Maryland Route 669

This article is about the current Maryland Route 669. For the former highway, see Maryland Route 669 (former).

Maryland Route 669 marker

Maryland Route 669
Springs Road
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 1.69 mi[1] (2.72 km)
Existed: 1963 – present
Major junctions
South end:
US 40 Alt. in Grantsville
North end: PA 669 near Grantsville
Location
Counties: Garrett
Highway system
← MD 668MD 670 →

Maryland Route 669 (MD 669) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Springs Road, the state highway runs 1.69 miles (2.72 km) from U.S. Route 40 Alternate (US 40 Alternate) in Grantsville north to the Pennsylvania state line, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 669 (PA 669). MD 669 was constructed in the early 1930s as MD 417 and renumbered in the early 1960s to match its Pennsylvania counterpart.

Route description

MD 669 begins at US 40 Alternate (Main Street) in Grantsville. The state highway heads north as a two-lane road, leaving the town limits of Grantsville and passing scattered residences and farmland.[1][2] MD 669 reaches its northern terminus at the Pennsylvania state line, where Springs Road continues north toward Springs and Salisbury as PA 669.[2][3]

History

Springs Road was constructed as a modern highway starting in 1930.[4] The state highway was completed by 1933 and marked as MD 417 in 1935.[5][6] The Pennsylvania Department of Highways designated the adjacent portion of Springs Road part of PA 669 in 1963.[7] The Maryland State Roads Commission renumbered MD 417 to match the Pennsylvania number the same year.[8]

Junction list

The entire route is in Grantsville, Garrett County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00
US 40 Alt. (Main Street) – Keysers Ridge, Frostburg		Southern terminus
1.692.72 PA 669 north (Springs Road) – Springs, SalisburyNorthern terminus; Pennsylvania state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Google (2010-03-01). "Maryland Route 669" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  3. ↑ General Highway Map: Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PDF) (Map) (2009 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  4. ↑ 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: 213. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  5. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1935). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  7. ↑ "State Eliminating Route 14 Designation". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. April 1, 1963. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission (1963). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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