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79-475: Monocacy National Battlefield is located in the center of a region with a number of other Civil War battlefields and sites. It is located on present-day Maryland Route 355 (Urbana Pike) a few miles southeast of the city of Frederick. Nearby Interstate 70 leads westward to Antietam National Battlefield and U.S. Route 15 leads northward to the Gettysburg Battlefield . To the south on U.S. 15

158-472: A National Military Park at Monocacy. Though the bill passed in 1934, the battlefield languished for nearly 50 years before Congress appropriated funds for land acquisition. Once funds were secured, 1,587 acres (6 km) of the battlefield were acquired in the late 1970s and turned over to the National Park Service for maintenance and interpretation. The historic Thomas Farm, scene of some of

237-470: A 0.376-mile (0.605 km) portion between a point south of Urbana Church Road and Sprigg Street was turned over to county maintenance. The remainder of MD 355C was turned over to county maintenance in an agreement dated December 8, 2017. Junction list The entire route was in Urbana , Frederick County . Maryland Route 26 Maryland Route 26 ( MD 26 ) is a state highway in

316-496: A bridge over the Western Maryland Railway with a roadway width of 40 feet (12 m). Construction on Liberty Road outside of Baltimore continued in 1914, when a new concrete arch span was constructed over Gwynns Falls as part of the 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam section from Rogers Avenue west to Old Court Road completed in 1915. Another 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam road was built from Eldersburg to

395-604: A bypass west of the city. In 1960, I-70S/US 240 was extended south to the Capital Beltway, and MD 355 was extended south along former US 240 between Montrose Road and the Capital Beltway. In 1972, the American Association of State Highway Officials approved for the US ;240 designation to be removed. As a result, MD 355 was extended south along the former US 240 alignment to

474-415: A five-lane road with a center left-turn lane . East of the highway's intersection with MD 32 (Sykesville Road), the highway parallels a few more stretches of Old Liberty Road and passes to the north of the community of Carrolltowne , which contains the historic Moses Brown House . At the east end of Eldersburg, MD 26 reduces to two lanes and crosses a branch of Liberty Reservoir, which is an impoundment of

553-574: A major thoroughfare in the western part of Baltimore, where the street is named Liberty Heights Avenue . MD 26 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration outside of Baltimore and by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation within the city. MD 26 follows much of the course of three turnpikes established in the 19th century. The Maryland State Roads Commission marked

632-559: A partial trumpet interchange with US 15 (Catoctin Mountain Highway) on the north side of the city of Frederick. There is no access from southbound US 15 to eastbound MD 26. MD 26 heads east as a four-lane divided highway through a mixed commercial and industrial area. The state highway has an intersection with Wormans Mill Road and Routzhan Way and a directional intersection with the northern end of Market Street that allows access to and from MD 26 east. The first intersection, which

711-705: A principal arterial from Shady Grove Road to MD 27 in Germantown. MD 355 begins in the Bethesda CDP , at the intersection with Western Avenue NW / Western Avenue ( Maryland ), the northwestern border between Washington, D.C., and the state of Maryland. The road is the northern extension of Wisconsin Avenue NW , which begins in Georgetown at an intersection with K Street NW underneath US 29 (Whitehurst Freeway NW), just north of

790-558: Is just north of a bridge over Interstate 70 (I-70)/ U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in the city of Frederick in Frederick County , where the road continues north as Market Street through Frederick toward MD 26 . MD 355 serves as a major thoroughfare through Frederick and Montgomery counties, passing through Bethesda, Rockville , Gaithersburg , Germantown , Clarksburg , Hyattstown , Urbana , and Frederick, roughly parallel to I-270 . The southern portion of

869-528: Is no left turn from eastbound MD 26 to northbound MD 140; that movement is made via Liberty Heights Avenue and MD 129 or by Druid Park Drive. Much of Liberty Road in Baltimore and Frederick counties originated as a trio of turnpikes. The Frederick and Woodsboro Turnpike ran from its split with the Frederick and Emmitsburg Turnpike north of Frederick east to Ceresville. In Ceresville, the highway split into

