Old Court Road is a state- and county-maintained highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Including the adjacent road in Howard County known as Woodstock Road, the highway runs 15.4 miles (24.8 km) from Maryland Route 99 (MD 99) near Woodstock east to Joppa Road near Towson. Old Court Road includes two county-maintained sections and two Maryland state highways, Maryland Route 125 (MD 125) and Maryland Route 133 (MD 133). MD 125 has a length of 3.59 miles (5.78 km) between Woodstock and the edge of Randallstown and MD 133 spans 3.31 miles (5.33 km) between MD 129 and MD 25 in Pikesville. Old Court Road connects the western and central Baltimore County communities of Granite, Randallstown, Milford Mill, Pikesville, and Towson. Old Court Road has been a cross-county highway since the colonial era. The highway was fully paved in Baltimore County by the mid-1920s, including the sections of the highway that became MD 125 and MD 133. MD 133 was extended west to MD 140 and MD 125 was extended west to MD 99 in the early 1930s; MD 125's terminus returned to the Patapsco River in the mid-1950s. Old Court Road was relocated at its eastern end in the early 1960s and in Pikesville in the late 1960s, at which time MD 133 assumed its current course.
Old Court Road
Old Court Road in red, with MD 125 in blue and MD 133 in magenta
MD 133 is 3.31 miles (5.33 km).[2] County-maintained Woodstock Road is 1.2 mi (1.9 km).[1]
The western county-maintained section of Old Court Road is 6.2 mi (10.0 km).[1] The eastern county-maintained section of Old Court Road, including Ruxton Road, is 1.2 mi (1.9 km).[1]
View east along the MD 125 section of Old Court Road in Granite
Woodstock Road begins at an intersection with MD 99 (Old Frederick Road) northwest of Ellicott City. The two-lane undivided county highway passes through farmland then has a forested descent into the narrow Patapsco River valley. MD 125 begins within the hamlet of Woodstock, where the highway has a grade crossing of CSX's Old Main Line Subdivision railroad line and crosses the Patapsco River into Baltimore County. The state highway, now known as Old Court Road, passes an entrance to Patapsco Valley State Park and the former grounds of Woodstock College as it ascends out of the river valley. MD 125 has a curvaceous path through the village of Granite, which is preserved as the Granite Historic District. The state highway continues through farmland to its eastern terminus at an arbitrary point 3.50 miles (5.63 km) east of the Patapsco River.[2][1]
Old Court Road continues as a county highway into the suburban area of Randallstown. The highway expands to a four-lane undivided road shortly before its intersection with MD 26 (Liberty Road). Old Court Road passes along the northern edge of Milford Mill community and crosses over Interstate 695 (I-695, Baltimore Beltway) just south of its interchange with I-795 (Northwest Expressway). The highway crosses over MTA Maryland's Baltimore Metro SubwayLink next to the transit line's Old Court station and passes under CSX's Hanover Subdivision railroad line. In the center of Pikesville, Old Court Road intersects MD 140 (Reisterstown Road) and follows the southern edge of Druid Ridge Cemetery to Sudbrook Lane close to Mettam Memorial Baptist Church. Old Court Road continues along the line of Sudbrook Lane to its intersection with MD 129 (Park Heights Avenue).[2][1]
View east along the MD 133 section of Old Court Road in Pikesville
Old Court Road continues as MD 133, which immediately turns east as county-maintained Stevenson Road continues straight. The state highway carries two lanes past several farm fields between suburban subdivisions and Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School. MD 133 intersects Greenspring Avenue just south of I-695 then passes through several curves, during which the highway passes the Park School of Baltimore. MD 133 reaches its eastern terminus at MD 25 (Falls Road) within the Rockland Historic District. The roadway continues east as Ruxton Road, which has a half-diamond interchange with I-83 (Jones Falls Expressway) that allows access to and from Baltimore. At the exit ramp from northbound I-83 to Ruxton Road, the eastern segment of Old Court Road heads north parallel to the freeway. Before I-83 has its southern interchange with I-695, Old Court Road curves east and reaches its eastern terminus at Joppa Road, which heads northwest to Brooklandville and east through Riderwood to the center of Towson.[2][1]
Old Court Road is a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector between the Old Court station on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink and MD 140.[3]
