Maryland State Highway Administration

Introduction

Mission

History

Organization

• Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering
• Office of Highway Development
• Office of Structures
• Office of Environmental Design
• Office of Policy and Research
• Office of Real Estate

• Office of Construction, which provides oversight for MDOT SHA's Construction program, setting policy and supporting all MDOT SHA offices that contribute to building a safe, mobile highway system that enhances Maryland's communities, economy and environment.
• Office of Traffic and Safety, including the Traffic Engineering Design Division, which is responsible for the development of new traffic signals, signal modifications, upgrades, and signal phasing; the Signal Operations Section, which provides personnel and equipment for the maintenance and programming of signals along State roadways in every county except Montgomery County; and the Sign Operations Section, which designs and fabricates signing for use throughout the entire State.
• Office of Maintenance, which provides assistance with recurring maintenance tasks that require more intensive study—particularly roadway safety and resurfacing projects.
• The Statewide Operations Center is responsible for requesting incident response teams for incidents on State roadways. Responders may including police, fire, medical, , HazMat, , environmental, or maintenance teams. This facility is also equipped to operate as a Statewide Transportation Emergency Operations Center.
• Office of CHART and ITS Development
• The Office of Materials Technology which consists of the Executive Services area and eight Divisions: Field Explorations, Engineering Geology, Pavement and Geotechnical, Asphalt Technology, Concrete Technology, Soils and Aggregate Technology, Structural Materials and Pavement Markings and Materials Management. All are crucial in the maintenance of current roadways as well as the development of new ones.

  Districts

Statistics

Highlights

In 2019, MDOT SHA:

• completed 163 projects totaling $492,353,597 to improve congestion and safety across the State. Work continued on 433 active construction projects valued at $3.43 billion.
• continued Public-Private Program and managed lane study as part of a $10 billion Traffic Relief Plan to offer transformational congestion relief along I-495 and I-270.
• MDOT SHA published a draft Context Driven Access and Mobility for All Users guide that enables flexibility in design solutions to address pedestrian and bicycle access and safety while also considering vehicle movement.
• MDOT SHA provided traffic relief through various methods:
• * Smart Signal Corridors.
• * Design of a new interchange at I-695 and I-70.
• * I-695 Transportation Systems Management Operations project, in which MDOT SHA will use existing shoulders to create a peak-hour travel lane on about 19 miles of both loops of the Baltimore Beltway between I-70 and MD 43.
• MDOT SHA treated 65 percent of all State highway lane miles in FY 2015-2019, investing $215 million in 2019 alone.
• MDOT SHA expanded Maryland’s Transportation and Civil Engineering program, which provides high school students the opportunity to explore the dynamic, problem-solving world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ; and created a Maryland Roadways Into Developing Elementary Students program. Both are part of a larger begun by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials.
• MDOT SHA received two in 2019, recognizing two completed projects: Traffic Relief on the Severn River Bridge and the Replacement of Dover Bridge along MD 331.

  Maryland State Highway Administrators

• 2020
• * Tim Smith, Administrator
• 2017-2020
• * Greg Slater, Administrator
• 2015-2017
• * Greg Johnson, Administrator
• 2015
• * Doug Simmons, Acting Administrator
• 2011-2015
• * Melinda Peters, Administrator
• 2011
• * Darrell Mobley, Acting Administrator
• 2003-2011
• * Neil Pedersen, Administrator
• 1996-2003
• * Parker Williams, Administrator
• 4/1984-1996
• * Hal Kassoff, Administrator
• 3/1978–3/1984
• * Slade Caltride, Administrator
• 5/1973–2/1978
• * Bernard Evans, Administrator
• 9/1972–4/1973
• * Jim O’Donnell, Acting SHA Administrator
• 7/1971–8/1972
• * David H. Fisher, SHA Administrator
• 1969–6/1971
• * David H. Fisher, SRC Chairman and Director of Highways
• * Mr. Woodford, Chief Engineer 4/1969–?)
• 1960–1969
• * Jerome B. Wolff, SRC Chairman and Director of Highways
• * David H. Fisher, Chief Engineer
• * John B. Funk, SRC Chairman
• 1956–1960
• * John B. Funk, SRC Chairman and Director of Highways
• * Norman M. Pritchett, Chief Engineer
• * John J. McMullen, SRC Chairman
• * Robert O. Bonnell, SRC Chairman
• 1947–1956
• * William F. Childs, Jr., Chief Engineer
• * Russel H. McCain, SRC Chairman
• * Joseph M. George, SRC Chairman
• * Robert M. Reindollar, SRC Chairman
• 1939–1947
• * Wilson T. Ballard, Chief Engineer
• * Robert M. Reindollar, SRC Chairman
• * Ezra B. Whitman, SRC Chairman
• 1935–1939
• * Nathan L. Smith, Chief Engineer
• * J. Glenn Beall, SRC Chairman
• * H. E. Tabler, SRC Chairman
• 1929–1935
• * Harry D. Williar, Jr., Chief Engineer
• * Nathan L. Smith, SRC Chairman
• * G. Clinton Uhl, SRC Chairman
• 1918–1928
• * John J. Mackall, Chief Engineer
• * F. H. Zouck, SRC Chairman
• 1912–1918
• * Henry G. Shirly, Chief Engineer
• * O.E. Weller, SRC Chairman
• 1908–1912
• * Walter W. Crosby, Chief Engineer
• * John M. Tucker, SRC Chairman