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948-453: Is now Rogers Avenue; that section was constructed as a 16-to-18-foot (4.9 to 5.5 m) wide tarred macadam road in 1911. The portion of Liberty Heights Avenue from the city line east to Callaway Avenue was reconstructed in 1915 as a 50-foot (15 m) wide street with vitrified brick and sheet asphalt surface. The section between Callaway Avenue and Reisterstown Road was underway by 1914 and completed shortly after 1916; this section included

1027-673: Is now Unionville Road, was completed in 1951. MD 26 was widened and resurfaced through Libertytown starting in 1954. Reconstruction work continued into Carroll County when the highway was rebuilt from Liberty Reservoir west to Eldersburg starting in 1954 and from the eastern end of the Unionville relocation to Taylorsville beginning in 1956. In 1957, work began on relocating, widening, and resurfacing MD 26 through Eldersburg and between Taylorsville and Winfield. The final section of MD 26 in Carroll County to be placed in its modern form

1106-516: Is the battlefield of Ball's Bluff . Monocacy National Battlefield is 50 miles (80 km) west of Baltimore and 44 miles (71 km) northwest of Washington D.C. Much of the Monocacy battlefield remained in private hands for over 100 years after the Civil War. In 1928, Glenn Worthington, the owner of a large portion of the northern segment of the battlefield, petitioned Congress to create

1185-552: Is the original route of US 240 , which was planned in 1926 to run from Washington, D.C., north to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ; instead, the route was designated a part of US 15 north of Frederick. This route served as the primary connector linking Frederick and points west to Washington, D.C. During the 1950s, US 240 was moved in stages to the Washington National Pike, a freeway between Bethesda and Frederick shared with I-70S (now I-270). MD 355

1264-501: The Grosvenor–Strathmore station before returning to running under the road. Farther north, the route comes to the intersection with MD 547 (Strathmore Avenue) east of Georgetown Preparatory School . The route heads through some residential neighborhoods before entering a commercial area with strip malls and some high-rise buildings where White Flint Mall , once one of the D.C. metropolitan area's largest shopping malls,

1343-769: The Potomac River . From the D.C. border, MD 355 heads north as Wisconsin Avenue, a six-lane divided highway. Washington Metro 's Red Line runs in a tunnel underneath the road. It runs past retail and high-rise buildings in Friendship Heights and the Village of Friendship Heights , including The Shops at Wisconsin Place and the Friendship Heights station along the Red Line. North of Friendship Heights,

1422-531: The District of Columbia was renamed Wisconsin Avenue in 1891, as was the part in Bethesda by 1913. In 1911, a small portion of state highway leading northwest out of Rockville was completed, with the remainder between Rockville and Gaithersburg under contract. A state highway was proposed between Gaithersburg and Germantown. The state road between Gaithersburg and Germantown was finished by 1915. By 1921,

1501-488: The Frederick–; Libertytown portion was marked as MD 31 until 1933. Improvements to the highway at the Baltimore end began in the late 1910s and continued periodically through the 1950s. MD 26 was reconstructed from Frederick to Eldersburg throughout the 1950s, with major work concluding in the early 1960s. Many bypassed portions of the old road became parts of MD 850 . MD 26 was extended west to modern US 15 in

1580-607: The I-70 overpass was transferred to the city of Frederick, with the MD ;355 designation officially being removed from this stretch. In 2010, an interchange was completed at Montrose Parkway. In Frederick County, the two bridges that carry portions of MD 355 receive annual inspections, as part of the Federal Highway Administration 's National Bridge Inventory (NBI). The Monocacy River crossing

1659-707: The Monocacy National Battlefield on its list of threatened historic properties. Maryland Route 355 Maryland Route 355 ( MD 355 ) is a 36.75-mile (59.14 km) north–south road in western central Maryland in the United States . The southern terminus of the route is in Bethesda in Montgomery County , where Wisconsin Avenue meets the county's border with Washington, D.C. The northern terminus

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1738-546: The North Branch of the Patapsco River . The state highway passes through the hamlet of Shervettes Corner , which contains the final segment of Old Liberty Road and Branton Manor , before crossing the mainstem of Liberty Reservoir into Baltimore County. MD 26 passes through the hamlet of Harrisonville and expands to a five-lane road with a center turn lane at Deer Park Road at the west end of Randallstown, where

