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The Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway loops across the mountains of Western Maryland. [1] The byway begins in Keysers Ridge and follows I-68 west to Friendsville, where Youghiogheny River Lake is located. At this point, the byway continues south along MD 42 toward US 219.
U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Alt US 40) is the U.S. Highway designation for a former segment of U.S. Route 40 (US 40) through Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland.The highway begins at US 40 near exit 14 on Interstate 68 (I-68) and runs 31.80 miles (51.18 km) eastward to Cumberland, where it ends at exit 44 on I-68. [4]
US 40 Scenic splits from the freeway at an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Mountain Road . Past this interchange, I-68/US 40 turns east and passes through a 340-foot (100 m) massive deep cut in Sideling Hill , where the freeway curves southeast and begins to descend the hill.
The Mountain Maryland Byway zigzags and loops 193 miles through the mountains of the state's western corridor to encompass as much of the area's scenic beauty as possible.
Following the completion of Interstate 68 (I-68) at Sideling Hill, US 40 Scenic was extended east along old US 40's crossing of the mountain in the late 1980s. US 40 Scenic is the only scenic route in the U.S. Highway System; formerly, there was a second, US 412 Scenic in Oklahoma, but this has since been redesignated to a more conventional ...
MDSRC reconstructed the road between Frederick and Hagerstown with a 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam surface from Frederick to Middletown and from South Mountain to Boonsboro in 1913. The state road was built from Middletown to South Mountain and from Boonsboro to Hagerstown in 1914. The portion of the highway within Boonsboro was paved in 1915. [15]
There are seven mainline sections of MD 144: MD 144 in Allegany County runs 17.55 miles (28.24 km) from MD 807 in Cumberland east to US 40 Scenic east of Flintstone. The state highway generally parallels I-68 and crosses over the freeway multiple times as both highways pass through mountainous creek valleys and over Martin Mountain and Polish Mountain.
Maryland Route 38 (MD 38) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.Known as Kitzmiller Road, the state highway runs 5.67 miles (9.12 km) from the West Virginia state line at the North Branch Potomac River in Kitzmiller, where the highway continues south as West Virginia Route 42 (WV 42), north to MD 135 on top of Backbone Mountain.