Maryland Route 99

Maryland Route 99 marker
Maryland Route 99
Old Frederick Road
Map
Maryland Route 99 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length7.57 mi[1] (12.18 km)
Existed1927–present
Major junctions
West end MD 32 near West Friendship
East end US 29 in Ellicott City
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesHoward
Highway system
MD 97 MD 100

Maryland Route 99 (MD 99) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Old Frederick Road, the state highway runs 7.57 miles (12.18 km) from MD 32 near West Friendship east to U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Ellicott City. MD 99 parallels the north side of Interstate 70 (I-70) through a rural and suburban area in northeastern Howard County. MD 99, which follows the original 18th-century road west from Baltimore, was constructed as part of three state highways: MD 99, the original MD 100, and MD 105. All three highways were constructed between the early 1920s and early 1930s. MD 99 originally turned south along St. Johns Lane to US 40 and MD 144; in 1956, the state highway was rerouted along part of MD 100 and all of MD 105 to downtown Ellicott City. MD 99's eastern terminus was rolled back to US 29 in two steps in the late 1970s and late 1980s.

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