Maryland Route 147

Maryland Route 147
Harford Road
Maryland Route 147 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA and Baltimore DOT
Length	18.82 mi[1][2] (30.29 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end	US 1 / US 40 Truck in Baltimore
Major intersections	MD 542 in Baltimore MD 41 in Baltimore I-695 in Parkville MD 152 in Benson
North end	US 1 / US 1 Bus. in Benson
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	City of Baltimore, Baltimore, Harford
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 146 → MD 150

Maryland Route 147 (MD 147) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Harford Road, the state highway runs 18.82 miles (30.29 km) from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and US 40 Truck in Baltimore north to US 1 and US 1 Business in Benson. MD 147 is an alternate route to US 1 between Baltimore and Bel Air, the county seat of Harford County. The state highway is the main street of several neighborhoods in Northeast Baltimore and the Baltimore County suburbs of Parkville and Carney. MD 147 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration in Baltimore and Harford counties and by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation within the city. Harford Road was a pair of turnpikes before the Baltimore–Carney portion of the highway was designated one of the original state roads. The Baltimore County section of MD 147 was constructed in the early 1910s and widened multiple times in the late 1920s and 1930s. The section of the state highway in Harford County was built in the late 1920s.