U.S. Route 219 in Maryland
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Major junctions | ||
South end | US 219 at the West Virginia state line near Redhouse | |
North end | US 219 at the Pennsylvania state line near Grantsville | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Maryland | |
Counties | Garrett | |
Highway system | ||
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U.S. Route 219 (US 219) is a part of the
The part of US 219 between Oakland and
Route description
US 219 enters Maryland in the southwest corner of Garrett County just to the west of
US 219 passes along the eastern edge of
After leaving Accident, US 219 intersects an access road to Bear Creek Road and Fish Hatchery Road near the
US 219 is part of the National Highway System for its entire length in Maryland.[1][4] The highway is also part of Corridor N of the Appalachian Development Highway System from I-68 to the Pennsylvania state line.[5]
History
In 1909, the Maryland State Roads Commission targeted the pre-existing road from the
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Existed | 1927–1935 |
Once the highway from Oakland to Keyser's Ridge was completed, attention turned to the south of Oakland. The new road, constructed from Oakland to Gortner in 1915 and 1916, met the road to Mountain Lake Park, now Oakland Drive, next to Southern Garrett High School, then followed Oak Street west into the county seat.[10][12][13] The road from Gortner to Redhouse was constructed between 1924 and 1927.[14][15][16] The highway was paved south to the West Virginia state line in 1928.[17] The Chestnut Ridge Road was completed in 1923.[18] The Deep Creek Dam was constructed starting in 1923 and Deep Creek Lake began to fill in January 1925. The road was relocated around Deep Creek Lake and the first Deep Creek Bridge was built in 1924.[19][20] Chestnut Ridge Road was designated the southern end of US 219 in the U.S. Highway System designated in 1926.[2] The road south from Keyser's Ridge was marked as MD 37 in 1927.[14] In 1935, US 219 was extended west along US 40 and then south toward West Virginia, replacing the MD 37 designation for its entire length.[21]
After World War II, US 219 was reconstructed into its modern form for most of its length. The segment between Oakland and Thayerville was reconstructed between 1948 and 1950.[22][23] The stretch from Keyser's Ridge to Accident was relocated around 1950.[23] The section of US 219 between Gortner and Redhouse was widened between 1950 and 1952.[23][24] The stretch between Thayerville and the Deep Creek Bridge was rebuilt from 1952 to 1955.[24][25] The McHenry to Accident part of US 219 was reconstructed starting in 1952.[24] Chestnut Ridge Road was relocated around 1956.[25] Finally, US 219 between Gortner and Oakland was rebuilt between 1957 and 1959, including a relocation at the northern end that included its present intersection with MD 135 and a bridge over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[26][27] In the late 1960s, US 219 was relocated from the Deep Creek Bridge through McHenry, leaving behind Deep Creek Drive as an old alignment.[19] After the construction of I-68 in the mid-1970s, US 219 was moved to the new freeway between Keyser's Ridge and Chestnut Ridge Road in 1978.[28][29] The present Deep Creek Bridge was completed in 1987, replacing the 1924 structure.[19][20]
There are plans by Maryland and Pennsylvania to upgrade US 219 to a freeway northward from I-68 east of Grantsville.[30][31][32] A breakout project within that Maryland-Pennsylvania freeway upgrade project realigned US 219 from I-68 to Old Salisbury Road in Maryland. A groundbreaking ceremony for the realignment of US 219 between I-68 and Old Salisbury Road was held on October 13, 2018, with Governor Larry Hogan in attendance. The new alignment of US 219, which cost $63 million, opened on May 5, 2021, with the former alignment becoming US 219 Bus.[33][34]
Future
The Oakland Bypass will run from the present intersection of US 219 and MD 135 on the east edge of the town to US 219 north of Oakland.[35]
Junction list
The entire route is in Garrett County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Redhouse | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 219 south (Seneca Trail) – Thomas, Parsons | West Virginia state line; southern terminus of US 219 in Maryland | ||
3.01 | 4.84 | US 50 (George Washington Highway) – Grafton, WV, Romney, WV | ||||
MD 219 north (Ninth Street) – Mountain Lake Park, Westernport | Western terminus of MD 135; southern terminus of MD 219; US 219 turns west onto Oak Street | |||||
11.47 | 18.46 | MD 39 west (Oak Street) – Crellin, Hutton | Eastern terminus of MD 39; US 219 turns north onto Third Street | |||
McHenry | 25.88 | 41.65 | MD 42 north (Friendsville Road) – Friendsville | Southern terminus of MD 42 | ||
Keyser's Ridge | 37.42 | 60.22 | 14 | I-68 west (National Freeway) / US 40 west (National Pike) – Morgantown, Uniontown | Southern end of concurrency with I-68 / US 40; US 219 uses I-68 exit numbers | |
Grantsville | 42.80 | 68.88 | 19 | MD 495 (Bittinger Road) – Grantsville, Swanton | ||
45.86 | 73.80 | 22 | US 219 Bus. north (Chestnut Ridge Road) | Northern end of concurrency with I-68 / US 40; southern terminus of US 219 Bus. | ||
47.06 | 75.74 | US 219 Bus. south (Chestnut Ridge Road) | Northern terminus of US 219 Bus. | |||
48.40 | 77.89 | US 219 north (Mason Dixon Highway) – Somerset, Johnstown | Pennsylvania state line; northern terminus of US 219 in Maryland | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes
Chestnut Ridge business loop
