U.S. Route 40 Scenic

rdf:langString U.S. Route 40 Scenic

rdf:langString US

rdf:langString yes

rdf:langString yes

rdf:langString ly

rdf:langString September 2019

rdf:langString West

rdf:langString East

rdf:langString in multiple locations

rdf:langString none

rdf:langString MDSHA and Washington County

rdf:langString Official US 40 Scenic highlighted in red; unofficial in blue

rdf:langString Western terminus

rdf:langString I-68 Exit 62

rdf:langString Old alignment of US 40

rdf:langString To PA 26

rdf:langString US 40 Scenic turns east at this intersection

rdf:langString US 40 Scenic turns south at this intersection

rdf:langString Unsigned MD 948Z

rdf:langString Washington County line; official eastern terminus

rdf:langString The official and signed portions of US 40 Scenic split at this intersection.

rdf:langString Bridge over Sideling Hill Creek

rdf:langString Mann Road north

rdf:langString Orleans Road north

rdf:langString Turkey Farm Road west

rdf:langString MD

rdf:langString Fifteen Mile Creek Road in Green Ridge State Forest

rdf:langString near Hancock

rdf:langString US-Scenic

rdf:langString U.S. Route 40 Scenic (US 40 Scenic) is a scenic route of US 40 in the U.S. state of Maryland. US 40 Scenic, which is known for most of its route as National Pike, is the old alignment of US 40 over Town Hill in eastern Allegany County and Sideling Hill in far western Washington County. The highway was originally constructed as part of a turnpike connecting Baltimore with the eastern end of the National Road at Cumberland in the early 19th century. The highway was paved as a modern road in the mid-1910s and designated US 40 in the late 1920s. US 40 was relocated over Sideling Hill in the early 1950s and over Town Hill in the mid-1960s. The US 40 Scenic designation was first applied to the old highway over Town Hill in 1965. 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 "Alternate" route. The scenic route includes an officially referenced and fully state-maintained section that runs 9.50 miles (15.29 km) from Fifteen Mile Creek Road in Green Ridge State Forest near Exit 62 of I-68 and US 40 to the Washington County line within eastern Allegany County. US 40 Scenic also includes an unofficial but signed section in western Washington County that has a concurrency with I-68 and has sections maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration and Washington County. The solely signed section runs from the official section at High Germany Road near I-68 Exit 72 just west of the Allegany–Washington county line east to MD 144 near I-68 Exit 77 west of Hancock. The signed section between Fifteen Mile Creek Road and MD 144 is 16.1 miles (25.9 km) eastbound and 17.5 miles (28.2 km) westbound. The difference in mileage is due to the westbound scenic route following Mountain Road, which is unsigned MD 903, to its entrance to I-68.

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rdf:langString Officially referenced length; signed length is eastbound and westbound