Which highways in Maryland need a speed limit increase besides I-68?

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by seanlax

The Salisbury Bypass (Rt.50/13) will go to 70mph.

Why bother, it's, what, 10 miles long?


Here's how speed limits are raised in Interstates:

Methods and Practices for Setting Speed Limits: An Informational Report - Safety | Federal Highway Administration

[seanlax]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Why bother, it's, what, 10 miles long?

People around here act like its Hogan's biggest accomplishment, along with getting rid of the stormwater fee mandate. It's a surprisingly big deal lol.

[ktaadin]

I'd like to see parts of route 50 be 65mph instead of 55. Some of the less populated stretches in Queene Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, and Worcester counties.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by seanlax

People around here act like its Hogan's biggest accomplishment, along with getting rid of the stormwater fee mandate. It's a surprisingly big deal lol.

Hogan had nothing to do with the Salisbury bypass, that started during Shafer's "Reach The Beach" initiative which Glendenning continued.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by ktaadin

I'd like to see parts of route 50 be 65mph instead of 55. Some of the less populated stretches in Queene Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, and Worcester counties.

The reality is that traffic speeds on those stretches are 65+ most of the time. Make the limit 65 and those speeds will creep up to 80+, which wouldn't be good with the amount of side roads (most without stoplights) and crossovers.

[seanlax]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Hogan had nothing to do with the Salisbury bypass, that started during Shafer's "Reach The Beach" initiative which Glendenning continued.

I'm referring to the speed limit increase. Not the road itself.