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

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".

1 Length
2 Major cities
3 Intersections with other interstates
4 Exit list
- 4.1 West Virginia
- 4.2 Maryland
5 Notes
6 Images
7 See also
8 External links
9 References

[edit] Length


Miles	km	state
31	50	West Virginia
81	131	Maryland

112	181	Total

[edit] Major cities

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

Interstate 79 in Morgantown, West Virginia
Interstate 70 near Hancock, Maryland

[edit] Exit list

[edit] West Virginia

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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
	Frostburg	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 Interstate 68 designation was originally applied to US 50 (the John Hanson Highway) from Interstate 95/Capital Beltway to Annapolis, Maryland. This section now carries the secret I-595 designation.

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]

Interstate 268 has been proposed as a designation for the West Run Expressway, a planned northeast bypass of Morgantown, West Virginia, connecting to I-79 in Pennsylvania.

There are proponents petitioning to extend I-68 to Moundsville, West Virginia [3].

[edit] Images

View heading east, 18 miles from Cumberland, MD

[edit] See also

Interstate Highways in West Virginia

[edit] External links

[edit] References

2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005"

edit Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink)
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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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