Maryland Route 64
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Maryland Route 64 is a state highway
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. The state highway runs 13.33 miles (21.5 km) from U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
U.S. Route 40 in the U.S. state of Maryland runs from western Maryland to Cecil County in the state's northeastern corner. With a total length of over , it is the longest numbered highway in Maryland. Almost half of the road overlaps with Interstate 68 or Interstate 70, while the old alignment...

 (US 40) in Hagerstown
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the...

 east to the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 state line near Ringgold
Ringgold, Maryland
Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States.-References:...

, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 997
Pennsylvania Route 997
Pennsylvania Route 997 is a route in Franklin and Cumberland Counties. The route begins at the Maryland state line south of Waynesboro and ends at Pennsylvania Route 233 in McCrea. The route was originally signed in 1928 from Waynesboro to Pennsylvania Route 433. Both termini, however, have been...

 (PA 997). MD 64 is an L-shaped route in northeastern Washington County
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...

, connecting Hagerstown with Smithburg
Smithsburg, Maryland
Smithsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 2,146 at the 2000 census and latest 2008 estimates are at 2,908. Smithsburg is close to Fort Ritchie army base and just west of the presidential retreat Camp David....

, Cavetown
Cavetown, Maryland
Cavetown is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,486 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cavetown is located at ....

, and Chewsville
Chewsville, Maryland
Chewsville is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chewsville is located at ....

 and Smithsburg with Ringgold
Ringgold, Maryland
Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States.-References:...

 and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Waynesboro is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, located northwest of Baltimore, Maryland, 67 miles southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The population within the borough limits was 9,614 at the 2000 census. When combined with the surrounding...

. The state highway is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration
Maryland State Highway Administration
The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for maintaining Maryland numbered highways outside of Baltimore City...

 except for the municipally-maintained portion within the city limits of Hagerstown. MD 64 was once a turnpike between Hagerstown and Smithsburg. The state highway was constructed from Smithsburg to the Pennsylvania state line in the mid 1910s and from Hagerstown to Smithsburg in the early 1920s. MD 64 was reconstructed in its entirety in the 1950s, resulting in bypasses of all four communities east of Hagerstown the highway serves.

Route description

MD 64 begins at an intersection with US 40 (Dual Highway) in a commercial area adjacent to the municipal golf course in the eastern part of the city of Hagerstown. The state highway heads north as Cleveland Avenue, a two-lane street through a residential neighborhood. MD 64 turns east onto Jefferson Street, which heads east across Hamilton Run past Westwood Street, beyond which the highway leaves the city limits and becomes state-maintained. Jefferson Street becomes Jefferson Boulevard at Pangborn Boulevard. MD 64 crosses Antietam Creek
Antietam Creek
Antietam Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as the Hagerstown Valley...

 and passes close to Antietam Hall
Antietam Hall
Antietam Hall is a historic home located in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, partially Flemish bond brick dwelling, set on a low limestone foundation. The house has a slate roof and four chimneys...

 as the highway passes between residential subdivisions. The state highway intersections Robinwood Drive, which passes through the suburb of Robinwood
Robinwood, Maryland
Robinwood is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,731 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area...

 and Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown Community College is a two-year public academic institution founded in 1946. The campus is located off Robinwood Drive just outside Hagerstown, Maryland in suburban Robinwood....

, before beginning to parallel CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...

's Hanover Subdivision
Hanover Subdivision
The Hanover Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The line runs from Baltimore, Maryland west to Hagerstown, Maryland along several former Western Maryland Railway lines...

 just west of Chewsville. MD 64 veers east away from the rail line as Track Side Drive, which is unsigned MD 804 and the old alignment of MD 64, continues to parallel the tracks. MD 804 provides access to the southern end of MD 62
Maryland Route 62
Maryland Route 62 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Little Antietam Road, the state highway runs from MD 804 in Chewsville north to MD 60 in Leitersburg in northeastern Washington County...

. MD 64 receives the other end of MD 804, Twin Springs Drive, on the east side of Chewsville.

After passing between salvage yards, MD 64 continues east through farmland. The state highway passes between a pair of residential subdivisions before crossing Beaver Creek and reaching Cavetown. Old Georgetown Road parallels the north side of the highway as the old alignment while MD 64 bypasses the unincorporated village to the south, where the highway intersects MD 66
Maryland Route 66
Maryland Route 66 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Mapleville Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 40 Alternate in Boonsboro north to MD 64 near Smithsburg...

 (Mapleville Road) and its name changes to Smithsburg Pike. MD 64 curves to the northeast, intersecting Cavetown Church Road, unsigned MD 844 and the old alignment of MD 77, and modern MD 77
Maryland Route 77
Maryland Route 77 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from MD 64 in Smithsburg east to MD 194 in Keymar. MD 77 is the main east–west highway of northern Frederick County...

