U.S. Route 1 Business (Bel Air, Maryland)

U.S. Route 1 Business (US 1 Business) is a business route of U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 6.90 miles (11.10 km) from US 1 and Maryland Route 147 (MD 147) in Benson north to US 1 near Hickory. US 1 Business is the old alignment of US 1 through Bel Air, the county seat of Harford County. US 1 was originally constructed on both sides of Bel Air in the early 1910s. The U.S. highway was widened in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s. US 1 Business was assigned to the highway from Benson through Bel Air to south of Hickory after the Bel Air Bypass was built in the mid-1960s. US 1 Business was extended north through Hickory when US 1 bypassed Hickory in 2000.

U.S. Route 1 Business
Route information
Business route of US 1
Maintained by MDSHA
Length6.90 mi[1] (11.10 km)
Existed1966–present
Major junctions
South end US 1 / MD 147 in Benson
  MD 24 in Bel Air

MD 22 / MD 924 in Bel Air
MD 924 in Bel Air
MD 23 in Hickory

MD 543 in Hickory
North end US 1 near Hickory
Location
CountiesHarford
Highway system

Route description

US 1 Business begins at an intersection with US 1 and MD 147 in the community of Benson. US 1 heads north as the Bel Air Bypass and south as Belair Road. MD 147 (Harford Road) forms the west leg of the intersection opposite US 1 Business, which heads east as Belair Road, a three-lane road with center turn lane that passes the Graystone Lodge at its intersection with Old Joppa Road. US 1 Business crosses Winters Run at a place known as Lake Fanny Hill just to the north of a loop of old alignment that uses US 1's original bridge over the stream. East of the Lake Fanny area, the business route enters a commercial area and expands to a five-lane road with center turn lane. The highway enters the town of Bel Air just west of its intersection with Tollgate Road. US 1 Business intersects MD 24 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) surrounded by shopping centers, including the Harford Mall on the northwest corner.[1][2]

US 1 Business continues east as Baltimore Pike to downtown Bel Air. The business route intersects Bond Street, which carries southbound MD 924, and becomes one-way eastbound. At the next intersection with Main Street, the street continues as the eastbound lanes of MD 22 (Fulford Avenue) while US 1 Business turns north onto Main Street, where the business route runs concurrently with northbound MD 924. The two directions of US 1 Business pass through the Bel Air Courthouse Historic District, which includes the Harford County courthouse and county offices. The business route also passes by the Odd Fellows Lodge, the Bel Air Armory, and the Graham-Crocker House. The southbound business route passes the historic Harford National Bank building. North of downtown, the two directions of the business route come together at Gordon Street, which heads east past the Proctor House and west to the historic estate Liriodendron. One block to the north, MD 924 continues straight toward Forest Hill while US 1 Business turns east onto Broadway.[1][2]

View north along US 1 Bus. at MD 24 in Bel Air

US 1 Business follows two-lane Broadway east to Hickory Avenue, onto which the business route turns north. At the northern limit of Bel Air, the business route intersects Moores Mill Road, which heads east toward the Heighe House. US 1 Business crosses Bynum Run and continues north as Conowingo Road, which becomes a three-lane road just before the entrance to the farm complex The Vineyard. The business route intersects US 1 at the northern end of the Bel Air Bypass; the U.S. highway continues north as the Hickory Bypass. US 1 Business becomes a two-lane road at the present alignment of MD 23 (East–West Highway). The business route intersects the old alignment of the state highway, Jarrettsville Road, adjacent to St. Ignatius Church, then veers east through the center of Hickory. US 1 Business intersects MD 543 (Ady Road) before reaching its northern terminus at US 1 at the northern end of the Hickory Bypass. Conowingo Road continues north as mainline US 1 through northeastern Harford County.[1][2]

US 1 Business is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from US 1 and MD 147 at Benson to MD 924 in Bel Air.[1][3]

