Maryland Route 178

Maryland Route 178
Generals Highway
Maryland Route 178 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	8.06 mi[1] (12.97 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
South end	MD 450 in Parole
Major intersections	I-97 near Crownsville
North end	Veterans Highway near Millersville
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Anne Arundel
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 177 → MD 179

Maryland Route 178 (MD 178) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Generals Highway, the highway runs 8.06 miles (12.97 km) from MD 450 in Parole north to Veterans Highway near Millersville. MD 178 connects Annapolis with Crownsville in central Anne Arundel County. The highway is indirectly named for George Washington, who traveled the highway in 1783 on his way to Annapolis to resign his commission in the Continental Army at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War. MD 178 was planned as early as 1910 as part of a western route between Baltimore and Annapolis. However, most of the highway south of MD 3 was not built until the early 1930s. The portion south of MD 3 served as a primary segment in the western corridor connecting Baltimore–Annapolis, until the construction of Interstate 97 (I-97) in the late 1980s.