Glen Burnie, Maryland "Glen Burnie"

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Glen Burnie, Maryland Welcome to Glen Burnie 2.jpg Location of Glen Burnie, Maryland Location of Glen Burnie, Maryland Glen Burnie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

The populace of Glen Burnie was 67,639 at the 2010 census. De - Alba decided two words were better than one, and gave the town a final name change to the current Glen Burnie. Courthouse, Glen Burnie Among the earliest Glen Burnie schools was First Avenue Elementary, assembled in 1899.

Crain Highway, one of Glen Burnie's chief thoroughfares (named after State Senator Robert Crain), opened in 1927 and Ritchie Highway (Maryland Route 2, titled for ex-Governor Albert C.

Until 1950 the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad provided passenger and freight service through Glen Burnie from Annapolis to Baltimore; passenger service ended in February 1950 due to increased competition from buses and private automobiles, but freight service continued until Hurricane Agnes did so much damage to a trestle crossing the Severn River in Annapolis that the trestle was condemned for use by trains by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s.

(The trestle remained as a haven for fishermen and crabbers until it was dismantled.) North Glen Burnie is now served by the Baltimore Light Rail system's Cromwell/Glen Burnie station.

The initial planned locale was not on Ritchie Highway but on Crain Highway (the chief arterial for Glen Burnie).

Charlie Steffey and Jim Rouse negotiated unsuccessfully with the "city fathers" of Glen Burnie, offering to regenerate the (then failing) center of town with their revolutionary concept.

As a result, Glen Burnie Mall followed in 1962. Marley Station, another large shopping center, opened in February 1987. The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration office building employs many citizens in town.

In the 1970s, developers tried to make Glen Burnie more urban by building and funding new projects, projects like Empire Towers in 1974, or Crain Towers in 1990, then with the addition of a Anne Arundel Community College branch in the town center.

Glen Burnie is a suburb of Baltimore.

Communities that fall under Glen Burnie: Glen Burnie Park Glen Chester Glen Gardens Glen Wood According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Glen Burnie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The following enhance schools are in Glen Burnie or serve students who reside in Glen Burnie: Glen Burnie High School Glen Burnie Park Elementary North Glen Elementary The Baltimore Washington International Airport is directly adjoining to the west of Glen Burnie, providing the town/city access to domestic and global flights.

As the southern end of the Cromwell Branch of the Baltimore Light Rail, Glen Burnie is home to two light rail stops (Ferndale and Cromwell / Glen Burnie.

Cromwell Station, positioned at the intersection of Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard and Dorsey Road, is equipped with a no-charge park-and-ride for commuters, as well as a bus connection to MTA Route 14 and bike connection to the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail.

BWI Rail Station positioned in close-by Linthicum provides county-wide rail service to Glen Burnie via the MARC Penn Line and Amtrak.

The Glen Burnie region is served by the following primary roadways: MD 2 Governor Ritchie Highway: Glen Burnie's chief commercial boulevard running north south.

MD 3 Robert Crain Highway: Glen Burnie's chief street stemming off of MD 2 towards New Cut Road and Veterans Highway.

MD 10 Arundel Expressway: A by-pass expressway running north-south from the Baltimore Beltway to Ritchie Highway in Pasadena.

MD 100 Paul T, Pitcher Memorial Highway: Another expressway running east-west connecting Glen Burnie to Ellicott City and Gibson Island.

I-97 Glen Burnie Bypass: A primary north-south interstate highway connecting Glen Burnie to Baltimore and Annapolis.

I-695 Baltimore Beltway: Located in north Glen Burnie, the Baltimore Beltway provides circumferential travel throughout Greater Baltimore.

Bob Eberly, big band singer, died in Glen Burnie Clayton Greene, Jr., jurist, born in Glen Burnie Population by Race in Glen Burnie Maryland (2010) Glen Burnie High School - football field is featured in the film The Replacements a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Glen Burnie CDP, Maryland".

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