Historyedit
MD 133 westbound past Greenspring Avenue in Pikesville
Old Court Road originated as an Indian trail that was repurposed in the late 17th century as a patrol road and defensive perimeter across Baltimore County for rangers based at Fort Garrison to defend English settlements from hostile Indians.[4][5] In conjunction with the Joppa Road, in the 18th century the path became the cross-county highway to Joppa, the original county seat of Baltimore County, which was located on the Gunpowder River near what is now Joppatowne.[4][6] The first section of the road built as a modern highway was from Falls Road west to near Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville, which was under construction as a 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam road by 1911 and completed by 1915.[7][8] The macadam road was extended west to Park Heights Avenue in 1923, completing what is today the full length of MD 133.[9]
The MD 125 portion of Old Court Road was paved in macadam through Granite in 1924 and relocated and paved in concrete from Granite to the Patapsco River in 1924 and 1925. With the completion of those sections, Old Court Road featured an all-weather surface from the Patapsco River to Towson on both its state-maintained and county-maintained sections.[10] In 1932 and 1933, three sections of the highway were upgraded: MD 133 was extended west and the existing macadam road resurfaced for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to U.S. Route 140 (US 140, now MD 140); MD 125 was extended east and resurfaced for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) to its current eastern terminus; and MD 125 was extended west and resurfaced along Woodstock Road to MD 99.[11][12] In 1956, four years after the highway's bridge over the Patapsco River was redecked, the Howard County portion of MD 125 was transferred to county maintenance.[13][14] In 2002, a 0.09-mile (0.14 km) section of Woodstock Road immediately to the west of the Patapsco River was returned to state maintenance.[15]
In 1957, a connector road was built from just east of the eastern terminus of MD 133 to Joppa Road at what is now the latter highway's overpass of I-695 near Riderwood.[16] This connector road, which was briefly a state highway, became part of I-83 in 1962.[17][18] Old Court Road and Ruxton Road were relocated at I-83; previously the easternmost section of Old Court Road met MD 25 north of MD 133's terminus and Ruxton Road, which prior to 1963 was part of MD 134, met MD 25 south of MD 133's terminus.[17] When Ruxton Road's interchange with I-83 was built, Ruxton Road was realigned to end at the same intersection as MD 133. The current north–south section of Old Court Road east of I-83 was built to replace the disconnected segment to the north.[18][19] Similar to the situation at MD 25, Old Court Road previously met US 140 at staggered intersections and the westernmost portion of MD 133 was part of Sudbrook Lane.[20] In 1967, Old Court Road was relocated to its present alignment between US 140 and Sudbrook Lane.[21] MD 133 was truncated at MD 129 to bring MD 133 to its current length in 1969.[22]
^ abcdeHighway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
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^National Highway System: Washington, DC-VA-MD(PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
^ abPfingsten, Bill (2007-09-03). "The Old Court Road Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Springfield, VA: J.J. Prats. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^Pfingsten, Bill (2007-09-03). "The Garrison Fort Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Springfield, VA: J.J. Prats. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^Pfingsten, Bill (2007-09-04). "The Joppa Road Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Springfield, VA: J.J. Prats. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^Maryland Geological Survey (1911). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads Completed or Under Construction December 31, 1911(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
^Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 122. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
^Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 43, 44, 69. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
^Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 21, 321, 340. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^McCain, Russell H.; Hall, Avery W.; Nichols, David M. (December 15, 1952). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1951–1952 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 153. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^Maryland State Roads Commission (1956). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
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^Maryland State Roads Commission (1957). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
^ abMaryland State Roads Commission (1961). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
^ abMaryland State Roads Commission (1962). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
^Maryland State Roads Commission (1963). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
^Maryland State Roads Commission (1966). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
^Maryland State Roads Commission (1967). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
^Maryland State Roads Commission (1969). Maryland: Official Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
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Old Court Road is a state and county maintained highway in the U S state of Maryland Including the adjacent road in Howard County known as Woodstock Road the highway runs 15 4 miles 24 8 km from Maryland Route 99 MD 99 near Woodstock east to Joppa Road near Towson Old Court Road includes two county maintained sections and two Maryland state highways Maryland Route 125 MD 125 and Maryland Route 133 MD 133 MD 125 has a length of 3 59 miles 5 78 km between Woodstock and the edge of Randallstown and MD 133 spans 3 31 miles 5 33 km between MD 129 and MD 25 in Pikesville Old Court Road connects the western and central Baltimore County communities of Granite Randallstown Milford Mill Pikesville and Towson Old Court Road has been a cross county highway since the colonial era The highway was fully paved in Baltimore County by the mid 1920s including the sections of the highway that became MD 125 and MD 133 MD 133 was extended west to MD 140 and MD 125 was extended west to MD 99 in the early 1930s MD 125 s terminus returned to the Patapsco River in the mid 1950s Old Court Road was relocated at its eastern end in the early 1960s and in Pikesville in the late 1960s at which time MD 133 assumed its current course Old Court RoadOld Court Road in red with MD 125 in blue and MD 133 in magentaRoute informationMaintained by MDSHA Howard County and Baltimore CountyLength15 4 mi 1 24 8 km MD 125 is 3 59 mi 5 78 km 2 MD 133 is 3 31 miles 5 33 km 2 County maintained Woodstock Road is 1 2 mi 1 9 km 1 The western county maintained section of Old Court Road is 6 2 mi 10 0 km 1 The eastern county maintained section of Old Court Road including Ruxton Road is 1 2 mi 1 9 km 1 Major junctionsWest endMD 99 near WoodstockMajor intersectionsMD 26 in Randallstown MD 140 in Pikesville MD 129 in Pikesville MD 25 near Ruxton I 83 near RuxtonEast endJoppa Road near TowsonLocationCountryUnited StatesStateMarylandCountiesHoward BaltimoreHighway systemMaryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways MD 124MD 125 MD 128 MD 132MD 133 MD 134 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Junction list 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksRoute description edit nbsp View east along the MD 125 section of Old Court Road in Granite Woodstock Road begins at an intersection with MD 99 Old Frederick Road northwest of Ellicott City The two lane undivided county highway passes through farmland then has a forested descent into the narrow Patapsco River valley MD 125 begins within the hamlet of Woodstock where the highway has a grade crossing of CSX s Old Main Line Subdivision railroad line and crosses the Patapsco River into Baltimore County The state highway now known as Old Court Road passes an entrance to Patapsco Valley State Park and the former grounds of Woodstock College as it ascends out of the river valley MD 125 has a curvaceous path through the village of Granite which is preserved as the Granite Historic District The state highway continues through farmland to its eastern terminus at an arbitrary point 3 50 miles 5 63 km east of the Patapsco River 2 1 Old Court Road continues as a county highway into the suburban area of Randallstown The highway expands to a four lane undivided road shortly before its intersection with MD 26 Liberty Road Old Court Road passes along the northern edge of Milford Mill community and crosses over Interstate 695 I 695 Baltimore Beltway just south of its interchange with I 795 Northwest Expressway The highway crosses over MTA Maryland s Baltimore Metro SubwayLink next to the transit line s Old Court station and passes under CSX s Hanover Subdivision railroad line In the center of Pikesville Old Court Road intersects MD 140 Reisterstown