1817-560: The Patapsco River at North Branch in 1938. That bridge was replaced in 1954 when Liberty Reservoir was filled; the highway was also widened and resurfaced from Randallstown to the bridge in 1952. Modernization of MD 26 in Frederick County began in 1949 with a pair of projects on either side of Libertytown. The highway was rebuilt with relocations through Mount Pleasant in 1950 and a bypass of Unionville, replacing what

1896-437: The Patapsco River, with a new reinforced concrete bridge over the river, in 1915. The state road from Baltimore to Eldersburg was completed shortly after 1916 with the addition of a 3-mile (4.8 km) concrete road from the Patapsco River to the west end of Randallstown and macadam resurfacing of the old turnpike through Randallstown to Old Court Road. At the west end of Liberty Road, the highway from Frederick to Libertytown

1975-552: The Rockville Campus of Montgomery College before intersecting Gude Drive. Past this intersection, MD 355 becomes Frederick Road and heads northwest into a mix of commercial and residential areas in Derwood , drawing further away from the railroad tracks. The route leaves Rockville and intersects Shady Grove Road. Past Shady Grove Road, MD 355 has an interchange with I-370 and crosses into Gaithersburg . Here,

2054-609: The Sacred Heart , intersects Cedar Lane, and heads north into wooded areas, passing near residences as well as the Bethesda Meeting House , an 1850 wood-frame church. MD 355 continues north through more suburban residential areas before coming to an interchange that provides access to I-495 (Capital Beltway) and the southern terminus of I-270 , where the Metro Red Line comes above the surface in

2133-617: The U.S. state of Maryland . Known for most of its length as Liberty Road , the state highway runs 44.10 miles (70.97 km) from U.S. Route 15 (US 15) in Frederick east to MD 140 in Baltimore . MD 26 connects Frederick and Baltimore with the highway's namesake of Libertytown in eastern Frederick County , the suburban area of Eldersburg in southern Carroll County , and the western Baltimore County suburbs of Randallstown , Milford Mill , and Lochearn . The highway also serves as

2212-607: The Villages of Urbana subdivision, encountering two roundabouts . Upon leaving Urbana, the route intersects Lew Wallace Street and returns to its alignment along two-lane undivided Urbana Pike as it continues north through areas of woods and farms with some rural residences. The road passes Monocacy National Battlefield , the site of the Battle of Monocacy Junction in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864. Past

2291-468: The Washington, D.C. border. MD 355 was widened into a divided highway between Rockville and Gaithersburg in 1977. The divided highway was extended north from Gaithersburg to Germantown by 1997. In 2006, the northern terminus of MD 355 at the interchange with US 15 in Frederick was truncated to a dead end a short distance south of that route. In 2009, the portion of MD 355 north of

2370-432: The Washington, D.C. border. In 2006, the interchange with US 15 at the route's northern terminus was removed, resulting in MD 355 ending just short of US 15 at a dead end. By 2009, a four-lane divided bypass of Urbana for MD 355, funded by private developers, was completed. The former alignment of MD 355 through Urbana was designated as MD 355 Business (MD 355 Bus.) before being removed from

2449-577: The Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike, which headed toward Woodsboro, and the Liberty and Frederick Turnpike, which terminated in Libertytown. The Baltimore and Liberty Turnpike ran from the city of Baltimore west to the Patapsco River. This turnpike was surveyed and reconstructed in 1861, at which time the turnpike's original bridge over Gwynns Falls was repaired. That bridge lasted until 1868 when it

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2528-701: The battlefield, the road crosses the Monocacy River and CSX's Old Main Line Subdivision railroad line. In a short distance, MD 355 heads from rural areas into a commercial district on the outskirts of Frederick . The road widens to four lanes as it passes by the Francis Scott Key Mall and several other businesses. It intersects MD 85 (Buckeystown Pike), which provides access to and from I-70 / US 40 . MD 355 passes over I-70/US 40 and ends just north of

