Maryland Route 147 | ||||
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Harford Road | ||||
Maryland Route 147 highlighted in red
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by MDSHA and Baltimore DOT | ||||
Length: | 18.81 mi (30.27 km) | |||
Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
Tourist routes: |
Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: |
US 1 / US 40 Truck in Baltimore |
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MD 542 in Baltimore |
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North end: | US 1 / US 1 Bus. in Benson | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | City of Baltimore, Baltimore, Harford | |||
Highway system | ||||
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MD 542 in Baltimore
MD 41 in Baltimore
I-695 in Parkville
Maryland Route 147 (MD 147) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Harford Road, the state highway runs 18.81 miles (30.27 km) from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Baltimore north to US 1 and US 1 Business in Benson. MD 147 is an alternate route to US 1 between Baltimore and Bel Air, the county seat of Harford County. The state highway is the main street of several neighborhoods in Northeast Baltimore and the Baltimore County suburbs of Parkville and Carney. MD 147 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration in Baltimore and Harford counties and by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation within the city. Harford Road was a pair of turnpikes before the Baltimore–Carney portion of the highway was designated one of the original state roads. The Baltimore County section of MD 147 was constructed in the early 1910s and widened multiple times in the late 1920s and 1930s. The section of the state highway in Harford County was built in the late 1920s.