Maryland Route 702
highway in Maryland
Maryland Route 702 (MD 702) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Southeast Boulevard, the state highway runs 4.17 miles (6.71 km) from Interstate 695 (I-695) in Rosedale east to Back River Neck Road near Essex. MD 702 is a controlled-access spur that serves Essex in southeastern Baltimore County. The state highway was constructed as a freeway from I-695 to Old Eastern Avenue east of MD 150 in the early 1970s. MD 702 was extended as a divided highway to its present terminus around 1990. Documentation from the Maryland State Highway Administration depict the highway as following an east–west alignment, but all signage indicates a north–south road.
Route description
MD 702 begins at a directional-T interchange with I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) near Rosedale. I-695 toward Towson and MD 702 toward Essex form the mainline of the interchange while I-695 toward Glen Burnie forms the stem of the T. Within the interchange, MD 702 crosses over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line and Northeast Creek, a tributary of the Back River that receives Stemmers Run. The state highway heads southeast into Essex as a four-lane freeway through a partial cloverleaf interchange with MD 150 (Eastern Boulevard). There is no direct access from northbound MD 702 to MD 150 or from MD 150 to southbound MD 702.
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