2607-562: The city of Baltimore. Here, the highway's name changes to Liberty Heights Avenue. MD 26 meets the western end of Northern Parkway and passes through Powder Mill Park just east of the city line. The highway passes Howard Park P.S. 218 in the Howard Park neighborhood and south of Forest Park High School in the Forest Park area of the city, where the highway expands to a six-lane divided boulevard and continues through Ashburton ,

2686-464: The construction of a parallel bridge across the Monocacy River to complement the old truss bridge. Also, the MD 26– MD 194 intersections were reconfigured so the primary movement through the intersection is between MD 26 to the west and MD 194 to the north; the southernmost portion of MD 194 became an extension of the MD 26 divided highway. This configuration

2765-414: The county seat of Montgomery County. In Rockville, the road passes more commercial development with the Metro Red Line and CSX 's Metropolitan Subdivision railroad line paralleling the road a short distance to the east. The route intersects MD 911 (First Street) and Wootton Parkway. MD 355 intersects MD 660 (Dodge Street), which is a short connector to MD 28 (Veirs Mill Road) that

2844-411: The former Lakeforest Mall before intersecting MD 124 (Montgomery Village Avenue). MD 355 passes more strip malls past this intersection before crossing over Great Seneca Creek and leaving Gaithersburg. The route continues northwest into Germantown through residential areas before passing businesses again and intersecting Middlebrook Road. It passes through residential developments, with

2923-445: The hamlet of Ceresville. The divided highway continues north as MD 194 toward Woodsboro and MD 26 turns east onto a two-lane undivided road. MD 26 continues east through farmland where it crosses Israel Creek and passes through the village of Mount Pleasant . The state highway forms the main street of Libertytown, where the highway meets the southern end of MD 550 (Woodsboro Road), intersects MD 75 (Church Street), and intersects

3002-546: The highway passes the Choate House next to Wildwood Park. The state highway intersects Old Court Road before entering the suburb of Milford Mill, where the highway meets Rolling Road . MD 26 expands to a divided highway shortly before its partial cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 695 (Baltimore Beltway). The state highway has a center turn lane within Lochearn, where the highway crosses Gwynns Falls and enters

3081-413: The highway's macadam surface was also widened from US 15 to Ceresville in that time span. MD 26 from Baltimore to Randallstown had been widened again, to 20 feet (6.1 m), by 1930, and was recommended to be widened again to 30 feet (9.1 m) in 1934. The highway was widened to 22 feet (6.7 m) in width in 1945. MD 26 received a new steel beam bridge with a 26-foot (7.9 m) wide roadway over

3160-490: The historic Gambrill Mill to a new facility on the west side of the Monocacy River. It offers an electric map orientation program, an interactive computer program, interpretive displays, and artifacts of the battle. The visitor center is the starting point for a self-guided four-mile (6 km) auto tour and 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) loop walking trail. National Park Service rangers and volunteers host battle walks, special programs, an auto tour and special events throughout

3239-651: The late 1950s as a divided highway . That divided highway was extended east to MD 194 in Ceresville in the late 1990s. MD 26 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial in three separate sections: from US 15 in Frederick east to Israel Creek east of Ceresville; from Emerald Lane west of Eldersburg to Liberty Reservoir east of Eldersburg; and Lyons Mill Road in Randallstown east to MD 140 in Baltimore. MD 26 begins at

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3318-411: The mainline highway has an interchange with MD 97 (New Washington Road) that consists of a two-way ramp between the two highways in the southwest quadrant of the junction and an exit ramp from westbound MD 26 to MD 97. MD 26 is paralleled by several county-maintained sections of Old Liberty Road as it approaches the center of Eldersburg. West of Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church , MD 26 expands to

3397-531: The median of the route and passes over I-495. Past this interchange, the road skirts the edge of Rock Creek Park , coming to an intersection with Grosvenor Lane that features a northbound jughandle . The route passes to the west of the Linden Oak at the Grosvenor Lane intersection. MD 355 continues into residential areas of North Bethesda , where the Red Line parallels the route to the east to

