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An aerial view of BWI Marshall Airport with downtown Baltimore in the background in September 2009. Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) to serve the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area began in 1944, just prior to the end of World War II, when the Baltimore Aviation Commission announced its decision that the best location to build a new airport would be on a 2,100-acre ...
Located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the BWI Business District is to the north and west of the airport.The West Nursery District is bordered by I-195 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to the west, the Patapsco River to the north, Hammonds Ferry and Camp Meade Roads to the east, and Aviation Boulevard to the south.
In 2001, with the opening of Arundel Mills mall in Hanover, Maryland, Route 17 was extended to this area. All trips to Parkway Center were routed via Arundel Mills, and all trips terminating at BWI Airport were extended there. In addition, Sunday service was added to serve the mall.
The non-motorized companion to the Airport Loop is the BWI Trail, a 13.3-mile (21.4 km) [3] hiking and bicycling trail that completely encircles BWI Airport. Also constructed by MDSHA and designed for area commuters, the first 4.4-mile (7.1 km) section of the trail opened in July 1994 and the main loop was eventually completed in 1999.
Arundel Mills is a shopping mall located in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, Maryland (with a Hanover mailing address). It is 59.3% owned by Simon Property Group , who manages the mall. With its 1,930,820 sq ft (179,379 m 2 ) GLA , it is the largest mall in the state of Maryland.
BWI Airport became the responsibility of the MAA in 1972 when the State of Maryland purchased the airport from the city of Baltimore for $36 million. [4] Previously known as Friendship International Airport, the airport was renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport in 1973, then BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on October 1, 2005.
Hanover is an unincorporated community in the Baltimore/Annapolis area in northwestern Anne Arundel County and eastern Howard County in the U.S. state of Maryland, located south of Baltimore. The community is located approximately at the intersection of Maryland State Highway 100 and the Baltimore–Washington Parkway.
The BWI Business Partnership LINK Shuttle is a free bus service provided by the BWI Business Partnership that circulates the BWI Business District surrounding the Baltimore–Washington International Airport, as well as military installations and defense contractors located at Fort Meade.