Route 140

MD 140 follows Reisterstown Road northwest from Baltimore City to Owings Mills, Reisterstown, Westminster, Taneytown, and Emmitsburg in north central Maryland. The state route represents a portion of the original alignment of U.S. 140 between Baltimore and Gettysburg.

U.S. 140 followed MD 140 northwest from Baltimore to Westminster, and MD 97 / PA 97 northwest into Adams County, Pennsylvania until its decommissioning in 1977. The route was downgraded because of its short length (48 miles) and because it was partially replaced by the Northwest Expressway (Interstate 795).¹

Maryland Route 140 Guides

East - 9 photos

West - 39 photos

North

MD 140 begins at the intersection of Fulton Avenue where U.S. 1 turns onto North Avenue. This doubled as the northbound beginning of U.S. 140 from the 1950s onward. Before that time, U.S. 140 ended at the intersection of U.S. 1 (North Avenue) and Pennsylvania Avenue. This scene looks at what was U.S. 140 north along Pennsylvania Avenue after its beginning.

06/27/10

South

U.S. 140 originally followed Pennsylvania Avenue south from Littlestown Pike (current MD 97) into Downtown Westminster. Pennsylvania Avenue lead U.S. 140 onto Main Street (formerly MD 32), opposite Anchor Street southwest.

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Main Street (MD 32 until a 2000 transfer of maintenance) south at the traffic light with John Street east and Bond Street west. Bond Street provides an alternate route to MD 27 (Ridge Road) outside the Westminster city limits.

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Approaching MD 27 (Liberty Street south / Railroad Avenue north) along Main Street south. MD 27 is the only remaining state route along surface streets across Westminster.

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MD 27 follows Railroad Avenue east to a folded diamond interchange with MD 97/140 (Baltimore Boulevard) opposite Town Mall of Westminster. Southward Liberty Street carries the state route to Ridge Road and Warfieldsburg.

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scenes

Mitchell Drive acts as a frontage road along MD 140 near the wye interchange at I-795 west of Reisterstown. A connector roadway allows traffic departing Reisterstown Regional Park access onto MD 140 (Westminster Road) east to Reisterstown.

10/10/04

Trailblazers at the exit from Reisterstown Regional Park onto Mitchell Drive just south of MD 140.

10/10/04

North

MD 27 (Railroad Avenue) travels along an industrial strip leading east from Downtown Westminster to a folded diamond interchange with the Westminster Bypass (MD 97/140).

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MD 97/140 (Baltimore Boulevard) travel 1.3 miles southeast to their split at Malcolm Drive. MD 140 represents former U.S. 140 southeast to Reisterstown and Baltimore.

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Continuing underneath Baltimore Boulevard, MD 27 (Manchester Road) emerges at a loop ramp onto MD 97 north / MD 140 west. MD 97 follows old U.S. 140 north from Westminster to Union Mills, Littlestown and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. MD 140 follows original MD 97 west to Taneytown and Emmitsburg.

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