Maryland Route 17

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MD 17

Petersville Road, Burkittsville Road, Myersville Road, Main St., Wolfsville Road

Length:

29.49 mi (47.46 km)

Decomd.:

N/A

From:

Brunswick

Major
junctions:

*(Potomac River)

To:

Washington County line

Highways in Maryland
State highways - Minor - Decommissioned

Maryland Route 17 is a 29.49-mile-long north-south road in Frederick County, Maryland.

1 Cities and towns
2 Route description
3 Junction list
4 History
5 External links

[edit] Cities and towns

MD 17 directly serves the following towns:

Brunswick
Burkittsville
Middletown
Myersville
Ellerton
Middlepoint
Wolfsville

[edit] Route description

[edit] Burkittsville Road

Beginning at the Potomac River bridge in Brunswick, MD 17 crosses over a railroad line and the C&O Canal National Historical Park and descends into the town, known locally as Petersville Road and serving as the main north-south route. After exiting the town it turns northwest at a four-way intersection, meeting the southern terminus of MD 79 and the northern terminus of MD 464. Now known as Burkittsville Road it continues on a northwestern path, meeting MD 180 at a traffic circle just south of an interchange with US 340.

Continuing north of US 340, the highway parallels the eastern edge of Gathland State Park and enters the town of Burkittsville before turning northeast. It intersects the northern terminus of MD 383 south of Middletown before turning north and entering the town proper, meeting Alt US 40 in the downtown area.

[edit] Myersville Road

Running straight out of Middletown the route is known as Myersville Road. Tracing a meandering path south of Interstate 70 it turns west, then northwest, eventually meeting the Interstate at a diamond interchange just south of Myersville at mile marker 18 (mile 42 on I-70). Now known as Main St. the route serves as part of the main north-south route through the town, turning east at an in-town intersection to intersect US 40 northeast of the town.

[edit] Wolfsville Road

Known as Wolfsville Road, MD 17 runs northeast along the western edge of the Catoctin Mountains, serving the villages of Ellerton, [[Middlepoint, Maryland|Middlepoint] and Wolfsville. Running north out of the village, MD 17 comes to an abrupt halt at the Washington County line near South Mountain, while Wolfsville Road itself continues north to junction MD 64 and MD 77 in Smithsburg.

[edit] Junction list

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
	0.0	VA 287 south / Berlin Turnpike - Lovettsville VA	southern terminus of
Brunswick		N. Maryland Ave. south - to E Potomac St. (to MD 478)
Brunswick	1.5	Maryland Route 79 north / Petersville Rd. / Maryland Route 464 south / Souder Rd. - Petersville, Point of Rocks (to US 15)	turns west at four-way intersection
	2.3	Maryland Route 871 south / Rosemont Dr. - Rosemont (to MD 79)	frontage road
	2.6	Maryland Route 180 / Jefferson Pike - Knoxville, Jefferson	intersection between routes is a traffic circle; former route of
	2.7	US 340 / Jefferson National Pike - Harpers Ferry WV, Frederick	grade-separated interchange between routes
Burkittsville		Main St. - Gathland State Park (to MD 383)
		Picnic Woods Rd. north - Arnoldtown
	9.5	Maryland Route 383 south / Broad Run Rd. - Jefferson
Middletown		Old Middletown Road south - Jefferson (to MD 180)
Middletown	13.0	Alt US 40 / Main St. - Boonsboro, Frederick	original route of
		Harmony Road north - to US 40
		Old Hagerstown Road south - Middletown Heights, Spoolsville (to Alt US 40)
Myersville	18.3	Interstate 70 / Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway - Hagerstown, Frederick	grade-separated interchange between routes
		Main St. north - to Canada Hill Rd.
	19.5	US 40 / Baltimore National Pike - Hagerstown, Frederick
Ellerton		Harp Hill Rd.-Harmony Rd.
		Highland School Rd. south - Highland
		Middlepoint Rd. north - Middlepoint
		Spruce Run Rd. north
Wolfsville		Harp Hill Rd. south
Wolfsville		Pleasant Walk Rd.-Stottlemyer Rd. - Pleasant Walk, Garfield
	29.5	Garfield Rd. south	northern terminus of
terminates at county line; Wolfsville Rd. north intersects

[edit] History

Originally this route was signed MD 33 and the current MD 33 was signed as MD 17. The numbers were swapped in the late 1930s. Later, Route 17 was broken in two when the maintenance of a section of the route was assumed by the county. Part of Route 17 north of U.S. 40 was designated Maryland Route 153. Eventually this situation was reversed, and the Route 17 designation was restored to the entire route.