ICC Speed Limit Officially Increases to 60 MPH This Weekend

State transportation officials are set to change signs on the Intercounty Connector (MD-200) this weekend to officially increase the speed limit from 55 mph to 60 mph.

Weather permitting, westbound signs will be changed on Friday and eastbound signs on Saturday, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

Officials said new warning signs for curves have also been added to the highway, which runs between I-270 and I-95 through Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

The MDTA elected to raise the speed limit this past winter following engineering studies and crash analysis based the ICC’s first year of operations.

“We needed one year of ICC operations and full consideration of the design speed and geometry of the roadway to ensure that a 60 mph speed limit is safe and justifiable," MDTA Executive Secretary Harold M. Bartlett said in a statement.

The authority expects drivers going from one end of the connector to the other to save approximately 90 seconds per trip.

View the MDTA's crash analysis report here.

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