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West Baltimore station is a commuter rail station located in the western part Baltimore, Maryland, along the Northeast Corridor.It is served by MARC Penn Line trains. The station is positioned on an elevated grade at 400 Smallwood Street near parallel West Mulberry and West Franklin Streets extending off U.S. Route 40.
West of Baltimore, the National Road and the Bank Road were incorporated into the National Old Trails Road in the mid-1910s. [10] East of Havre-de-Grace, the road became part of the Capitol Trail linking Philadelphia and Atlanta via Washington, [ 11 ] though it took a more northerly route than the modern route to service Bel Air via MD 22 and US 1.
Baltimore Street is the north-south dividing line for the U.S. Postal Service. [1] It is not uncommon for locals to divide the city simply by East or West Baltimore, using Charles Street or I-83 as a dividing line. [citation needed] The following is a list of major neighborhoods in Baltimore, organized by broad geographical location in the city:
Safe and Dangerous Places in Baltimore. Simeon Good. Updated September 22, 2016 at 5:13 PM. Areas to Avoid Baltimore. Alamy.
On March 29, West Baltimore Street will be closed from 7 to 10 a.m. to through traffic in both directions between Ayers Alley and Summit Avenue.
Sandtown-Winchester is a neighborhood in West Baltimore, Maryland.Known locally as Sandtown, the community's name was derived from the trails of sand that dropped from wagons leaving town after filling up at the local sand and gravel quarry back in the days of horse-drawn wagons.
Maryland Route 140 (MD 140) is a 49-mile (79 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.The route runs from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and US 40 Truck in Baltimore northwest to the Pennsylvania border, where the road continues into that state as Pennsylvania Route 16 (PA 16).
Sandtown-Winchester, Baltimore, is one of West Baltimore's most blighted and problematic communities. [26] In the second half of the 20th century, Sandtown experienced economic depression, housing abandonment, crime, and the effects of the Baltimore riot of 1968. [27] Sandtown-Winchester was the home of Freddie Gray and the scene of his arrest.