I-70 in Leakin Park

This map shows the proposed I-70 in West Baltimore as of 1970, with the alignment through Leakin Park and Gwynns Falls Park.

Source: Final Joint Development, Baltimore Interstate Highway System 3-A, by Urban Design Concept Associates (a joint corporate venture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; J.E. Greiner Company, Inc., Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas; Wilber Smith & Associates), December 1970. This document was prepared for the Interstate Division for Baltimore City (a joint city/state agency) on behalf of the City of Baltimore and the State Roads Commission of Maryland in cooperation with the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

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By Scott M. Kozel, Roads to the Future

(Created 2-3-2001; last updated 5-5-2007)