Maryland Route 88
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Maryland Route 88 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 8.01 mi (12.89 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
| Tourist routes: |
 Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
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| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 MD 30 Bus. in Hampstead
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 MD 833 in Hampstead |
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| East end: |
 MD 25 near Butler
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| Counties: | Carroll, Baltimore | |||
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Maryland Route 88 (MD 88) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Black Rock Road, the state highway runs 8.01 miles (12.89 km) from MD 30 Business in Hampstead east to MD 25 near Butler. MD 88 was constructed around the Carroll–Baltimore county line in the early 1910s. The remainder of the highway to MD 25 was completed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 88 was relocated in Hampstead in the mid-1960s; the old route became MD 833.
MD 88 begins at an intersection with MD 30 Business (Main Street) in the town of Hampstead. The state highway heads east as two-lane Lower Beckleysville Road to a roundabout at the east town limit. Lower Beckleysville Road continues northeast as a county highway that becomes Mount Carmel Road in Baltimore County and leads to MD 137. The northwest leg of the roundabout is MD 833 (Old Black Rock Road), the old alignment of MD 88 that heads back toward the center of Hampstead. MD 88 continues southeast as Black Rock Road and enters Baltimore County. The state highway passes through farmland on top of a ridge until the highway curves east and descends into the valley of Indian Run. MD 88 crosses the stream just before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 25 (Falls Road) north of the village of Butler.
MD 88 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from MD 30 Business east to MD 833 in Hampstead.
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