Between 2010 and 2013, the state highway was reconstructed to better handle the increased traffic brought by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

MD 715 crosses over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line and MARC's Penn Line and passes north of the Visitor Center of Aberdeen Proving Ground as it reaches its eastern terminus at an entrance to Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Past the gate, the road continues into the Aberdeen Proving Ground as Maryland Boulevard.

[3] MD 715 was constructed as a military access project under the Defense Highway Act of 1941 along the alignment of the Boothby Hill Road.

[5][8] MD 715 was reconstructed to handle the increased traffic at Aberdeen Proving Ground as a result of the BRAC process.