 A short connector between the northern end of the bridge and MD 3 resulted in the majority of the latter route being taken over by US 301, with only a small portion remaining signed as MD 3 (this portion is now MD 257).Originally, the route went all the way along former MD 3 into Baltimore and ended near present-day Maryland Route 295 Russell Street.As US 301, it was upgraded into a four- and six-lane divided highway throughout in the 1940s and 1950s.