Joppa Road is a county highway in the US state of Maryland.
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15 Facts About Joppa Road
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Joppa Road has three main segments separated by very short breaks on its course through central and eastern Baltimore County.
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The western and eastern segments of Joppa Road are two-lane roads through mainly residential areas.
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Joppa Road begins at a four-way intersection with MD 25 and the northern end of the Jones Falls Expressway in Brooklandville.
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Joppa Road's western terminus is a short distance south of MD 25's intersection with MD 130 and the Green Spring Station medical complex.
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Joppa Road enters the downtown area of Towson at its intersection with MD 45 Bypass.
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Joppa Road becomes undivided again as it approaches its intersection with MD 542 on the northwestern edge of Parkville.
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Joppa Road becomes undivided again west of Old Harford Road and meets MD 147 in Parkville.
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Joppa Road continues as a four-lane road with center turn lane toward Perry Hall.
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Joppa Road continues when it splits off from US 1 one block north of Ebenezer Road.
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Joppa Road originated as an Indian trail that was repurposed in the late 17th century as a patrol road and defensive perimeter across Baltimore County for rangers based at Fort Garrison to defend English settlements from hostile Indians.
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Between 1930 and 1933, Joppa Road was widened, resurfaced as a concrete road, and brought into the state highway system from MD 147 west to US 111.
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Joppa Road served as the western terminus of the northern arc of the Beltway from 1955 until the Jones Falls Expressway and the northwest portion of the Beltway from I-83 to US 40 in Catonsville both opened in 1963.
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Joppa Road was expanded to a divided highway from Goucher Boulevard to Drumwood Road and for 0.
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