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Maryland Route 197 (MD 197) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Laurel Bowie Road, the state highway runs 14.64 miles (23.56 km) from U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in Bowie north to MD 198 in Laurel. MD 197 serves as the main connection between Bowie and Laurel in northern Prince George's County.
The U.S. state of Maryland offers a large number of non-passenger and special vehicle registration plates. [1] Each type uses a two-, three-, or four-letter prefix (for cars, multi-purpose vehicles, and light trucks) or suffix (for motorcycles).
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [5]
MD 414: 5.11: 8.22 Oxon Hill: MD 5 in Silver Hill: 1930: current MD 415 — — MD 5: Chesapeake Bay shore near Scotland: 1930: 1956 MD 416 — — MD 4 at Waysons Corner: Solomons: 1930: 1965 MD 417 — — US 40 (now US 40 Alternate) Pennsylvania State Line at Grantsville: 1930: 1963 MD 418: 4.62: 7.44
The first segment of MD 198 was built as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) concrete road from US 1 west to Contee Road by 1921; the two roads intersected at the site of the modern I-95 interchange. [4] [5] The concrete road was extended west to the Montgomery–Prince George's county line in 1923. [6]
In addition, MD 20 from MD 151 to the interurban near Bay Shore Park was proposed to be widened from 14 feet (4.3 m) to 20 feet (6.1 m). [MD 20 8] The Edgemere portion of MD 20 was bypassed when a new four-lane divided highway—Sparrows Point Boulevard and North Point Boulevard—was completed from Sparrows Point to Wise Avenue in Dundalk in ...
MD 450B curves northeast as it crosses over the Popes Creek Subdivision rail line and reaches its eastern end at MD 197. [1] [42] MD 450B was assigned in 2005 when MD 450's new alignment was completed on either side of MD 197. [40] MD 450C is the designation for the unnamed 0.03-mile (0.048 km) spur from MD 450B's right-angle turn west to a ...
A machine commonly displayed as Clayton's odometer is actually one built in 1876 by Thomas G. Lowe. Lowe created his odometer to calculate the distance between villages in northern Arizona. He gave his odometer to the Deseret Museum in Salt Lake City, and it was on display with accurate information from 1876 until it closed for a period in 1903 ...