{{short description|Highway in Maryland}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=MD |type=MD |route=665 |alternate_name=Aris T. Allen Boulevard |map_alt= |map={{maplink-road}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Maryland Route 665 highlighted in red |length_mi=2.68 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="Maryland HLR"/> |established=1991 |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=MD|US|50|US|301}} in Parole |junction={{jct|state=MD|MD|2}} in Parole |direction_b=East |terminus_b=Bywater Road in Annapolis |counties=Anne Arundel |previous_type=MD |previous_route=662 |next_type=MD |next_route=667 |browse= }}
'''Maryland Route 665''' ('''MD 665''') is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as '''Aris T. Allen Boulevard''', the state highway runs {{convert|2.68|mi|km}} from U.S. Route 50 (US 50)/US 301 in Parole east to Bywater Road and Forest Drive in Annapolis. MD 665 is a four-lane divided highway that connects US 50/US 301 and Interstate 97 (I-97) with MD 2 and the southern part of Annapolis and adjacent unincorporated communities on the Annapolis Neck in central Anne Arundel County. MD 665 was assigned to Forest Drive from MD 2 east to Bay Ridge Avenue circa 1950. The highway was relocated at its intersections with MD 387 and Bay Ridge Road in the 1960s. The Forest Drive iteration of MD 665 was removed from the state highway system in the late 1980s immediately before construction began on modern MD 665, which opened in 1992.
==Route description== thumb|left|MD 665 eastbound at MD 2 in Parole MD 665 begins at a directional interchange with US 50/US 301 and unsigned I-595 (John Hanson Highway) in Parole. The ramps from MD 665 to westbound US 50/US 301 and from eastbound US 50/US 301 to MD 665 tie into the ramps for I-97. The ramp from westbound US 50/US 301 to MD 665 forms a sweeping hairpin. MD 665 heads southeast as a four-lane freeway through a single-point urban interchange with Riva Road. The highway turns east and meets MD 2 (Solomons Island Road) at a partial cloverleaf interchange. There is also an exit ramp from westbound MD 665 to Annapolis Harbour Center Drive, which accesses the eponymous shopping center in the northwest quadrant of the interchange. Beyond MD 2, the state highway crosses Church Creek, enters the city of Annapolis, and becomes a four-lane divided highway with partial access control. After an intersection with Chinquapin Round Road, which is unsigned MD 665C, MD 665 reaches its eastern terminus at Bywater Road. The roadway continues southeast as Forest Drive, a four-lane road with a center turn lane. Forest Drive intersects MD 387 (Spa Road) and Bay Ridge Avenue on its course along the southern fringe of the city of Annapolis.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665"/> thumb|right|View west near the east end of MD 665 at Bywater Road in Annapolis MD 665 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial for its entire length.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="National Highway System"/>
==History== thumb|left|MD 665 westbound viewed from MD 2 in Parole MD 665 was originally assigned to Forest Drive. The road existed as a county highway between MD 387 and Bay Ridge Avenue, which was then designated MD 181, by 1939.<ref name="1939 map"/> This highway was extended west to MD 2 (now MD 393) by 1946.<ref name="1946 map"/> MD 665 was assigned to the highway between MD 2 and MD 181 in 1950.<ref name="1950 map"/> MD 665 was routed along Chinquapin Round Road west of its rakish intersection with MD 387 and Neck Road east of MD 387.<ref name="1951 map"/> The whole highway was named Forest Drive in 1955, the same year the state highway was extended west to the present alignment of MD 2.<ref name="1955 map"/> The eastern end of MD 665 was relocated in 1964 to the current eastern end of Forest Drive at Bay Ridge Avenue and Hillsmere Drive.<ref name="1964 map"/> The old alignment along Forest Hills Avenue remained in the state highway system until 1972.<ref name="1972 map"/> MD 665 was relocated at its intersection with MD 387 to make the intersection less oblique in 1968.<ref name="1968 map"/> An old piece of Forest Drive in the southeast quadrant of the intersection is MD 788A (Old Forest Drive).<ref name="Maryland HLR"/>
