Maryland Route 179
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Maryland Route 179 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 3.16 mi (5.09 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
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| West end: |
 MD 648 near Annapolis
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  US 50 / US 301 near Cape St. Claire
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| East end: | End of state maintenance in Cape St. Claire | |||
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| Counties: | Anne Arundel | |||
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Maryland Route 179 (MD 179) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as St. Margarets Road, the highway runs 3.16 miles (5.09 km) from MD 648 near Annapolis east to the end of state maintenance in Cape St. Claire. MD 179 serves a suburban area near the southern end of the Broadneck Peninsula of northeastern Anne Arundel County. The state highway was paved in the 1920s from its western end to Skidmore near Sandy Point. MD 179 was truncated at what is now U.S. Route 50 and US 301 when their predecessor highway replaced the stretch to Skidmore in the early 1940s. MD 179 was extended into Cape St. Claire in the early 1990s.
MD 179 begins at an intersection with MD 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) east of Annapolis. The state highway heads northeast as two-lane St. Margarets Road, which crosses Mill Creek and passes through the hamlet of St. Margarets, the site of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. At Holly Drive, which is unsigned MD 931L, MD 179 expands to a two-lane divided highway with auxiliary lanes. The highway has an intersection with Buschs Frontage Road and Whitehall Road, which are unsigned MD 908A and MD 908C, respectively. Buschs Frontage Road leads to ramps to and from eastbound US 50 and US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway). MD 179 receives a ramp from the eastbound freeway immediately before it crosses over the freeway, then intersects ramps to and from westbound US 50 and US 301. The highway continues northeast as Cape St. Claire Road and intersects College Parkway, which is unsigned MD 931Q. MD 179 reduces to two lanes for the final stretch before its eastern terminus at an arbitrary spot between Woodland Circle, which is unsigned MD 931U, and Forest Terrace. Cape St. Claire Road continues as a county highway into the center of the namesake community at the mouth of the Magothy River.
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