Location | Chestnut Ridge, Maryland |
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Length | 1.12 mi[1] (1.80 km) |
Existed | 2021–present |
U.S. Route 219 Business is a business route located east of Grantsville on Chestnut Ridge that runs 1.12 mi (1.80 km) from a dumbbell interchange with I-68/US 40 and US 219 north to an intersection with US 219, following Chestnut Ridge Road.[1] The route was designated onto the former alignment of US 219 following the opening of a freeway bypass on May 5, 2021.[33][34]
Auxiliary routes
US 219 has nine unsigned auxiliary routes, several of which connect with segments of
- US 219A is the designation for Weber Road, a 0.10-mile (0.16 km) connector between MD 826A (Weber Road/SHA Drive) and the intersection of US 219 and MD 826B (Lumber City Road) in Oakland.[1][3]
- US 219B is the designation for an unnamed 0.01-mile (0.016 km) connector between US 219 and MD 826C between Gortner and Oakland.[1][3]
- US 219C is the designation for an unnamed 0.01-mile (0.016 km) connector between US 219 and MD 826G between Accident and Bear Creek.[1][3]
- US 219D is the designation for a 0.01-mile (0.016 km) connector between US 219 and MD 826J (Stockyard Road) near its southern end in Keyser's Ridge.[1][3]
- US 219E is the designation for a 0.01-mile (0.016 km) connector between US 219 and MD 826J (Stockyard Road) near its northern end in Keyser's Ridge.[1][3]
- US 219F is the designation for a 0.02-mile (0.032 km) connector between US 219 and MD 826K south of Keyser's Ridge.[1][3]
- US 219G is the designation for Ryland Court, a 0.04-mile (0.064 km) connector between US 219 and MD 826L south of Keyser's Ridge.[1][3]
- US 219J is the designation for a 0.14-mile (0.23 km) segment of Chestnut Ridge Road immediately south of Exit 22 of I-68.[1][3]
- US 219K is the designation for a 0.09-mile (0.14 km) segment of Chestnut Ridge Road running from US 219 Bus. north to US 219 near the northern terminus of US 219 Bus.[1]
See also
- Maryland Roads portal
References
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- Garrett County (PDF). pp. 30–37.
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- ^ National Highway System: Maryland (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "ADHS Approved Corridors and Termini". Appalachian Regional Commission. September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 94. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Oakland quadrangle (Map) (1900 ed.). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Accident quadrangle (Map) (1950 ed.). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c 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. 58–59, 76, 89, 110, 124. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. 71. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ a b Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000110024010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ 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. 82–83. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ ISBN 0-7385-4266-0. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ a b "Previous Interstate Facts of the Day". Eisenhower Interstate Highway System Home Page. See June 8, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1935). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Reindollar, Robert M.; George, Joseph M.; McCain, Russell H. (February 15, 1949). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1947–1948 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 133. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c Reindollar, Robert M.; George, Joseph M.; McCain, Russell H. (December 20, 1950). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1949–1950 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 167. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c McCain, Russell H.; Hall, Avery W.; Nichols, David M. (December 15, 1952). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1951–1952 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 187. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ a b Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (November 2, 1956). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1955–1956 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 189–190. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (December 15, 1958). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1957–1958 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 82. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000110035010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000110049010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1978). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
- ^ "Project Information: US 219 North, Chestnut Ridge Road". Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Route 219 South Project". Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on December 26, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ "US 219 I-68 to Meyersdale Project". Maryland Department of Transportation/Pennsylvania Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ a b "Hogan Administration Announces Long-Awaited US 219 Realignment Construction Project in Garrett County" (Press release). Maryland State Highway Administration. October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Larry, Greg (May 6, 2021). "U.S. 219 realignment at Grantsville complete". Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Project Information: US 219 Relocated, Oakland Bypass". Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
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