Interstate 68

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Interstate 68
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 116 mi[1] (187 km)
West end: I-79 in Morgantown, WV
East end: I-70/US 522/US 40 in Hancock, MD
< Corridor D E Corridor F >

Interstate 68 (abbreviated I-68) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It runs from Morgantown, West Virginia at Interstate 79 to Hancock, Maryland at Interstate 70. During its construction, the route was designated U.S. Highway 48. Upon its completion as a 4-lane highway around 1989, US 48 was de-commisioned for the second time and was re-designated I-68. Interstate 68 is also known as Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway System. It is also known as the National Freeway in Maryland, named after the old National Road (US 40), which parallels I-68 east of exit 14 (Keysers Ridge). I-68 was fully completed in 1991.

The road is promoted by the Maryland State Highway Administration as an alternate to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, with signage on I-70 that informs motorists that I-68 is an alternate route to "Ohio and the West".

Contents

[edit] Length

Miles km state
31 50 West Virginia
81 131 Maryland
112 181 Total

[edit] Major cities

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

[edit] Exit list

[edit] West Virginia

This section contains a table that is missing mileposts for one or more junctions. You can help by adding the missing mileposts.
County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Monongalia 0 I-79 - Fairmont, Washington PA
1 US 119 (University Avenue) - Downtown Morgantown Access to Grafton, West Virginia University and Tygart Lake State Park.
Brookhaven 4 WV 7 (Earl Core Road) - Sabraton Access to Morgantown and Masontown.
7 WV 705 Airport, Pierpont Road CR 857 provides access to WVU Football Stadium and US 119 and WV 705. CR 857 not shown on guide signs.
Cheat Lake 10 CR 857 (Fairchance Road) - Cheat Lake
Preston Coopers Rock State Forest 15 CR 73/12 (Old Route 73) - Coopers Rock
Bruceton Mills 23 WV 26 - Bruceton Mills, Albright Access to Kingwood.
Hazelton 29 CR 5 (Hazelton Road) - Hazelton Access to USP Hazelton prison.
Maryland state line.

[edit] Maryland

County Municipality Mile # Destinations Notes
continues from West Virginia
Garrett Friendsville 3.8 4 Maryland Route 42 / Friendsville Road - Friendsville (to U.S. 219) trucks for Luke: use
13.8 14
U.S. 40 west / National Pike / U.S. 219 south / Garrett Highway - Oakland, Addison PA		 south is former route of ; and join
Grantsville 19.2 19 Maryland Route 495 / Yoder Street-Bittinger Road - Bittinger
22.2 22
US 219 north / Chestnut Hill Road - Salisbury PA		 diverges from
24.0 24 Lower New Germany Road / Avilton Road - Piney Grove
29.8 29
Maryland Route 546 north / Finzel Rd.-Beall School Road - Finzel		 runs north of
Allegany Frostburg 33.3 33 Maryland Route 736 / Midlothian Road-Braddock Rd. - Midlothian
35.0 34 Maryland Route 36 / New George's Creek Rd. - Frostburg, Westernport (to MD 55)
39.2 39

U.S. 40 Alt west / National Highway / Maryland Route 53 / Winchester Rd. - Frostburg, Cresaptown (to U.S. 220)		 : westbound entrance/exit only; : eastbound entrance only
39.9 40 Maryland Route 658 / Campground Rd.-Vocke Rd. - to MD 49 and MD 53 No immediate westbound re-entry, traffic must use WEST.
41 Seton Drive - to MD 49 westbound exit only
Cumberland 42.3 42
U.S. 220 south / Greene Street-McMullen Highway, Fletcher Drive - Keyser WV		 Fletcher Drive: eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 220 has full access; US 220 joins
Cumberland/Ridgeley WV 43.6 43A Johnson St., Beall St. - to WV 28 Alt Kelly Rd: eastbound entrance only; Johnson St: eastbound access only; Beall St: westbound access only
Cumberland 43.9 43B-C Maryland Route 51 / Industrial Blvd.-Liberty St.-Howard St.-Centre St.-Queen City Dr. - Oldtown Howard St: westbound exit only; Centre St: westbound exit only; Liberty St: full westbound access; Queen City Dr: eastbound exit only; Industrial Blvd: eastbound exit only
44.2 43D Maryland Avenue
44.9 44

