Editing Interstate 97 (section)

===Reconstruction of existing highway===
Reconstruction of the MD&nbsp;3 divided highway and the Glen Burnie Bypass was a complex operation that involved many temporary openings, lane shifts, construction of new roadways, and reconstruction of existing roadways over several phases over several years.<ref name="Milestones"/> The first improvement was the reconstruction of the I-695 interchange between 1987 and 1991.<ref name="logbook 3p13"/><ref name="1991 map"/> The modern ramps from I-97 to westbound I-695 and from eastbound I-695 to I-97 were built, eastbound I-695's ramp over these two ramps was constructed, and the loop ramp from I-97 to westbound I-695 was removed.<ref name="1991 map"/> I-97 from its interchange with MD&nbsp;648 to the new beltway ramps was reconstructed to [[Interstate Highway standards]] and expanded to six lanes between May 1993 and August 1995.<ref name="logbook 3p15"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun 16 to 17 Widening Start"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun 16 to 17 Widening Finish"/> Part of the functionality of the loop ramp to westbound I-695 was restored in October 1995 when another ramp from the Harbor Tunnel Thruway approach to westbound I-695 was added to allow access from I-97 to MD&nbsp;648.<ref name="Baltimore Sun MD 648"/>

[[File:2016-08-12 14 48 04 View north along Interstate 97 (Robert Crain Highway) just north of Exit 10 in Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|left|I-97 northbound in Severna Park]]
Reconstruction of the MD&nbsp;3 divided highway from Millersville to MD&nbsp;3 Bus. began in 1987 over two sections. The first section, from north of MD&nbsp;3 Bus. to north of Benfield Boulevard, began in 1987.<ref name="logbook 3p13"/> The work included the construction of the flyover ramp from northbound I-97 to Veterans Highway just south of MD&nbsp;3 Bus.<ref name="1989 map"/><ref name="1991 map"/> The section from north of Benfield Boulevard to MD&nbsp;178 at Dorrs Corner was reconstructed starting in 1989.<ref name="logbook 3p13"/> The second section included construction of the Benfield Boulevard interchange.<ref name="1989 map"/><ref name="1991 map"/> The southbound MD&nbsp;3 roadway was rebuilt in place as the southbound lanes of I-97. New northbound lanes were built immediately to the east of the southbound lanes.<ref name="1989 map"/><ref name="1991 map"/> In February 1991, the new northbound lanes opened and access from I-97 to Veterans Highway was removed at Dorrs Corner.<ref name="Baltimore Sun 7 to 12 Reconstruction"/> The old northbound lanes were reconstructed and repurposed as a two-lane road, Veterans Highway, later that year.<ref name="1991 map"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun 7 to 12 Reconstruction"/> Anne Arundel County agreed to accept Veterans Highway for maintenance after the I-97–related construction concluded in a road transfer agreement on July 21, 1988.<ref name="Memo 1991-11-15"/> MD&nbsp;3 was truncated at Millersville after I-97 opened in October 1991; signage for MD&nbsp;3 on I-695 was removed by 1993.<ref name="1991 map"/><ref name="Memo 1991-11-15"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun MD 3 Signage"/>

Before reconstruction of the Glen Burnie Bypass from MD&nbsp;3 Bus. to MD&nbsp;648 began in November 1993, the Stewart Avenue bridge across the Interstate just south of the MD&nbsp;100 interchange was replaced and ramps from northbound I-97 to eastbound MD&nbsp;100 and from westbound MD&nbsp;100 to southbound I-97 were added between 1990 and 1992.<ref name="Baltimore Sun 12 to 16 Widening Start"/> The freeway was reconstructed to Interstate standards in three sections.<ref name="logbook 3p15"/> The middle section from MD&nbsp;174 to MD&nbsp;176 was reconstructed concurrently with the segment of MD&nbsp;100 west from I-97 to MD&nbsp;295 starting in 1993.<ref name="logbook 3p15"/> That segment of MD&nbsp;100, including the MD&nbsp;100–I-97 interchange, opened in November 1996, and the reconstruction of the middle section of I-97 was finished in July 1997.<ref name="Baltimore Sun MD 100"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun 13 to 15 Widening Finish"/> The sections of I-97 from MD&nbsp;3 Bus. to MD&nbsp;174 and from MD&nbsp;176 to MD&nbsp;648 and were reconstructed starting in January 1994.<ref name="logbook 3p15"/> The MD&nbsp;176–MD&nbsp;648 roadway sectional was completed in March 1996. <ref name="Baltimore Sun 15 to 16 Finish"/> The northern half of the MD&nbsp;176 interchange was reconstructed as part of the latter project. The new loop ramp from northbound I-97 to westbound MD&nbsp;176 and the new ramp from MD&nbsp;176 to northbound I-97 were completed in 1995.<ref name="1995 map"/> The ramp from southbound I-97 to MD&nbsp;176 was removed during the widening project.<ref name="Baltimore Sun 13 to 15 Widening Finish"/> The pair of ramps between southbound I-97 and MD&nbsp;162 to replace the removed ramp were constructed between 1996 and 1998.<ref name="logbook 3p15"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun 13 to 15 Widening Finish"/><ref name="1999 map"/> The final piece of construction on I-97 was the reconstruction of its interchange with MD&nbsp;174, which began in 2002 and concluded in 2005.<ref name="logbook 3p15"/><ref name="Baltimore Sun MD 174"/><ref name="Maryland HLR 2005"/>