Road and follows the southern edge of Druid Ridge Cemetery to Sudbrook Lane close to Mettam Memorial Baptist Church Old Court Road continues along the line of Sudbrook Lane to its intersection with MD 129 Park Heights Avenue 2 1 nbsp View east along the MD 133 section of Old Court Road in Pikesville Old Court Road continues as MD 133 which immediately turns east as county maintained Stevenson Road continues straight The state highway carries two lanes past several farm fields between suburban subdivisions and Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School MD 133 intersects Greenspring Avenue just south of I 695 then passes through several curves during which the highway passes the Park School of Baltimore MD 133 reaches its eastern terminus at MD 25 Falls Road within the Rockland Historic District The roadway continues east as Ruxton Road which has a half diamond interchange with I 83 Jones Falls Expressway that allows access to and from Baltimore At the exit ramp from northbound I 83 to Ruxton Road the eastern segment of Old Court Road heads north parallel to the freeway Before I 83 has its southern interchange with I 695 Old Court Road curves east and reaches its eastern terminus at Joppa Road which heads northwest to Brooklandville and east through Riderwood to the center of Towson 2 1 Old Court Road is a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector between the Old Court station on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink and MD 140 3 History edit nbsp MD 133 westbound past Greenspring Avenue in Pikesville Old Court Road originated as an Indian trail that was repurposed in the late 17th century as a patrol road and defensive perimeter across Baltimore County for rangers based at Fort Garrison to defend English settlements from hostile Indians 4 5 In conjunction with the Joppa Road in the 18th century the path became the cross county highway to Joppa the original county seat of Baltimore County which was located on the Gunpowder River near what is now Joppatowne 4 6 The first section of the road built as a modern highway was from Falls Road west to near Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville which was under construction as a 14 foot 4 3 m wide macadam road by 1911 and completed by 1915 7 8 The macadam road was extended west to Park Heights Avenue in 1923 completing what is today the full length of MD 133 9 The MD 125 portion of Old Court Road was paved in macadam through Granite in 1924 and relocated and paved in concrete from Granite to the Patapsco River in 1924 and 1925 With the completion of those sections Old Court Road featured an all weather surface from the Patapsco River to Towson on both its state maintained and county maintained sections 10 In 1932 and 1933 three sections of the highway were upgraded MD 133 was extended west and the existing macadam road resurfaced for 0 5 miles 0 80 km to U S Route 140 US 140 now MD 140 MD 125 was extended east and resurfaced for 2 1 miles 3 4 km to its current eastern terminus and MD 125 was extended west and resurfaced along Woodstock Road to MD 99 11 12 In 1956 four years after the highway s bridge over the Patapsco River was redecked the Howard County portion of MD 125 was transferred to county maintenance 13 14 In 2002 a 0 09 mile 0 14 km section of Woodstock Road immediately to the west of the Patapsco River was returned to state maintenance 15 In 1957 a connector road was built from just east of the eastern terminus of MD 133 to Joppa Road at what is now the latter highway s overpass of I 695 near Riderwood 16 This connector road which was briefly a state highway became part of I 83 in 1962 17 18 Old Court Road and Ruxton Road were relocated at I 83 previously the easternmost section of Old Court Road met MD 25 north of MD 133 s terminus and Ruxton Road which prior to 1963 was part of MD 134 met MD 25 south of MD 133 s terminus 17 When Ruxton Road s interchange with I 83 was built Ruxton Road was realigned to end at the same intersection as MD 133 The current north south section of Old Court Road east of I 83 was built to replace the disconnected segment to the north 18 19 Similar to the situation at MD 25 Old Court Road previously met US 140 at staggered intersections and the westernmost portion of MD 133 was part of Sudbrook Lane 20 In 1967 Old Court Road was relocated to its present alignment between US 140 and Sudbrook Lane 21 MD 133 was truncated at MD 129 to bring MD 133 to its current length in 1969 22 Junction list editCountyLocationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotes HowardWoodstock0 00 0 nbsp MD 99 Old Frederick Road Ellicott City West FriendshipWestern