U.S. 40 Alt west / Baltimore Avenue / Maryland Route 639 east / Willowbrook Road - Allegany College of Maryland
45.8 45
Maryland Route 952 north / Hillcrest Drive / Columbus Ave.		 : westbound access only; Columbus Ave: eastbound access only
Maryland Route 807A / Naves Cross Rd. - to MD 144 eastbound entrance and exit only
46.5 46
US 220 north / MD 144 / Baltimore Pike - Cumberland Valley PA
47.2 47 Maryland Route 144 / Baltimore Pike-Dehaven Road : westbound entrance only, full eastbound access available; Delhaven Rd: westbound entrance only
51.3 50 Maryland Route 948D / Pleasant Valley Road - Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort (to MD 144)
52.5 52 Maryland Route 144 / Old National Pike-Sunset Orchard Rd. westbound exit and eastbound exit
55.6 56 Maryland Route 144 / Old National Pike-Flintstone Drive - Flintstone : eastbound access only; Flintstone Dr: westbound access only
62.9 62 U.S. 40 Scenic / Fifteen Mile Creek Rd. / Maryland Route 144 / Old National Pike - Green Ridge State Forest
64.2 64 MV Smith Road
68.7 68 Orleans Road - Piney Grove (to U.S. 40 Scenic)
71.6 72 U.S. 40 Scenic / Old National Pike-High Germany Road
Washington 73.6 74 U.S. 40 Scenic / Old National Pike-High Germany Road-Mountain Road westbound and eastbound exit only
crosses Sideling Hill
77.2 77
U.S. 40 Scenic west / National Pike / Maryland Route 144 east / Western Pike-Woodmont Rd.
Hancock 81.1 82A
U.S. 522 south - Burnt Factory WV
81.1 82B
Interstate 70 east / U.S. 40 east - Hagerstown		 mainline route through interchange
81.1 82C
Interstate 70 west / U.S. 522 north - Breezewood PA
ends at
  • Exit number not signed, based on milepost

[edit] Notes

  • A 340-foot (104 m) deep cut in the top of Sideling Hill was made to allow the highway to pass through six miles (10 km) west of Hancock. This exposed a syncline, a trough-shaped fold in the rock of Sideling Hill. An exhibit center was built at the site, and it opened in 1991. This cut is one of the most impressive rock exposures in the southeastern United States.
  • The section through downtown Cumberland, Maryland, is one of the most substandard sections of Interstate highway, falling well below Interstate standards; however, there was no realistic alternate route, so it was included in I-68. Built as U.S. Highway 40 in 1965, the tight character, narrow lanes, and very limited sight distance warrant a 40 mph (60 km/h) speed limit, and most exits are posted at 15 mph (25 km/h).
  • The Mon-Fayette Expressway is a nearly completed major highway project extending from I-376 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania via Uniontown, Pennsylvania and destined to end at I-68 in West Virginia near the Cheat Lake Interchange (Exit 10). Ground was broken in West Virginia in the 1990s during the tenure of Governor Cecil Underwood. When completed, the WV portion of the highway will be designated as WV 43. The official name of this highway in Pennsylvania is the James J. Manderino Highway. [2]

[edit] Images

View heading east, 18 miles from Cumberland, MD
View heading east, 18 miles from Cumberland, MD

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  • 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005"


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    Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink)    		 Interstate Highway marker
    4 5 8 10 12 15 16 17 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 29 30
    35 37 39 40 43 44 45 49 55 57 59 64 65 66 66 (W) 68
    69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 (W) 76 (E) 77 78 79 80 81 82
    83 84 (W) 84 (E) 85 86 (W) 86 (E) 87 88 (W) 88 (E) 89 90
    91 93 94 95 96 97 99 (238) H-1 H-2 H-3
    Unsigned  A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 PRI-1 PRI-2 PRI-3
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    Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced
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