The original MD 665 was transferred from state maintenance to the city of Annapolis between 1987 and 1989.<ref name="1987 map"/><ref name="1989 map"/> By 1989, modern MD 665, which was intended to mitigate congestion on the western part of Forest Drive, was under construction from US 50/US 301 southeast to MD 2.<ref name="1989 map"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun Highway Named"/> MD 665 opened from US 50/US 301 to MD 2 in 1991.<ref name="1991 map"/> The highway opened east to Forest Drive in April 1992. In October 1992, state officials named MD 665 for Aris T. Allen, a doctor and former member of the Maryland General Assembly who had died in 1991. When MD 665 was being planned in the early 1980s, Allen was instrumental in rerouting the highway to bypass an African-American neighborhood instead of slicing through and displacing its residents.<ref name="Baltimore Sun Highway Named"/>
==Junction list== {{jcttop|length_ref=<br><ref name="Maryland HLR"/>|state=MD|county=Anne Arundel}} {{MDint |location=Parole |lspan=4 |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=MD|US|50|US|301|I|97|to4=y|name2=John Hanson Highway|location1=Washington|city2=Baltimore|city3=Bay Bridge}} |notes=Western terminus; US 50 Exit 22; US 50 and US 301 run concurrently with unsigned I-595 }} {{MDint |mile=0.93 |road=Riva Road |notes=Single-point urban interchange }} {{MDint |mile=1.20 |type=incomplete |road=Annapolis Harbour Center Drive |notes=Westbound exit only }} {{MDint |mile=1.56 |road={{jct|state=MD|MD|2|name1=Solomons Island Road|city1=Parole|city2=Edgewater}} |notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange }} {{jctbridge |mile=1.95 |location=Annapolis |lspan=3 |state=MD |bridge=east end of freeway section }} {{MDint |mile=2.55 |road=Chinquapin Round Road north |notes=Unsigned MD 665C }} {{MDint |mile=2.68 |road=Forest Drive east / Bywater Road south |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=incomplete}}
==Auxiliary routes== There are five existing auxiliary routes of MD 665 and one former auxiliary route. *MD 665A is the designation for Vineyard Road, a {{convert|0.05|mi|km|adj=on}} service road that connects eastbound MD 665 with several properties in a forested area east of Church Creek.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665A"/> *MD 665B is the designation for Godspeed Way, a {{convert|0.07|mi|km|adj=on}} service road that connects westbound MD 665 with a farm.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665B"/> *MD 665C is the designation for the {{convert|0.14|mi|km|adj=on}} state-maintained section of Chinquapin Round Road north from MD 665. The highway intersects Fairfax Road and becomes municipally maintained just south of Lincoln Drive within an industrial park.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665C"/> *MD 665D was the designation for the {{convert|0.02|mi|km|adj=on}} state-maintained portion of Fairfax Road west from MD 665C. Fairfax Road provides access to the disjoint segment of Forest Drive north of MD 665.<ref name="Maryland HLR 2001"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665D"/> MD 665D was transferred from state to municipal maintenance in 2002.<ref name="Maryland HLR 2002"/> *MD 665E is the designation for Grand Oak Drive, a {{convert|0.09|mi|km|adj=on}} L-shaped service road. The highway heads north from Wilelinor Drive, then turns west at MD 665F. The highway ends as the east leg of the intersection between MD 2 and the exit ramp from eastbound MD 665.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665E"/> *MD 665F is the designation for Pythian Drive, a {{convert|0.19|mi|km|adj=on}} L-shaped service road that connects MD 665E with an Elks Lodge and the Sword and Shield Lounge of the Knights of Pythias.<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 665F"/>
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|Maryland Roads}}
==References== {{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Maryland HLR">{{Maryland HLR|year=2013|county1=Anne Arundel|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="National Highway System">{{cite map|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|title=National Highway System: Washington, DC-VA-MD|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/maryland/washington_dc.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111235430/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/maryland/washington_dc.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2014|date=October 1, 2012|format=PDF|accessdate=2015-05-15}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=Forest+Dr&hl=en&geocode=FUrWUgIdcbdv-w%3BFZ6oUgIdYlpw-w&mra=ls&sll=38.97329,-76.521664&sspn=0.030495,0.077162&ie=UTF8&ll=38.977226,-76.543722&spn=0.030493,0.077162&t=h&z=14|title=Maryland Route 665|accessdate=2010-05-31}}</ref>
