Maryland Transportation Section 8-319

      Property may be acquired under this part for a State highway only if the highway has:

            (1)      Each of its termini within an area in this State that the Administration recognizes as a principal traffic generating center;

            (2)      Each of its termini at or near a public highway in this State;

            (3)      One terminus within an area in this State that the Administration recognizes as a principal traffic generating center and the other terminus at or near a public highway in this State; or

            (4)      One terminus within an area in this State that the Administration recognizes as a principal traffic generating center or at or near a public highway in this State and the other terminus at the boundary of another State connecting with a highway recognized by the Administration as a principal traffic distribution, collection, or dispersal artery.