Maryland Route 201

Maryland Route 201
Maryland Route 201 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	9.40 mi[1] (15.13 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
South end	DC 295 in Tuxedo
Major intersections	US 50 / MD 295 / MD 459 in Tuxedo MD 450 in Bladensburg MD 410 in Riverdale Park MD 193 in Greenbelt I-95 / I-495 in Greenbelt
North end	MD 212 in Beltsville
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Prince George's
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 200 → MD 202

Maryland Route 201 (MD 201) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Kenilworth Avenue, the highway runs 9.40 miles (15.13 km) from the District of Columbia boundary in Tuxedo, where the highway continues south as District of Columbia Route 295 (DC 295), north to MD 212 in Beltsville. MD 201 is a four to six-lane divided highway that connects Washington, D.C., with the northern Prince George's County municipalities of Cheverly, Bladensburg, Edmonston, Riverdale Park, College Park, Berwyn Heights, and Greenbelt. The highway also provides part of the connections from Interstate 95 (I-95)/I-495 to a pair of Washington Metro stations. MD 201 was built as two separate highways in the late 1920s: MD 201 from Washington, D.C., to Bladensburg and MD 205 from Bladensburg to Greenbelt. These highways, some of which became MD 769, were replaced with a relocated Kenilworth Avenue in the mid 1950s, including the Kenilworth Interchange with U.S. Route 50 (US 50) and the Baltimore–Washington Parkway in Tuxedo. MD 201 was extended north to Beltsville in the early 1960s. The Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA) plans to extend MD 201 north toward Laurel.