3476-420: The modern MD 97 junction, by 1923. MD 26 was extended through Winfield in 1924 and 1925. The concrete road was extended to just east of Taylorsville in 1928, the same year a new section of the highway was paved through Unionville. The road to Taylorsville was completed and the Unionville concrete road was extended east in 1930. The final sections of MD 26 between Baltimore and Frederick were completed in 1933,

3555-468: The most intense fighting, was acquired by the National Park Service in 2001. Preservationists lost fights in the 1960s and 1980s when Interstate 270 was constructed and later widened, bisecting a portion of the battlefield. In the decades following the battle, a few veterans organizations placed commemorative markers to specific units on the battlefield, including the 14th New Jersey (dedicated in 1907), 87th Pennsylvania Infantry , and Vermont markers. In

3634-516: The overpass, with the road continuing north into Frederick as locally maintained Market Street. The Rockville Pike portion of MD 355 dates back to what was a Native American trail that led from the mouth of Rock Creek to the great Conestoga Trail. In later times it was used as an escape route from Washington during the War of 1812 as well as a route for settlers to travel from Montgomery County to developing areas north and west. The stretch in

3713-464: The portion of the highway from Baltimore to Eldersburg for improvement as one of the original state roads in 1909 and reconstructed the old turnpike in the early to mid-1910s. The Frederick– Libertytown segment of Liberty Road was reconstructed in the early 1920s. The remainder of MD 26 between Libertytown and Eldersburg was built in the mid-to-late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 26 was one of the original state-numbered highways designated in 1927; however,

3792-427: The portions of state highway between the Washington, D.C., border and Rockville, to the northwest of Germantown, and between northwest of Urbana and Frederick were completed. At this time, a state highway was proposed between northwest of Germantown and northwest of Urbana. The state road was completed between Germantown and Clarksburg and through Urbana to a point southeast of the community by 1923. The entire length of

3871-431: The road continues into a more rural setting consisting of farmland, woods, and some residential areas and businesses. The route reaches Urbana , where it heads onto a four-lane divided bypass called Worthington Boulevard to the east of the community, while the former alignment of MD 355 continues through Urbana as Urbana Pike. MD 355 intersects MD 80 (Fingerboard Road) and passes through residential areas in

3950-419: The road heads through more commercial areas before heading into residential neighborhoods. It heads into business areas again and passes northeast of Gaithersburg High School as it approaches downtown Gaithersburg, where the route has an interchange with MD 117 (Diamond Avenue) and passes over CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision before continuing northwest past more businesses. MD 355 passes southwest of

4029-644: The road narrowing to four lanes before it reaches an intersection with MD 118 (Germantown Road). From here, the road passes more homes and a shopping center prior to crossing MD 27 (Ridge Road). Past MD 27, the road passes more suburban developments before narrowing to a two-lane undivided road and heading through some woodland. It continues northwest through a mix of rural woodland and suburban development in Clarksburg , where MD 355 passes northeast of Clarksburg High School and intersects MD 121 (Clarksburg Road). Past this intersection,

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4108-421: The road opened in late 2005 from MD 355 south to a roundabout at Sugarloaf Parkway. On October 30, 2008, construction began to build the connection of the bypass to MD 355 south of MD 80. The bypass was completed by January 2009, at which point MD 355 was realigned onto it and the former alignment became MD 355 Bus. In 2013, maintenance of the bypass of MD 355 around Urbana

4187-791: The road passes west of Naval Support Activity Bethesda , which is home to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center , one of the United States' most prominent military hospitals, and east of the National Institutes of Health , which is home to the United States National Library of Medicine , the world's largest medical library. The Medical Center station along the Red Line is located in this area. The road then passes west of Stone Ridge School of

4266-617: The route continues into the wooded residential area of Somerset , before passing the Chevy Chase Country Club on the east side of the road, and the residential areas of the town of Chevy Chase , and its associated villages , to the west. It then forms an intersection with MD 191 (Bradley Boulevard) and Bradley Lane. Past this intersection, MD 355 enters downtown Bethesda, where it heads back into commercial areas with high-rise buildings. The road intersects MD 410 (Montgomery Avenue) one-way eastbound,

