MD 295 Reopens After Flooding Issues

UPDATE (2:30 p.m.)—All lanes are open on MD 295, the Baltimore Department of Transportation reported at 2:30 p.m.

BALTIMORE, MD – Commuters who take MD 295 to leave the city should seek alternate routes Thursday morning, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.

MD 295 is closed southbound at Waterview Avenue due to flooding; at 12:30 p.m., transportation officials said that northbound MD 295 was open in the area.

Previously, the exit from I-95 south to MD 295 was closed and so were the exits from I-695 to MD 295.

Get the latest traffic conditions here from the Maryland Department of Transportation.

The deluge of rain Wednesday broke a record for the region, weather officials say.

Baltimore received 2.61 inches of rain, breaking an old record of 1.7 inches for that day—Feb. 24—set in 1979, according to the National Weather Service.