In downtown Bethesda, the road intersects MD 410 (Montgomery Avenue) one-way eastbound and the westbound direction of MD 410 (East West Highway) and MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) a short distance further on, near the Bethesda Metro station [REF].
The route heads through some residential neighborhoods before entering a commercial area with strip malls and some high-rise buildings where White Flint Mall, once one of the D.C. metropolitan area's largest shopping malls, was located on the east side of the road [REF].