following two exits - the latter of which directly serves BWI - are displayed on the left side of this gantry. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
A sign just further ahead points the way to exit 13. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 13 sits a few feet ahead. MD 174 runs a short distance east toward downtown Glen Burnie, as well as west to the Fort Meade area. Meanwhile, exit 14, an interchange with the Maryland Route 100 freeway, is half a mile north of this gantry. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
I-97 passes under MD 174 as the MD 100 interchange, with control cities Gibson Island eastbound and Ellicott City in neighboring Howard County westbound, approaches. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The ramps to each direction of MD 100 part ways with northbound I-97 just ahead at right. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
There is an I-97 reassurance shield attached to the median pole of the gantry billing the next exit, 15, leading to Maryland Route 176/Dorsey Road and the south side of the BWI complex. Exit 15A leads to a park-and-ride as well as the Cromwell station of the Baltimore light rail. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
MD 100 crosses over I-97 here by way of two bridges, one for each of its directions of travel. The bridges are dedicated to Gregg Presbury, a Maryland state trooper who was killed in 1977 during a traffic stop just north of this spot, when I-97 was part of MD 3. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
As a flyover ramp to westbound MD 100 passes over the Interstate, a sign directs interests to the Hanover area - home to the Arundel Mills Mall - as well as the Glen Burnie barracks of Maryland State Police, to use exit 15B. The police station is within clear sight of I-97. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
As the Interstate prepares to pass under Stewart Avenue, separate signs for exits 15A and B are displayed overhead. The far-right northbound through lane doubles as the exit lane for MD 176 west toward the airport. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 15A separates from the highway at right for Glen Burnie. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The exit 15A gore sign. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
MD 176 is referred to by its street name, Dorsey Road, as I-97 crosses over it. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 15B is now reached. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 15B is a cloverleaf ramp that funnels exiting traffic back under I-97 at the end of the ramp. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
I-97 reassurance comes after the exit as it continues northward along the western edge of Glen Burnie. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 16, intersecting Maryland Route 648/Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard and serving the community of Ferndale on the northeast side of BWI (and yes, Glen Burnie) is hastily announced as being a quarter of a mile ahead. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Exit 16 is just ahead with a hard-right offramp. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
The exit 16 gore sign appeared to have been removed at the time of these photos. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Traffic from MD 648 now enters northbound I-97 at right. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
There is an I-97 reassurance shield and a leftward curve up ahead. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
A variable message sign, again displaying Camden Yards navigational aids, sits at right. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Intersected by I-97 at exit 17, I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) goes west (inner loop) to Baltimore (via e.g. the Baltimore-Washington Parkway or Interstate 95) and Towson. Meanwhile, prior to the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the tidal Patapsco River, I-695 east (outer loop) was marked as toward the Key Bridge and Dundalk; these were covered up by June of that year. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
At Wellham Avenue, a sign in the median announces that I-695 is closed at exit 1 at Hawkins Point in the absence of a Patapsco River crossing. Hazmat vehicles are not permitted in either of the tunnels in Baltimore and must take the inner loop of I-695 three-quarters of the way around Baltimore. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Just past I-695, I-97 will reach its north end at a spur to Interstate 895 (Harbor Tunnel Thruway). There are no exits on I-895 north prior to the toll plaza at the south end of the Harbor Tunnel. Tunnel traffic restrictions are noted at right. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
Access points for the area Port of Baltimore terminals are noted at left on the next gantry. Photo taken 03-31-2025.
A ramp to MD 648 back toward Ferndale comes in three-quarters of a mile where northbound traffic otherwise defaults onto I-895's B Spur. Meanwhile, exit 17A to the outer loop of I-695 is visible up ahead. Photo taken 03-31-2025.