Editing Maryland Route 43 (section)

==History==
[[File:MD 43 Korean War Highway sign, May 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Sign noting the designation of MD 43 as the Korean War and Korea Service Veterans Memorial Highway]]
White Marsh Boulevard was constructed concurrent with the portion of I-95 between the boulevard and I-695 in 1962 and 1963.<ref name="1962 map"/><ref name="1963 map"/>  The state highway, which was marked as MD 43 by 1965, originally consisted of a four-lane divided section from the Honeygo Boulevard intersection east to US 40, under which the highway passed then followed the present two-way ramp to an intersection with the U.S. Highway.  The original highway also had its modern [[cloverleaf interchange]] with I-95 and an underpass of MD 7 with no access.  At its western end, MD 43 turned north as a two-lane road along what is now Honeygo Boulevard to its western terminus at Silver Spring Road.<ref name="1965 map"/><ref name="1978 map"/>  Around 1983, in conjunction with the construction of White Marsh Town Center, the state highway's western terminus was moved to just east of the Honeygo Boulevard intersection, which became a three-way directional intersection with an overpass for traffic from westbound MD 43 south onto Honeygo Boulevard toward White Marsh Mall.<ref name="1983 map"/>

Construction on the western extension of MD 43 from White Marsh Town Center west to I-695 began in 1989 with construction of bridges.<ref name="NBI I-695"/>  The roadways, including the interchange ramps at US 1, were under construction by 1991.<ref name="1991 map"/>  MD 43 was rebuilt at Honeygo Boulevard and completed west to I-695 in January 1993.<ref name="1993 map"/><ref name="Transportation Milestones"/>  Around 1997, the pair of ramps at MD 7 were added.<ref name="1997 map"/>  Work on the eastern extension of MD 43 from US 40 east to Middle River began with bridge work in 2004.<ref name="NBI Whitemarsh Run"/>  The state highway was completed east to MD 150 on October 23, 2006, opening up a large area of eastern Baltimore County to commercial and industrial development.<ref name="Maryland HLR 2006"/><ref name="Route 43 Extension Opens"/>

In 2001, the entire highway was dedicated as the '''[[Korean War]] Veterans Memorial Highway''' with signage added in 2007 formally naming it the '''Korean War and Korea Service Veterans Memorial Highway'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=§8-651. Korean War Veterans Memorial Highways |url=https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-8/subtitle-6/8-651 |work=2010 Maryland Code |via=[[Justia]] |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.avenuenews.com/news/signs-to-honor-korean-war-and-korea-service-veterans-dedicated/article_ffe0f8b8-1e4c-5207-8e71-aa5c6482c45c.html |title=Signs to honor Korean War and Korea Service Veterans dedicated |date=July 11, 2007 |website= |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref>