Maryland Route 75

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Old Main Streets Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end MD 355 near Hyattstown
Major intersections
North end MD 31 in New Windsor
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesFrederick, Carroll
Highway system
← MD 70→ MD 76

Maryland Route 75 (MD 75) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Green Valley Road, the state highway runs 28.40 miles (45.71 km) from MD 355 near Hyattstown north to MD 31 in New Windsor. MD 75 serves as the main north–south highway of eastern Frederick County, where it connects Hyattstown with New Market, Libertytown, Johnsville, and the Carroll County town of Union Bridge. The first sections of MD 75 were constructed around New Windsor and between Green Valley and New London in the early 1910s. The latter highway was extended south to Green Valley in the late 1910s. In the early 1920s, MD 75 was constructed between New Windsor and Union Bridge and from Libertytown to Johnsville. The remainder of the state highway was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 75 was relocated between Union Bridge and New Windsor in the early 1960s, around its interchange with Interstate 70 (I-70)/U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in New Market in the early 1970s, and at its northern terminus in New Windsor in 2007.

Route description

View north at the south end of MD 75 at MD 355 near Hyattstown

MD 75 begins at MD 355 (Urbana Pike) a short distance north of the Frederick–

divided highway where the state highway has a diamond interchange with I-70/US 40 (Baltimore National Pike). North of the interchange, MD 75 has an intersection with Old National Pike, which heads west into the town of New Market as MD 144.[1][2]

North of MD 144, MD 75 reduces to a two-lane undivided road and meets the north end of the old alignment, Old New Market Road. The state highway traverses Bens Branch in the hamlet of New London, which contains the

Kitterman-Buckey Farm, MD 75 curves to the east and crosses Beaver Dam Creek. The state highway curves back to the north and traverses Haines Branch before crossing Sams Creek into Carroll County.[1][2]

MD 75 passes to the west of a cement factory before the highway enters the town of Union Bridge as Main Street. The state highway intersects Locust Street in the center of the

Union Bridge Station, which now serves as the Western Maryland Railway Historical Society Museum that commemorates the railway's predecessor, the Western Maryland Railway. The state highway crosses Little Pipe Creek, then turns east onto Green Valley Road; Main Street continues north as a municipal highway that leads north to the historic Uniontown Academy and the village of Middleburg.[1][2]

MD 75 heads east to the south of the historic home Wilson's Inheritance and to the north of the village of Linwood, which has its own historic district south of the rail line. Through Linwood, the state highway is paralleled to the north by its old alignment, MD 800 (Watson Lane). After the eastern junction with MD 800, MD 75 veers southeast and meets the southern end of MD 84 (Clear Ridge Road), which heads north toward Uniontown. The state highway crosses Little Pipe Creek again before reaching its northern terminus at MD 31 on the northern edge of the town of New Windsor. Green Valley Road continues south as eastbound MD 31, while westbound MD 31 heads west from the intersection as High Street.[1][2]

History

MD 75 northbound south of Union Bridge

A portion of MD 75 was originally the Liberty and Pipe Creek Turnpike from Libertytown to Union Bridge via Johnsville.[3] When the Maryland State Roads Commission laid out its initial system of state roads to be improved in 1909, the highway between Fountain Mills and New London via New Market was included as one of the original state roads.[4] By the end of 1911, the state road was completed from New Market to about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Monrovia.[5] The remainder of the Fountain Mills – New London road was under construction in 1911 and completed as a 14-foot (4.3 m) macadam road in 1912.[5][6] The Uniontown Road from New Windsor to near the modern MD 75–MD 84 junction was paved in macadam as a state aid road in 1911.[5] The highway was extended south as a state-aid road from Fountain Mills toward Hyattstown in two sections; the first 1.5-mile (2.4 km) section was completed as a macadam road by 1915.[6] The second section, which would extend the highway to Green Valley, went under contract in 1916 but the contracted company failed after partially completing the road.[7] The macadam road south to Green Valley was completed in 1920.[7][8]

The highway from the Uniontown Road north of New Windsor to Union Bridge went under construction shortly after 1921 and was completed as a concrete road by 1923; this included paving of Main Street in Union Bridge.[8][9] A macadam road from Libertytown to Johnsville was also completed around 1923.[9] The concrete road in Union Bridge was extended south across Sams Creek into Frederick County, completing the highway in Carroll County, in 1926 and 1927.[10][11] The following year, 1 mile (1.6 km) of concrete was built north from New London.[12] In 1929 and 1930, the concrete road being constructed north from New London was extended north a short distance and another concrete segment was started south from Libertytown.[13][14] Another concrete road was started north from Johnstown toward Union Bridge.[14] The three remaining gaps in modern MD 75—Hyattstown to Green Valley, midway between New London and Libertytown, and midway between Johnsville and Union Bridge—were under contract by 1930 and completed as concrete roads by 1933.[13][15]

MD 75's first significant relocation occurred around 1963 when the highway was relocated for several stretches between Union Bridge and New Windsor. The highway's old segments became sections of MD 800; in addition, MD 84 was extended south along part of old MD 75 to meet new MD 75 just north of New Windsor.

MD 831J.[22]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi
[1]		kmDestinationsNotes
FrederickHyattstown0.000.00 MD 355 (Urbana Pike) – Hyattstown, UrbanaSouthern terminus
Green Valley4.837.77
 MD 80 east (Fingerboard Road) – Damascus		MD 75 turns west onto Fingerboard Road; south end of concurrency with MD 80
4.967.98
 MD 80 west (Fingerboard Road) – Urbana		MD 75 turns north onto Green Valley Road; north end of concurrent with MD 80
Baltimore
I-70 Exit 62
8.3613.45 MD 144 (Old National Pike) / Old National Pike east
Libertytown15.5925.09 MD 26 (Liberty Road) – Frederick, Westminster
CarrollUnion Bridge24.0838.75Main Street north – MiddleburgMD 75 turns east onto Green Valley Road
Linwood25.6641.30
 MD 800 east (Watson Lane)		Western terminus of MD 800; officially MD 800D
27.0643.55
 MD 800 west (Watson Lane)		Eastern terminus of MD 800
New Windsor27.7144.59
 MD 84 north (Clear Ridge Road) – Uniontown		Southern terminus of MD 84
28.4045.71 MD 31 (High Street/Green Valley Road) – Libertytown, WestminsterNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary routes

See also

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    Maryland Roads portal

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Google (2011-04-16). "Maryland Route 75" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  3. ^ Clark, William Bullock (1899). Report on the Highways of Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey. p. 232. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  4. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  5. ^ a b c Maryland Geological Survey (1911). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads Completed or Under Construction December 31, 1911 (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ^ a b Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 110, 122, 124. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  7. ^ a b Zouck, Frank H.; Uhl, G. Clinton; Mudd, John F. (January 1920). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1916–1919 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 22. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  8. ^ a b Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  9. ^ a b Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  10. ^ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 46, 48, 73. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  11. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  12. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  13. ^ a b Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 210. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  14. ^ a b Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  15. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  16. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1963). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  17. ^ a b Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 1999). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  18. ^ McCain, Russell H.; Bennett, Edgar T.; Kelly, Bramwell (November 12, 1954). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1953–1954 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 218. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  19. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1955). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  20. ^ "NBI Structure Number: 100000100156010". National Bridge Inventory. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  21. ^ a b Maryland State Highway Administration (1974). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
  22. ^ a b Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2007). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  23. ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2006). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  24. ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2004). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  25. ^ a b Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2015). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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  27. ^ a b Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2016). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2017-08-28.

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