4345-482: The route from the Washington, D.C., border to Germantown is a suburban four- to six-lane divided highway lined with many businesses. North of Germantown, the route is predominantly a two-lane rural road until it reaches Frederick, where it passes through commercial areas in the southern part of the city. The road changes names along its route: from south to north, it is called Wisconsin Avenue, Rockville Pike, Hungerford Drive, Frederick Road, and Urbana Pike. MD 355

4424-562: The route intersects a short distance later. Past this intersection, MD 355 continues into downtown Rockville, where it becomes Hungerford Drive. The road passes by the Rockville station , which is used by the Metro's Red Line, MARC 's Brunswick Line , and Amtrak 's Capitol Limited (MARC and Amtrak trains run along the CSX line). MD 355 heads into more commercial areas and passes

4503-576: The route passes Little Bennett Regional Park on the east and businesses on the west, running closely parallel to I-270 located to the west. The route eventually draws farther east of I-270 and heads through residential neighborhoods and woodland before reaching Hyattstown . In Hyattstown, MD 355 intersects MD 109 (Old Hundred Road). After passing through Hyattstown, MD 355 crosses into Frederick County , where it becomes Urbana Pike. Here, it passes some businesses before intersecting MD 75 (Green Valley Road). Past this intersection,

4582-409: The same year a steel through truss bridge was constructed over the Monocacy River to replace the vulnerable old bridge at Ceresville. Widening of MD 26 began shortly after the first sections were built. Liberty Heights Avenue was widened with 3-foot (0.91 m) concrete shoulders starting in 1918. Concrete shoulders were added to Liberty Road through Baltimore County and west to Eldersburg by 1926;

4661-777: The site of Hanlon Park and Lake Ashburton. MD 26 crosses over CSX 's Hanover Subdivision railroad line just west of Druid Park Drive and Baltimore City Community College . The highway passes between Liberty Square and the Mondawmin neighborhood— the latter the site of Mondawmin Mall , the Mondawmin station of MTA Maryland 's Baltimore Metro SubwayLink , and Coppin State University — before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 140 (Reisterstown Road). Liberty Heights Avenue continues east as an unnumbered street to MD 129 (Auchentoroly Terrace) at Druid Hill Park . There

4740-409: The south. MD 26 is paralleled by the second section of MD 850 as the highway enters the hamlet of Taylorsville , where it intersects MD 27 (Ridge Road). Two more segments of MD 850 parallel MD 26 through Winfield , which is the home of South Carroll High School . At the west end of the expansive suburban area of Eldersburg, MD 26 is paralleled to the south by the easternmost section of MD 850 and

4819-564: The state highway system. The same year, the portion of MD 355 north of I-70 was transferred to the city of Frederick and is no longer considered part of the route. MD 355 is a part of the main National Highway System from the District of Columbia line to I-495 , in Bethesda. The highway is also a part of the National Highway System as an intermodal connector from I-495 to Shady Grove Road in Rockville, and as

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4898-445: The state road connecting Washington, D.C. and Frederick was completed by 1927. In the approved plan for the U.S. Highway System in 1926, US 240 was planned to run from Washington, D.C. to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania via Frederick. In 1927, US 240 was designated along the proposed 1926 route south of US 15 /US 40 in Frederick with the US 15 designation given to the road north of Frederick. In 1950, US 240

4977-498: The summer season. The interpretive Worthington Farm Trail, a pair of loops (one nearly two miles (3.2 km) long, the other 1.6 miles (2.6 km)) on the northern portion of the battlefield, allows the visitor to walk parts of the battlefield and explore the native flora of the region. The National Park Service has recently established a General Management Plan to further interpret the area and acquire additional land if funding can be secured. In 2013, Preservation Maryland placed

5056-409: The westbound direction of MD 410 (East West Highway), and MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road), a short distance north, near the Red Line's Bethesda station . The road continues through the community, passing Bethesda Theatre , a 1938 Art Deco cinema. It leaves the downtown area of Bethesda and becomes Rockville Pike at the intersection with Glenbrook Parkway / Woodmont Avenue. From here,

