Maryland Route 34
State highway in Washington County, Maryland, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maryland Route 34 (MD 34) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Shepherdstown Pike, the state highway begins at the West Virginia state line at the Potomac River, where the highway continues south as West Virginia Route 480 (WV 480) through Shepherdstown. The state highway runs 9.95 miles (16.01 km) east to U.S. Route 40 Alternate (US 40 Alternate) in Boonsboro. MD 34 is the main east–west highway of southern Washington County, connecting Shepherdstown and Boonsboro with Sharpsburg and Keedysville. The state highway, which was preceded by the Boonsboro and Sharpstown Turnpike, was constructed as a modern highway in the late 1910s and early 1920s. MD 34's bypass of Keedysville opened around 1960. The western end of the state highway has had three bridges. A 19th-century bridge was destroyed in a 1936 flood and replaced by the James Rumsey Bridge in 1939. The present bridge, also named for James Rumsey, opened in 2005.
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Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
Length | 9.95 mi[1] (16.01 km) | |||
Existed | 1927–present | |||
Tourist routes | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Scenic Byway Antietam Campaign Scenic Byway | |||
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West end | WV 480 near Shepherdstown, WV | |||
Major intersections | MD 65 in Sharpsburg | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Washington | |||
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