A Vast Transportation Network

Anne Arundel County is a premier location for businesses that need to move products nationally, particularly along the eastern seaboard and to the Midwest.

“Businesses located in Anne Arundel County can reach major markets in the Midwest within an overnight drive.”

The county’s extensive multi-modal transportation network benefits commerce and serves the region’s workforce. One of the Mid-Atlantic area’s busiest airports, the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, is located in the Anne Arundel County. Also, the county’s close proximity to the Port of Baltimore benefits commercial enterprises that need to move goods to the Midwest. The area’s roads and rail system supports high volume transportation with convenient mass transit lines that serve thousands of residents and incoming workers. With easy access to Interstate 95, businesses located in Anne Arundel County can reach major markets in the Midwest within an overnight drive.

Highways

• East/West
• S. Route 50/301 links Maryland’s Eastern Shore to the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
• Maryland Routes 32, 100 and 175
• I-195
• I-695
• North/South
• I-97
• Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Route 295)
• Maryland Routes 2 and 3

Mass Transit

• • Light rail 
    The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) light rail connects BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport with Baltimore City and northern Anne Arundel County
  • Bus
    Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland: Communities in Anne Arundel County are connected to all corners of Central Maryland, including Howard County, City of Laurel and Northern Prince George’s County.
  • MTA:
    Two bus lines offer service between Annapolis and points north in Baltimore City and County. In addition, the MTA offers two direct commuter bus routes from Annapolis and Washington, DC.
  • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA):
    Two bus lines offer service to Anne Arundel County. The Metrobus B-29 serves Crofton to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County during peak hours and the B-30 runs from BWI Airport/BWI Business Park light rail station to the Greenbelt Metrorail station also in Prince George’s County. From there, commuters can take metrorail into and around the Washington, DC area.
  • Commuter Rail
    Anne Arundel County is served by the Maryland Area Regional Commuter rail, or MARC Train, a commuter rail system comprising three lines, two of which serve the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The MARC’s Penn Line, administered by the MTA, runs from Perryville in the northeast part of the state to Union Station in Washington, DC, with stops at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and Odenton in western Anne Arundel County. The Odenton station is the busiest stop on the Penn Line with more than 2,830 boardings daily. The MARC’s Camden Line, which runs from Baltimore to Union Station, runs parallel to the Penn Line and has several stops within close proximity to western and northern Anne Arundel County.
  • Rail
    CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern provide freight carriage.Amtrak passenger service links BWI Airport with Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Air

• • • BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
      Located in Linthicum in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is the largest airport, by passenger count, serving the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. In 2020, more than 11 million travelers came through the airport. The airport has over 600 U.S. and international flights daily. The cargo facility includes a 395,000 square foot Air Cargo Center including a 60,000 square-foot cargo building, a Foreign-Trade Zone, a 17-acre air cargo ramp and ramp parking for 17 aircraft. Travelers have easy access to Baltimore and Washington, DC by road, rail service and airport shuttle.
    • Tipton Airport
      Tipton Airport is a public airport covering 366 acres in Odenton, neighboring Fort Meade, the National Security Agency, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. The airport’s location directly on Route 32 offers travelers easy access to the Route 295, Route 1 and Interstate 95, both of which are straight connections to Baltimore and Washington, DC. The airport is in the midst of planning facilities improvement and runway extension projects. Proposed plans include the addition of 1,200 feet to the east end, widening the runway by 25 feet, and constructing a new parallel taxiway. The improvements will significantly enhance Tipton Airport’s ability to cater to more sport, recreational, private, and business aircraft.

Sea

• • Port of Baltimore
    A 1,734-acre foreign-trade zone, the port is the closest deep water port to the Midwest and a leading U.S. automobile and break-bulk port. It is served by two major railroads and has immediate access to major interstate highways. Six public terminals, including the state-of-the-art Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, offers 90 cruises annually setting sail from the Port of Baltimore.