Customer Service

Service Request Form

Request help with potholes, dead animals, traffic signs, signals, litter and other non-emergency issues.

Roads We Maintain

Highway Emergencies

Life-threatening emergencies: Call 911.
Report disabled vehicles: Call #77.
Report all highway emergencies not requiring police assistance, such as traffic signal outages and sinkholes, to our Statewide Operations Center at 1-800-543-2515 (toll-free) or 410-582-5650 (local).
Railway Crossing Emergency Numbers.

Non-Emergencies

Request an Update on My Service Request.
For help with roadways maintained by County governments, visit the County Roads Department Contact List.
Phone contacts for SHA departments.
E-mail contacts for key SHA programs.
Lane closures, local travel information.
Maintenance-related issues.
Construction, lighting, right-of-way, traffic and utility issues.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Click here for answers to common questions, including questions about topics such as the following:

access management/permits
bridges
claims
hauling and motor carriers
signs on State highways
road maintenance
sound barriers

For all other inquiries, call 410-545-0300 or 800-323-6742.

This line is staffed Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. except holidays.

Roads We Maintain

Request help with potholes, dead animals, traffic signs, signals, litter, and other non-emergency issues.

Note the following:

Toll roads (including I-95, the Bay Bridge and the Fort McHenry Tunnel) are owned and maintained by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA).
Typically, traffic signals at intersections on State roads are maintained by the State. There are a few locations where a local agency operates and maintains an intersection on a State road given an agreement with the State.
In Baltimore City, local roads, interstates and numbered routes are maintained by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation (Toll roads I-95, I-395 and I-895, within the city are maintained by the Maryland Transportation Authority). For help with transportation problems in Baltimore go to Service Types or call 311.

Know Your Roads

This application displays public roadways maintained by the State of Maryland (Maryland State Highway Administration and the Maryland Transportation Authority) and its respective counties.

This application showcases the MDOT SHA Roadway Sign Inventory data

This application showcases MDOT SHA Roadway Sign Inventory data, which consists of point geometric features that represent the geographic location of traffic signs along roadways maintained by MDOT SHA throughout the State of Maryland.