History

The highway that was to become US 1 through Bel Air was designated one of the original state roads to be improved by the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1909. By 1910, Conowingo Road had already been paved from the corner of Broadway and Hickory Avenue in Bel Air north through Hickory.[4] Belair Road from Benson to Archer Street in Bel Air was constructed as a 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam road in 1913. That project included the construction of a new bridge over Winters Run at Lake Fanny Hill the same year.[5] After incremental improvements to the road at Lake Fanny Hill in the late 1910s proved insufficient, the present bridge was constructed over Winters Run and the dangerous curve was bypassed in 1930.[6][7]

By 1930, US 1 had been widened to 20 feet (6.1 m) throughout Harford County with the construction of concrete shoulders.[7] Widening of Belair Road to 30 feet (9.1 m) from Baltimore County to downtown Bel Air was underway by 1934 and completed in 1936.[8][9] By 1938, US 1 entered downtown Belair on Baltimore Pike, turned north onto Bond Street, followed Main Street—which in 1938 also became part of MD 24—to Broadway, then followed Broadway to Hickory Avenue.[10] Around 1940, the portions of Bond Street and Main Street that carried US 1 were expanded to 40 feet (12 m) in width.[11] US 1 was expanded further following World War II: the highway was reconstructed and widened from downtown Bel Air through Hickory between 1950 and 1952 and from Benson to Bel Air by 1954.[12][13]

Construction on the Bel Air Bypass got underway in 1963.[14][15] The bypass was originally planned to pass around Hickory as well, but the northern extension was postponed by 1966.[15][16] When the bypass opened in 1965, taking US 1 out of downtown Bel Air, Belair Road from Benson to downtown Bel Air was temporarily designated as an extension of MD 147.[17] By 1966, US 1 Business was assigned from Benson north to the end of the bypass south of Hickory.[16] The extension of the Bel Air Bypass around Hickory was constructed in 2000. US 1 was subsequently placed on the new bypass and US 1 Business was extended to its current length.[18]

Junction list

The entire route is in Harford County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Benson0.000.00 US 1 (Bel Air Bypass/Belair Road) / MD 147 south (Harford Road) – Baltimore, Rising SunSouthern terminus
Bel Air1.983.19 MD 24 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) – Edgewood, Forest Hill
2.584.15 MD 924 south (Bond Street) – EmmortonSouthern end of MD 924 concurrency
2.654.26 MD 22 east (Fulford Avenue) – Aberdeen, Havre de GraceUS 1 Bus. turns north onto Main Street; western terminus of MD 22
3.225.18 MD 924 north (Main Street) / Broadway west – Forest HillUS 1 Bus. turns east onto Broadway; northern end of MD 924 concurrency
3.575.75Broadway east / Hickory Avenue southUS 1 Bus. turns north onto Hickory Avenue
Hickory5.328.56 US 1 (Bel Air Bypass / Hickory Bypass) – Baltimore, Rising Sun
5.599.00 MD 23 (East–West Highway) – Jarrettsville
6.3910.28 MD 543 (Ady Road) – Pylesville, Fountain Green
6.9011.10 US 1 (Conowingo Road / Hickory Bypass) – Rising Sun, Bel AirNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  •  Maryland Roads portal

References
  1. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  2. Google (2011-03-04). "U.S. Route 1 Business (Bel Air, MD)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  3. National Highway System: Aberdeen, MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  4. Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  5. Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 58, 112. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  6. Zouck, Frank H.; Uhl, G. Clinton; Mudd, John F. (January 1920). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1916–1919 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 40. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  7. Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 82, 86. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  8. Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 35. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  9. Tabler, H.E.; Wilkinson, C. Nice; Luthardt, Frank F. (December 4, 1936). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1935–1936 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 80. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  10. Maryland State Roads Commission (1938). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  11. Whitman, Ezra B.; Webb, P. Watson; Thomas, W. Frank (March 15, 1941). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1939–1940 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 104. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  12. McCain, Russell H.; Hall, Avery W.; Nichols, David M. (December 15, 1952). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1951–1952 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 156. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  13. McCain, Russell H.; Bennett, Edgar T.; Kelly, Bramwell (November 12, 1954). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1953–1954 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 174. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  14. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000120065010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  15. Maryland State Roads Commission (1964). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  16. Maryland State Roads Commission (1966). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  17. Maryland State Roads Commission (1965). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  18. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2000). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

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