Sligo Creek Parkway
| Sligo Creek Parkway | |
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Route of Sligo Creek Parkway highlighted in red
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by M-NCPPC | |
| Length: | 5.6 mi (9.0 km) |
| Restrictions: | No commercial vehicles, No automobile traffic on Sunday between Old Carroll Avenue and MD 320 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
 MD 650 in Takoma Park
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 MD 320 in Silver Spring MD 594 in Silver Spring US 29 in Silver Spring |
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| North end: |
 MD 193 in Wheaton
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| Highway system | |
Sligo Creek Parkway is a two-lane at-grade automobile parkway in Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Maryland. The two-lane parkway runs 5.6 mi (9.0 km) from Maryland Route 650 (MD 650) in Takoma Park through Silver Spring north to MD 193 in Maryland. Sligo Creek Parkway parallels Sligo Creek and the Sligo Creek Trail as it passes through various units of Sligo Creek Park and by a variety of recreational facilities. The parkway is maintained by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Sligo Creek Parkway is closed to trucks at all times. In addition, the section between Old Carroll Avenue and MD 320 is closed to automobile traffic on Sundays.
Sligo Creek Parkway begins at MD 650 (New Hampshire Avenue) in Takoma Park. The parkway heads west as a two-lane road with a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h), paralleling Sligo Creek and the Sligo Creek Trail to the south. At a southward bend of Sligo Creek, Flower Avenue continues straight while Sligo Creek Parkway turns south. After returning to a westward heading, the parkway intersects Old Carroll Avenue, which is used to access MD 195 (Carroll Avenue), which passes above the parkway on the Carroll Avenue Bridge. Old Carroll Avenue is also the southern limit of road closure on Sundays. (Note: resident park access is allowed to Dr. and Mrs. Higgins, 8215 Sligo Creek Parkway.) When Sligo Creek Parkway reaches Maple Avenue, the parkway becomes concurrent with Maple Avenue and crosses Sligo Creek and the Sligo Creek Trail at grade. From this point, the creek and trail remain south of the parkway. At the next intersection, Maple Avenue continues north, an entrance to Washington Adventist Hospital is on the east, and Sligo Creek Parkway heads west.
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