Maryland Route 88

Maryland Route 88 (MD 88) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Black Rock Road, the state highway runs 8.01 miles (12.89 km) from MD 30 Business in Hampstead east to MD 25 near Butler. MD 88 was constructed around the Carroll–Baltimore county line in the early 1910s. The remainder of the highway to MD 25 was completed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 88 was relocated in Hampstead in the mid-1960s; the old route became MD 833.

Maryland Route 88
Maryland Route 88 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length8.01 mi[1] (12.89 km)
Existed1927–present
Tourist
routes		 Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end MD 30 Bus. in Hampstead
  MD 833 in Hampstead
East end MD 25 near Butler
Location
CountiesCarroll, Baltimore
Highway system
← MD 86MD 90 →

Route description
View east along MD 88 in western Baltimore County

MD 88 begins at an intersection with MD 30 Business (Main Street) in the town of Hampstead. The state highway heads east as two-lane undivided Lower Beckleysville Road to a roundabout at the east town limit. Lower Beckleysville Road continues northeast as a county highway that becomes Mount Carmel Road in Baltimore County and leads to MD 137. The northwest leg of the roundabout is MD 833 (Old Black Rock Road), the old alignment of MD 88 that heads back toward the center of Hampstead. MD 88 continues southeast as Black Rock Road and enters Baltimore County. The state highway passes through farmland on top of a ridge until the highway curves east and descends into the valley of Indian Run. MD 88 crosses the stream just before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 25 (Falls Road) north of the village of Butler.[1][2]

MD 88 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from MD 30 Business east to MD 833 in Hampstead.[1][3]

History

MD 88 was paved as a state-aid road in three sections by 1915. The first two sections, from Main Street in Hampstead east to the Baltimore–Carroll county line and from the county line to Trenton Road, were paved in macadam with widths of 14 feet (4.3 m) and 12 feet (3.7 m), respectively. The segment from Trenton Road to Mount Zion Road was built as a 12-foot (3.7 m) wide concrete road.[4][5] The remainder of MD 88 from Mount Zion Road to Falls Road was built in two sections: from MD 25 west to Benson Mill Road in 1929 and from there to Mount Zion Road by 1933.[6][7][8] The highway was relocated onto a western extension of Lower Beckleysville Road through Hampstead in 1966; MD 88's old route from Main Street to Lower Beckleysville Road became MD 833.[9] The roundabout at the intersection of MD 88 and MD 833 was constructed in 2003.[10]

Junction list
CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
CarrollHampstead0.000.00 MD 30 Bus. (Main Street) – Reisterstown, ManchesterWestern terminus
0.681.09 MD 833 west (Old Blackrock Road) / Lower Beckleysville Road eastRoundabout; eastern terminus of MD 833
BaltimoreButler8.0112.89 MD 25 (Falls Road) – BaltimoreEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
  •  Maryland Roads portal

References
  1. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  2. Google (2012-02-16). "Maryland Route 88" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  3. National Highway System: Westminster–Eldersburg, MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  4. 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. p. 122. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  5. Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. 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. p. 198. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  7. Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  8. Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  9. Maryland State Roads Commission (1966). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  10. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2003). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2002-02-17.

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