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U.S. Route 40 Alternate is the U.S. Highway designation for a former segment of US 40 through Garrett and Allegany counties in Maryland. The highway begins at US 40 near exit 14 on Interstate 68 and runs 31.80 miles (51.18 km) eastward to Cumberland, where it ends at exit 44 on Interstate 68. The highway is known as Old National Pike because it follows the original alignment of the National Road. As the route of the historic National Road, there are many historic sites along Alt US 40, including the Casselman Bridge in Grantsville and the last remaining National Road toll gate house in Maryland, located in LaVale. When the National Freeway was built in western Maryland paralleling the old National Road, the part of the bypassed road between Keyser's Ridge and Cumberland became Alt US 40, and other bypassed sections east of Cumberland became Maryland Route 144 and U.S. Route 40 Scenic. Although Alt US 40 is now less important because of the construction of Interstate 68, it remains an important route for local traffic and serves as the Main Streets of Grantsville and Frostburg. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that Blue Ridge Parkway (pictured) was built as a part of the New Deal?
- ...that North Dakota Highway 1804 and North Dakota Highway 1806 follow the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Missouri River and were numbered to reflect the years of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
- ...that Pennsylvania Route 321 was designated to provide access to the recreational area around the Allegheny Reservoir?
- ...that a 25-foot (7.6 m) tall, traditionally-dressed Ukrainian woman offers bread and salt to Saskatchewan Highway 5 travelers at Canora, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada?
- ...that U.S. Route 54 serves both the western extreme and northern extreme of Texas?
In the news
- March 17: The newly tolled Belle Chasse Bridge, along Louisiana Highway 23, opened to traffic. The bridge replaced the Belle Chasse Tunnel and Judge Perez Bridge fully.
- March 11: A 29-kilometer (18 mi) freeway realignment of Road 24 near Maragheh, Iran opens to traffic.
- March 7: The Namibian presidency officially announces the opening of the Dr. Hifikepunye Pohamba Freeway connecting the B2 in Swakopmund to C14 in Walvis Bay.
- March 1: Interstate 40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina border partially re-opens after extensive damage from Hurricane Helene.
- February 20: Interstate 80 in New Jersey will remain closed indefinitely after a second sinkhole forms in the same location as a recently repaired sink hole.
- February 19: The Ministry of Works and Transport for Uganda finishes and turns the Kampala Flyover Road Project to the city for maintainance
- February 16: The Philippine Government announces the Philippine expressway network will switch to RFID based cashless tolling effective March 15.
Ongoing: I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- March 23, 1917 - the Nevada Department of Highways, predecessor to today's Nevada Department of Transportation is formed.
- March 26, 2024 - the main span of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, carrying I-695 in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after a container ship strikes a pier.
- March 28, 1976 – Albany, New York's Northside Route is completed as it is extended from US 9/20 in Schodack to the Berkshire Connector.
- March 28, 2008 – The I-86 designation is extended from Horseheads to NY 352 in Elmira.
Selected pictures
U.S. Route 550 crossing the San Juan Mountains via the Molas Pass
A new segment of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma immediately prior to opening. The eastbound lanes were opened to traffic on January 5, 2012.
The Bixby Creek Bridge along California State Route 1 in Big Sur, with the Pacific Ocean in the background
Looking east at the Mini Stack, an interchange in Phoenix, Arizona between Interstate 10, State Route 51, and State Route 202
Looking north on the Seward Highway portion of Alaska Route 1 as the highway approaches the Kenai Mountains
U.S. Route 220 in Lamar Township, Pennsylvania approaching Interstate 80
U.S. Route 550 in the Uncompahgre Gorge in Colorado
Northbound on New Hampshire Route 123
State Highway 207 as it winds its way through the valley of the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River in Armstrong County, Texas
The start of State Road 26 at the Illinois border near Ambia, Indiana
The Denali Highway near Cantwell, Alaska
The eastern portal to the Eisenhower Tunnel along Interstate 70 in Colorado
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