Marked north-south.

The Northwest Expressway was one of the first planned freeways. But though it was conceived well before the Interstate system was instituted, it would be until 1985 that part of it would be completed. It was also supposed to run inside I-695 linking with Wabash Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, but was removed from consideration. I don't know if this section would have been Interstate standard, but I doubt it.

In 1985, the first section of the new I-795 was completed, from I-695 north to Owings Mills Blvd., and the new Metro station. I-795 is a dual-mode corridor; the Metro tracks run south from the station into Baltimore City, using part of the right-of-way inside the Beltway. The remainder of I-795 north of Owings Mills to MD 140 northwest of Reisterstown was opened in October 1987.

There is need for and talk about new limited access highway to be built from the current northern terminus of I-795 west along 140 to Westminster and north along 30 around Hampstead. I wouldn't hold my breath. Carroll County voted for Governor Glendening's Republican opponent by a wide margin in 1998.

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