Maryland Moves Ahead With Controversial Plans For Super-Highway

The plans, once thought to be dead, will connect several counties in lower Maryland.

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July 13, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

By Brenda Meyer

"The 18-mile, $2.4 billion road, known as the intercounty connector, would be the most expensive new highway project in the Washington region and the first major road in the area in a generation. The six-lane highway would cut through a mixture of parkland and residential communities between the Interstate 270 and Interstate 95 corridors in Montgomery and Prince George's counties and claim approximately 58 homes in its path."

Thanks to Brenda Meyer

FULL STORY: Md. Approves Intercounty Connector Route

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in The Washington Post

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