<ref name="1939 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1939}}</ref>
<ref name="1946 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1946}}</ref>
<ref name="1950 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1950}}</ref>
<ref name="1951 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1951}}</ref>
<ref name="1955 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1955}}</ref>
<ref name="1964 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1964}}</ref>
<ref name="1972 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1972}}</ref>
<ref name="1968 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1968}}</ref>
<ref name="1987 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1987}}</ref>
<ref name="1989 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1989}}</ref>
<ref name="Baltimore Sun Highway Named">{{Cite news|last1=Hermann|first1=Peter|title=Highway Named in Honor of Aris Allen|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore|publisher=Tribune Company|date=November 1, 1992|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/11/01/highway-named-in-honor-of-aris-allen-he-kept-road-out-of-community/|access-date=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="1991 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1991}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665A">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Vineyard+Rd&daddr=Aris+T+Allen+Blvd&hl=en&ll=38.970896,-76.535568&spn=0.004079,0.010504&sll=38.970512,-76.535777&sspn=0.002039,0.005252&geocode=FdykUgIdvihw-w%3BFUCnUgIdJClw-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=17|title=Maryland Route 665A|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665B">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Vineyard+Rd&daddr=Vineyard+Rd&hl=en&ll=38.972255,-76.53441&spn=0.004079,0.010504&sll=38.972514,-76.534195&sspn=0.002039,0.005252&geocode=FZqpUgIdLS5w-w%3BFS2tUgIdxixw-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=17|title=Maryland Route 665B|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665C">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=MD-665+W&daddr=Chinquapin+Round+Rd&hl=en&ll=38.97369,-76.524668&spn=0.008157,0.021007&sll=38.97399,-76.522849&sspn=0.002039,0.005252&geocode=FSutUgIdGVNw-w%3BFdm0UgIdU1Nw-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=16|title=Maryland Route 665C|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Maryland HLR 2001">{{Maryland HLR|year=2001|county1=Anne Arundel|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665D">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Fairfax+Rd&daddr=Fairfax+Rd&hl=en&ll=38.973848,-76.524915&spn=0.004079,0.010504&sll=38.973855,-76.524915&sspn=0.00051,0.001313&geocode=FaWxUgIdXVNw-w%3BFZ2xUgIdv1Fw-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=17|title=Maryland Route 665D|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Maryland HLR 2002">{{Maryland HLR|year=2002|county1=Anne Arundel|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665E">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Wilelinor+Dr&daddr=Grand+Oak+Dr&hl=en&ll=38.969594,-76.543003&spn=0.004079,0.010504&sll=38.969503,-76.543245&sspn=0.002039,0.005252&geocode=FR6fUgIdIgtw-w%3BFdmiUgIdHAtw-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=17|title=Maryland Route 665E|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 665F">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Grand+Oak+Dr&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=38.969753,-76.54148&spn=0.004079,0.010504&sll=38.969436,-76.540847&sspn=0.004079,0.010504&geocode=FW-iUgIdqAxw-w%3BFZ2eUgIdChdw-w&t=h&mra=ls&z=17|title=Maryland Route 665F|accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Maryland Route 665}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://www.mdroads.com/routes/660-679.html#md665 MDRoads: MD 665] *[https://www.aaroads.com/guides/md-665/ MD 665 at AARoads.com] *[http://www.dcroads.net/roads/MD-665/ Steve Anderson's DCroads.net: Aris T. Allen Boulevard (MD 665)]
665 Maryland Route 665 Category:Freeways in the United States Category:Limited-access roads in Maryland