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Maryland Route 32 east - Savage to Millersville
Eastbound Maryland Route 32 (Patuxent Freeway) comes upon exit 13A, a left exit, leading to northbound Interstate 95 toward Baltimore, as it receives an onramp from I-95 south, in the Savage area of Howard County. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 crosses over southbound I-95, and exit 13A is seen in the distance at left. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 12, intersecting U.S. Route 1 (Washington Boulevard) toward Laurel and Elkridge, is a mile away. Crossing overhead is the northbound carriageway of I-95. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
At right, MD 32 east receives traffic from I-95 north. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
BWI Airport-bound traffic is directed to northbound MD 295 (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) three miles ahead. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Savage-area attractions off exit 12 are listed by the blue sign at right. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 12 is half a mile away as Vollmerhausen Road passes overhead. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This portion of MD 32 is dedicated to fallen Howard County police corporal Scott A. Wheeler, killed during a traffic stop at this spot in 2007. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Alongside Savage's historic district, the Laurel Racetrack, one of Maryland's famed horse racing spots, is off exit 12B along with gas, food and lodging options. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Meanwhile, truckers bound for the industrial area along Corridor Road nearby are to exit at Dorsey Run Road in a mile. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
An arrow on this overhead sign points the way to the collector-distributor that directly accesses exit 12. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 12B to US 1 south comes first, followed by exit 12A in ¼ mile. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 11 with Dorsey Run Road is in one mile. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 crosses over US 1 itself here. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The highway goes downhill and prepares to receive US 1 traffic. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
A sign at right displays obscured distances to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Fort Meade. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 11 leaves the highway ahead, 1½ miles prior to exits 10C-B for the B-W Parkway. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
A cloverleaf ramp enters at right bringing in traffic from Dorsey Run. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The following advance exit sign adds one-mile notice for exit 10A at Canine Road, reserved for some interests to the National Security Agency (NSA). Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 then crosses over MARC's Camden Line and enters Anne Arundel County. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
There is subsequently a MD 32 reassurance shield. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The current speed limit is 55 miles per hour. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The Maryland Live! Casino in the Arundel Mills Mall area can be reached from exit 10B (northbound Parkway). Meanwhile, a ramp at right leads from MD 32 west to the National Business Parkway. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The NSA Visitors Center and National Cryptologic Museum are accessed from Canine Road. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 now reaches exit 10C for the southbound Parkway toward Washington, followed by exit 10B north toward Baltimore. No trucks are permitted in either direction due to this segment of the Parkway being National Park Service property. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The exit 10C gore sign. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Another instance of MD 295 north and BWI signage sits between exit ramps. The MD 295 designation on the Parkway begins one exit to the north, at MD 175. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This bridge carries eastbound MD 32 over the Parkway. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Delivery interests to the NSA and Fort Meade are to make their way to Maryland Route 198 a few miles ahead. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 10A leads to Canine Road at right. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 crosses Canine Road and enters Fort Meade. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 9 to Samford Road, serving remaining NSA traffic, is half a mile away. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Traffic coming from the northbound Parkway and Canine Road enters at right. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This next section of the Patuxent Freeway took until the mid-2000s to be completed. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 9, specified for NSA employees only, is ahead on the left. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
There is a roundabout at the end of exit 9. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Traffic enters the eastbound lanes from Samford at left. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 8, intersecting Maryland Route 198 toward Laurel and the center of Fort Meade, is ¾ mile away. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
A subsequent half-mile advance sign swaps the two control cities. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The Tipton Airport is at this exit. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This exit more or less marks the east end of MD 198, which makes its way 14 miles west to the Spencerville area of Montgomery County. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This portion of MD 32 is a deer watch area. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 will reach its southeast end at Interstate 97 in 7 miles. Primarily via I-97, Crownsville is 11 miles away, and Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, 19. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 6, one mile away, is MD 32's other Fort Meade exit per se. It intersects MD 175 (Annapolis Road) and also has a control city of Odenton. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Meanwhile, the speed limit remains 55 MPH. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The blue sign at right lists some of the driver services at the exit. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 6 is on the other side of Pepper Road's crossing of MD 32. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The exit 6 gore sign. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This interchange is dedicated to David G. Boschert, former Maryland District 33A delegate. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This overpass carries MD 32 over MD 175. MD 175 parallels MD 32 to the south as it goes through the center of Odenton, then ends at MD 3 on the southern fringes of what is considered Millersville. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Half a mile from the sign at right sits exit 5 at Maryland Route 170 (Telegraph Road) going toward Severn and Odenton. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The highway proceeds over Odenton's Town Center Avenue. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The route crosses over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, then reaches exit 5. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 170 ends just to the south at MD 175 and continues southward as Piney Orchard Parkway toward the Crofton area. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
After a wide curve to the right, eastbound MD 32 receives traffic from MD 170. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 5 is followed by MD 32 reassurance. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 3 intersects Burns Crossing Road, going toward Gambrills and Millersville. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
There is a curve to the left in the meantime. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Sappington Station Road, accessible from MD 32 west, passes overhead here. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
Exit 3 lies ahead. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
A row of pine trees follows the eastbound onramp from Burns Crossing. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The ramp from MD 32 west to MD 3 south is a mile away, the I-97 merge coming half a mile afterward. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
In front of the Gambrills Road overpass, I-97, with control cities of Baltimore and Annapolis, is a mile away, but the top half of the sign is missing. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The ramp to southbound MD 3 (Crain Highway) toward Bowie via Crofton is half a mile away. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The next sign revises what the previous ones said, by stating that both highways are intersected together in ¼ mile. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
This overhead sign assembly then lists MD 3 and I-97 as running concurrent toward Baltimore. While MD 3 did indeed continue north of this interchange and reach southwest Baltimore at one time, this has not been the case since the beginning of the 1990s, when I-97 was designated and the accompanying corridor began its upgrade to Interstate standards. MD 3's business route in Glen Burnie nonetheless remains. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
A close look at the MD 3 ramp gore. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 makes its passage over MD 3 here. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The cloverleaf ramp to I-97 north, once again co-billed with MD 3, is ahead at right. Remaining eastbound traffic defaults onto I-97 south. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
The right lane ends half a mile away. Photo taken 07-28-2024.
MD 32 now makes its seamless transition onto I-97 south with signage for the Crownsville exit. Photo taken 07-28-2024.