Transportation Information : LAND
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Maryland is an exceptionally convenient travel destination, centrally located on the mid-Atlantic corridor and served by a transportation system designed so that your journey can be as hassle-free as it is pleasurable.
Toll Facilities
Seven toll facilities in the state
require the following
passenger-car fees:
- Interstate 95:
- Interstate 95: John F. Kennedy
- Interstate 695: Francis Scott Key
- Interstate 895: Baltimore Harbor
- U.S. Route 50: William Preston
- Lane, Jr. Memorial ( Chesapeake Bay)
- U.S. Route 301: Governor Harry W.
- Nice Memorial ( Potomac River)
- U.S. Route 40: Hatem Memorial
- ( Susquehanna River) Bridge
LAND
Maryland Laws
The state speed limit on interstate highways is 65 mph unless otherwise noted. All passengers are required to use safety belts.
- Approved child-safety seats are required for children under the age of six, or weighing less than 40 pounds.
- Driving lights should be on whenever your windshield wipers are engaged.
- Motorcyclists are required to wear helmets.
- The Maryland State Police monitor CB Channel 9. Motorists traveling with cellular phones may report disabled vehicles or accidents by dialing #77.
Major Highways
- I-95 (north/south from Maine to Florida)
- I-81 (north/south from Canada)
- I-83 (north/south from Baltimore to Pennsylvania)
- I-70 (east/west from Baltimore to Colorado)
- I-68 (east/west from Western Maryland to West Virginia)