Owings Mills Boulevard - History

History

Owings Mills Boulevard was under construction from Red Run Boulevard to MD 140 by 1985 and completed in 1987; the highway was built contemporaneously with I-795. The completed portion of the boulevard officially became a state highway by 1989. Owings Mills Boulevard was extended as a county highway in both directions in 1991. On the northern end, the highway crossed over MD 140 and took over the course of Bonita Avenue to where Bonita veers away from the railroad. The southern end of the highway was moved to Lakeside Boulevard. Owings Mills Boulevard was extended south to Lyons Mill Road in 2002 and north from Bonita Avenue to Bond Avenue in 2003. Construction on Owings Mills Boulevard's extension south to Winands Road as a four-lane divided highway began in 2010. The portion of the highway between Lyons Mill Road and Winands Road opened August 6, 2012. Construction on the next phase of the highway extension, which will extend the highway to MD 26 (Liberty Road) in Randallstown, is expected to begin in 2013 and be completed in 2015.

Owings Mills Boulevard was temporarily co-named Ravens Boulevard in the weeks surrounding Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 to honor the Baltimore Ravens, whose training complex was located at the site of what is now the Owings Mills campus of Stevenson University near Gwynnbrook Avenue. The Ravens moved to their current team facility near Randallstown in 2004.