 (Foxville Road), which heads east opposite Leitersburg Smithsburg Road, which heads northwest into the town of Smithsburg. MD 64 intersects the southern end of MD 491
Maryland Route 491
Maryland Route 491 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Raven Rock Road, the state highway runs from MD 64 in Smithsburg north to MD 550 in Fort Ritchie. The middle portion of MD 491 was constructed in the mid 1950s...

 (Raven Rock Road) and crosses over the Hanover Subdivision before curving to the north. The state highway veers north and intersects Fruit Tree Drive and Water Street, which were formerly MD 92, then continues northwest and meets the northern end of MD 66 (Bradbury Avenue), which is the old alignment of MD 64 heading north from Smithsburg. MD 64 continues north, crossing Little Antietam Creek before reaching the community of Ringgold, where the highway intersects Windy Haven Road, the old alignment of MD 64, and MD 418
Maryland Route 418
Maryland Route 418 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Ringgold Pike, the state highway runs from Maryland Route 60 in Leitersburg east to the Pennsylvania state line near Ringgold, where the highway continues as State Route 2007 in Franklin County...

 (Ringgold Pike). MD 64 receives the other end of the old alignment, Barkdoll Road, before reaching its eastern terminus at the Pennsylvania state line. The highway continues north as PA 997 (Anthony Highway) toward Waynesboro.

History

One of the predecessor highways of MD 64 was the Hagerstown and Smithsburg Turnpike between the two municipalities. The other major section of MD 64, the highway from Smithsburg to the Pennsylvania state line, was paved in 1916. The Hagerstown–Smithsburg highway was paved around 1923. The all-weather highway generally followed the old turnpike except for a deviation just west of Chewsville to avoid two grade crossings of the Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland Railway
The Western Maryland Railway was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It was primarily a coal hauling and freight railroad, with a small passenger train operation. The WM became part of the Chessie System in 1973 and ceased operating its lines...

. Within Hagerstown, MD 64 was marked from US 40 (now US 40 Alternate) north along Mulberry Street to Jefferson Street. By 1950, MD 64's western terminus was moved to the new US 40 and used Cannon Avenue to reach Jefferson Street. The state highway was moved to its present course along Cleveland Avenue in 1954. MD 64's name east from Hagerstown has varied, being named Cavetown Pike by 1950, becoming Smithsburg Pike by 1964, and changed to Jefferson Boulevard around 1983.

MD 64 was rebuilt from end-to-end in the 1950s. The first section to be reconstructed was from the Hagerstown city limit to just west of Chewsville in 1952. The next section, from just west of Chewsville to just west of Cavetown, was completed in 1954 and featured the bypass of Chewsville. The third section was a bypass of Cavetown from just west of the community to Wolfsville Road, now MD 64's intersection with MD 77. That highway was completed in 1956. The old alignment through Chewsville was designated MD 804. The final two segments of MD 64 to be worked on were from Wolfsville Road to south of Ringgold, completing the bypass of Smithsburg; and from south of Ringgold to the Pennsylvania state line, including a bypass of Ringgold. Both projects were completed in 1958. The old alignment of MD 64 from Cavetown to north of Smithsburg, consisting of Water Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Bradbury Avenue, was remarked as a northern extension of MD 66.

Junction list

The entire route is in Washington County
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...

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|rowspan=2|Hagerstown
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the...


|0.00
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|Western terminus
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|0.34
|Jefferson Street west / Cleveland Avenue north
|MD 64 turns east onto Jefferson Street
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|rowspan=2|Chewsville
Chewsville, Maryland
Chewsville is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chewsville is located at ....


|4.06
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|rowspan=2|MD 804B is unsigned and old alignment of MD 64
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|4.82
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|rowspan=2|Cavetown
Cavetown, Maryland
Cavetown is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,486 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cavetown is located at ....


|6.60
|Old Georgetown Road east
|Old alignment of MD 64
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|6.91
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|rowspan=5|Smithsburg
Smithsburg, Maryland
Smithsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 2,146 at the 2000 census and latest 2008 estimates are at 2,908. Smithsburg is close to Fort Ritchie army base and just west of the presidential retreat Camp David....


|7.81
|Cavetown Church Road
|Eastbound is unsigned MD 844 and old alignment of MD 77
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|8.06
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|8.50
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|8.85
|Fruit Tree Drive east / Water Street west
|Former MD 92
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|9.85
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|Old alignment of MD 64
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|rowspan=4|Ringgold
Ringgold, Maryland
Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland, United States.-References:...


|11.99
|Windy Haven Road north
|Old alignment of MD 64
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|12.39
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|13.20
|Barkdoll Road south
|Old alignment of MD 64
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|13.33
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|Eastern terminus; Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

state line

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