​Motorists Should Plan Extra Travel Time Between 10 a.m. and Noon During Ride 

​​(April 20, 2026) – The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration and industry partners will participate in the fourth annual Industry Unity Ride on Wednesday, April 22. The ride will commence at 10 a.m. near BWI Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County and end at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. 

The ride is intended to raise awareness of work zone safety and to honor those who have been injured or killed in work zone crashes. 

The ride is expected to last about an hour and will start from a Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport freight lot off MD 176 (Dorsey Road) near WB&A Road. The procession will travel east on MD 176 to northbound I-97, then onto the inner loop of I-695 to northbound I-83 (Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway). The ride will travel north on I-83 to southbound MD 45 (York Road) and end at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. More than 160 vehicles are expected to participate. The procession will travel at the posted speed. Drivers can expect brief ramp closures to accommodate the procession.​