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Maryland Route 459
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Existed	1933–present
Major junctions
South end	US 50 / Columbia Park Road in Cheverly
North end	US 50 / MD 201 in Tuxedo
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Prince George's
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 458 → MD 460

Maryland Route 459 (MD 459) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for much of its length as Tuxedo Road, the state highway runs 1.25 miles (2.01 km) from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Cheverly north to MD 201 in Tuxedo. MD 459 serves an industrial area in Cheverly and Tuxedo and connects the town to the Cheverly station of the Washington Metro. The state highway was constructed in the early 1930s. MD 459 originally followed Cheverly Avenue through the middle of Cheverly, but the state highway was rolled back to the US 50 interchange in the early 1970s.

Route description

MD 459 begins at the intersection of Columbia Park Road and an exit ramp from eastbound US 50 (John Hansen Highway). Columbia Park Road continues south as a county-maintained highway, crossing Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line, MARC's Penn Line, and the Orange Line of the Washington Metro and passing the entrance to the Cheverly Metro Station before turning east through an industrial area. Just south of MD 459's southern terminus, there is a ramp from westbound Columbia Park Road to eastbound US 50. From its origin, MD 459 (Columbia Park Road) crosses US 50 then intersects both an entrance ramp to westbound US 50 and Cheverly Avenue, which passes through the heart of Cheverly. MD 459 turns west and passes through an industrial area as two-lane undivided Tuxedo Road. The old alignment of MD 459, MD 973 (Tuxedo Road), continues straight as the state highway parallels US 50 under the Alexandria Extension of CSX's Capital Subdivision railroad line. Tuxedo Road ends at an intersection with Kenilworth Avenue, which is the old alignment of MD 201, and ramps to and from US 50 west. MD 459 turns north onto Kenilworth Avenue, a divided highway with two lanes northbound. The state highway passes exit ramps from both directions of MD 201 before the southbound direction ends at Frolich Lane. MD 459 continues north as a single lane a short distance until that lane merges with northbound MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

MD 459 is a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector for 0.02 miles (0.032 km) north from its southern terminus.

History

The first part of modern MD 459 was the Kenilworth Avenue segment, which was built as a 15-to-18-foot-wide (4.6 to 5.5 m) concrete road as part of MD 201, then named River Road, in 1929. MD 459 proper was built in two sections starting in 1930. Tuxedo Road from MD 201 east to Columbia Park Road was constructed as a macadam road, and Cheverly Avenue from Columbia Park Road north through Cheverly to MD 202 was built as a concrete road; both roads were completed by 1933. Kenilworth Avenue was expanded to a divided highway between 1953 and 1956. When the relocation of MD 201 as a divided highway south of MD 459 was completed in 1957, MD 459 was extended to its present terminus. Construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Alexandria Branch overpass of MD 459 and US 50 began in 1958 and was completed in 1959. MD 459 was relocated at the railroad crossing; part of the old alignment became MD 973. US 50 east of MD 201 was completed in 1962. The freeway's partial interchange with Columbia Park Road was open by 1965. MD 459 was removed from Cheverly Avenue and redirected to its present southern terminus in 1972.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Prince George's County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Cheverly	0.00	0.00	Columbia Park Road	Continuation east
	0.05	0.080	US 50 – Washington, Annapolis	Interchange; no northbound access to US 50 east
Tuxedo	0.94	1.51	US 50 west / MD 201 south (Kenilworth Avenue) to I-295 south – Washington, Alexandria	Interchange
	1.25	2.01	MD 201 north (Kenilworth Avenue) – Bladensburg	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

See also

• Maryland Roads portal

References

1. ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
   • Prince George's County (PDF).
2. "Maryland Route 459" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
3. National Highway System: Washington, DC-VA-MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2014.
4. ^ Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 222. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
5. Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 21. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
6. Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
7. 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.
8. McCain, Russell H.; Bennett, Edgar T.; Kelly, Bramwell (November 12, 1954). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1953–1954 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 162. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
9. Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (November 2, 1956). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1955–1956 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 148, 152. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
10. Maryland State Roads Commission (1957). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
11. Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (December 15, 1958). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1957–1958 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 53. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
12. Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000160107140". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
13. Washington East, DC quadrangle (Map) (1945 ed.). 1:31,680. 7 1/2 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey.
14. Maryland State Roads Commission (1962). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
15. Maryland State Roads Commission (1965). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
16. Maryland State Highway Administration (1972). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.

External links

• MDRoads: MD 459

• State highways in Maryland
• Roads in Prince George's County, Maryland