Randolph Road

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Maryland Route 927

Montrose Road

Highways in Maryland < MD 925 MD 928 > State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

Randolph Road is a major cross-county road in Montgomery County, Maryland, and is part of a longer road that runs across Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. The full road, which is also known as Montrose Road on the western end and Cherry Hill Road at the southeast, runs between the Potomac and College Park areas. The portion that uses the name "Randolph Road" runs from Rockville to Silver Spring.

The Montrose Road name is used from its west end at Falls Road in Potomac to Rockville Pike in Rockville. A portion of Montrose road at the interchange with I-270 is designated as Maryland Route 927. The name changes to Randolph Road at Rockville Pike and is known by this name up until US-29, where it changes into Cherry Hill Road. From there, it continues more in a southward direction to its end at US-1 in the College Park area. The road is four to six lanes wide throughout most of its route, and is lined mostly with residential and commercial development.

In the past, a portion of Randolph Road was given the MD-183 designation from Rockville Pike to New Hampshire Avenue. This was dropped in the 1970s, but is still shown on some maps, including web maps^[1].

Route description

Montrose Road

Montrose Road is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) long, and passes through the following areas:

• Potomac
• Montrose
• Rockville

Major intersections are:

• Seven Locks Road
• I-270 (exit 4)
• Rockville Pike (location of name change)

Randolph Road

Randolph Road is 9.2 miles (14.8 km) long, and passes through the following areas:

• Rockville
• Glenmont
• Colesville
• Silver Spring

Major intersections are:

• Parklawn Drive
• Veirs Mill Road
• Connecticut Avenue
• Georgia Avenue
• New Hampshire Avenue
• US Route 29 (location of name change)

Cherry Hill Road

Cherry Hill Road is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) long. and passes through the following areas:

• Silver Spring
• Beltsville
• College Park

Major intersections are:

• Broadbirch Drive/Calverton Boulevard
• Powder Mill Road

Public transportation

Metrorail

Two Washington Metro red line stations are located near Randolph Road: White Flint and Glenmont.

Bus

Montrose Road is served by Ride-On Bus routes 38 and 81.

Randolph Road is served by Metrobus routes C7, C8, and C9 and Ride-On Bus routes 10 and 31.

Cherry Hill Road is served by Metrobus routes C9, R2, and R5.

Construction projects

The at-grade intersection of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) and Randolph Road in Glenmont is currently scheduled to be reconfigured as a grade-separated interchange.^[2]

A new roadway to be named the Montrose Parkway will reconfigure a portion of traffic currently handled by Montrose Road and Randolph Road. Its western terminus will be along Montrose Road between I-270 and MD 355, where it will roughly parallel Montrose Road to the south and interchange with MD 355 — replacing the existing intersection of MD 355 with Montrose Road/Randolph Road. To the east, it will continue along a northeasterly alignment and ultimately terminate at MD 586, Veirs Mill Road. The Parkway is being constructed in three phases, with the portion paralleling Montrose Road open to traffic and the two segments to the east of MD 355 now partially open to traffic with the rest of it under construction.^[2]

See also

• Maryland Route 193

References

External links

• MDRoads: Routes 180-199

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