US 11 crosses Lake Pontchartrain over the Maestri Bridge. It intersects I-10 before continuing through Irish Bayou in eastern Orleans Parish before ending at an intersection with US 90.
The images below are only in the southbound direction.
See under each photo for photo dates.
Coming northbound from Selford Road and Rolling Road, the first indicator of I-195 is directly at a split between I-195 and MD 166. As far as I am aware, there hasn't been any I-195 JCT marker from this direction.
The MD 166 and I-195 signs have been here in tandem since the early GSM era (late 2007). The "TO I-95" marker was added sometime around 2018.
Also note that the MD 166 sign has an error - it should have "MARYLAND" above the line.
Technically when you veer right at this split, you are still de jure on MD 166. Despite this, the first eastbound I-195 reassurance marker is at the first bend past the Southwest Park and Ride, thus making this the de facto start of I-195.
Continuing eastbound, an on-ramp from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) merges onto MD 166/I-195. The next BGS reminds drivers that the next exit is for I-95 Southbound towards Washington, DC.
Approaching I-95, we see what should be the first overhead reassurance marker, officially marking the de jure start of I-195. This section of roadway opened piecemeal between 1971 and 1975. Initially, this was signed as a second part of MD 46 (the then route from MD 295 to Friendship International Airport, now BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport) but eventually was signed as an extension of MD 166 by the early 1980's. It would be signed as such until the switchover to I-195 in June 1990.
From here, you can hop on I-95 Southbound towards MD 100 and Washington, DC.
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More photos to be added soon.
Published November 24, 2023
Updated November 25, 2023.