terminus of Woodstock Road Woodstock Road begins as a county highway 1 21 9County state maintenance boundaryWestern terminus of MD 125 Patapsco River1 32 1Howard Baltimore county line Woodstock Road ends and Old Court Road begins BaltimoreRandallstown4 77 6State county maintenance boundaryEastern terminus of MD 125 7 011 3 nbsp MD 26 Liberty Road Baltimore Frederick 8 313 4Rolling Road south Catonsville Pikesville10 316 6 nbsp MD 140 Reisterstown Road Baltimore Reisterstown 10 917 5 nbsp MD 129 Park Heights Avenue BaltimoreWestern terminus of MD 133 county state maintenance boundary 14 222 9 nbsp MD 25 Falls Road Baltimore BrooklandvilleEastern terminus of MD 133 Old Court Road ends and Ruxton Road begins state county maintenance boundary Riderwood14 523 3 nbsp nbsp I 83 south Jones Falls Expressway Ruxton Road east Baltimore YorkI 83 Exit 12 Old Court Road begins by turning north from Ruxton Road 15 424 8Joppa Road Towson BrooklandvilleEastern terminus of Old Court Road 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Route transitionSee also edit nbsp Maryland Roads portalReferences edit a b c d e f g h Google 2012 02 13 Old Court Road Map Google Maps Google Retrieved 2012 02 13 a b c d e Highway Information Services Division December 31 2013 Highway Location Reference Maryland State Highway Administration Retrieved 2012 02 13 Howard County PDF Baltimore County PDF National Highway System Washington DC VA MD PDF Map Federal Highway Administration October 1 2012 Retrieved 2015 05 15 a b Pfingsten Bill 2007 09 03 The Old Court Road Marker The Historical Marker Database Springfield VA J J Prats Retrieved 2012 02 14 Pfingsten Bill 2007 09 03 The Garrison Fort Marker The Historical Marker Database Springfield VA J J Prats Retrieved 2012 02 14 Pfingsten Bill 2007 09 04 The Joppa Road Marker The Historical Marker Database Springfield VA J J Prats Retrieved 2012 02 14 Maryland Geological Survey 1911 Map of Maryland Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads Completed or Under Construction December 31 1911 PDF Map Baltimore Maryland Geological Survey Weller O E Parran Thomas Miller W B Perry John M Ramsay Andrew Smith J Frank May 1916 Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland 1912 1915 ed Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission p 122 Retrieved 2012 02 14 Maryland Geological Survey 1923 Map of Maryland Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads PDF Map Baltimore Maryland Geological Survey Mackall John N Darnall R Bennett Brown W W January 1927 Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland 1924 1926 ed Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission pp 43 44 69 Retrieved 2012 02 14 Maryland Geological Survey 1933 Map of Maryland Showing State Road System State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections PDF Map Baltimore Maryland Geological Survey Byron William D Lacy Robert December 28 1934 Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland 1931 1934 ed Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission pp 21 321 340 Retrieved 2012 02 14 McCain Russell H Hall Avery W Nichols David M December 15 1952 Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland 1951 1952 ed Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission p 153 Retrieved 2012 02 14 Maryland State Roads Commission 1956 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission Highway Information Services Division December 31 2002 Highway Location Reference Maryland State Highway Administration Retrieved 2012 02 14 Howard County PDF Maryland State Roads Commission 1957 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission a b Maryland State Roads Commission 1961 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission a b Maryland State Roads Commission 1962 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission Maryland State Roads Commission 1963 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission Maryland State Roads Commission 1966 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission Maryland State Roads Commission 1967 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission Maryland State Roads Commission 1969 Maryland Official Highway Map PDF Map Baltimore Maryland State Roads Commission External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maryland Route 125 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maryland Route 133 KML file edit help Template Attached KML Old Court RoadKML is from Wikidata MDRoads MD 125 MDRoads MD 133 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Old Court Road amp oldid 1139648312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
