Named Decatur Heights, the subdivisions had gridded streets platted on the north and south sides of Annapolis Road.
The wide median reduces to a Jersey barrier as the highway crosses MD 648 (Annapolis Road).
While the Annapolis Road never developed, settlement opened up the a modest amount of viable farmland and more significantly developed many saw mills.
Annapolis Road (Maryland Route 648) runs north-south through Baltimore Highlands.
It is now surrounded to the south and west by an exit ramp connecting Kenilworth Avenue with Annapolis Road.
The Baltimore Highlands stop currently does not have any bus lines operating directly around the station, though buses do operate on Annapolis Road nearby.
The community extended from present-day Good Luck Road south to Annapolis Road.
Commercial strip development is located along Annapolis Road and Lanham-Severn Road.
A small community of two-story brick homes grew up near the pits on old Annapolis Road to house the workers employed there and their families.
In 1939, this was converted to a bus operation and extended south to Westport along Annapolis Road.