Interstate 97: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Interstate 97 is an intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It runs from Annapolis, Maryland at the U.S. 50/U.S. 301/secret I-595 multplex to Baltimore, Maryland at I-695 (see Interstate 95).

Length

• Annapolis, Maryland
• Baltimore, Maryland

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This route is the shortest one- or two-digit Interstate highway outside of Hawaii (see Interstate H-2 and H-3). Some have suggested it be combined with Interstate 70 (as part of an extension to Dover, Delaware, as that state capital does not have an interstate highway near it) or Interstate 83 -- or could even be designated I-995, since it is shorter than the average three-digit Interstate route.

• Two spur routes of I-97 were planned but never built. I-197 and I-297 would have been one and two miles long.