5135-495: The western end of MD 31 (New Windsor Road) at the east end of the village. MD 26 crosses Dollyhyde Creek and several branches of the North Fork of Linganore Creek while passing to the north of Unionville and to the south of the historic Pearre-Metcalfe House . The state highway enters Carroll County at its intersection with Buffalo Road where the highway is paralleled by the first of many segments of Old Liberty Road, MD 850, to

5214-533: The years that have followed, other monuments have been added, including the Confederate Monument and Maryland Centennial Monument near the Best farm (the site where Union soldiers discovered Robert E. Lee 's lost Special Order 191 during the 1862 Maryland Campaign ). The National Park Service has since added wayside interpretive markers throughout the park. The visitor center has been relocated from

5293-684: Was built in 1930, and reconstructed in 1980. Its June 2016 NBI report noted that this bridge is possibly eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The CSX crossing was built in 1931, but never reconstructed. This bridge's NBI report, from September 2016, determined that its deck was in poor condition, with advanced section loss or deterioration. The 2016 inspection reports for both bridges concluded that both of these MD 355 carriers' deck geometries were "[b]asically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement." A four-lane divided bypass of Urbana

5372-428: Was constructed for MD 355 in the 2000s. The primary reason for constructing the bypass was to relieve traffic heading through the community brought on by the construction of numerous shopping centers in the area, and the costs for constructing the bypass were entirely paid for by the developers of an area shopping center. The proposal for the bypass called for two roundabouts to control traffic. The first portion of

5451-444: Was designated as US 240 Alt. A year later, the freeway was extended down to MD 118 in Germantown. At this time, the original alignment between Germantown and Frederick was designated MD 355, replacing what was US 240 between Germantown and Clarksburg and the entire length of US 240 Alt. between Clarksburg and Frederick. The US 240 freeway was extended south to MD 28 in Rockville in 1956, and MD 355

5530-455: Was designated onto the US 240 freeway in 1959. In addition, MD 355 was extended north to US 15 north of Frederick, passing through the city on Market Street, the one-way pair of Market Street northbound and Bentz Street southbound in the downtown area, and Market Street to the north of downtown. The route replaced US 15/US 240 south of downtown Frederick and US 15 north of downtown Frederick, with US 15 shifted to

5609-403: Was designated onto the former alignment of US 240 between Bethesda and Frederick as each stage of freeway was built. MD 355 was also designated through Frederick along Market Street, which was the former alignment of US 15 through the city before it was moved to a bypass in 1959. US 240 was decommissioned in 1972, and MD 355 was extended south along the former US 240 to

5688-558: Was destroyed by a flood and replaced by the turnpike company with a higher timber bridge. In 1909, Liberty Road was marked for improvement between Baltimore and Eldersburg as one of the original state roads by the Maryland State Roads Commission. The first section of the highway improved was in Baltimore County from the existing city limit of Baltimore near what is now Grenada Avenue west to what

5767-496: Was formerly MD 355 , provides the missing movements from the Market Street intersection. MD 26 intersects Monocacy Boulevard, a partial circumferential highway of Frederick, and passes between a pair of residential subdivisions before crossing the Monocacy River on a pair of dissimilar bridges, the westbound one a through truss bridge . East of the river, the state highway meets the southern end of MD 194 (Woodsboro Pike) at

5846-559: Was from Winfield to Eldersburg, which was completed in 1962 with grade separation and interchange ramps at the MD 97 junction. Sections of the old Liberty Road became segments of MD 850 as they were bypassed. MD 26 was extended west as a divided highway from Market Street in Frederick to modern US 15 when that highway was completed in 1959. MD 26 was reconstructed as a divided highway from Market Street (then part of MD 355 ) in Frederick to Ceresville between 1997 and 1999. This work involved

5925-558: Was located on the east side of the road. MD 355 passes to the west of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission headquarters and heads past the North Bethesda station along the Red Line. The road comes to an intersection with Old Georgetown Road as well as a grade-separated interchange at Montrose Parkway . The Metro Red Line tunnel draws farther east from MD 355 before it crosses into Rockville ,

6004-402: Was paved in macadam by 1921. This highway was originally marked as MD 31 when the Maryland State Roads Commission first numbered state highways in 1927. The portion of MD 31 west of Libertytown became an extension of MD 26 by 1933. The gap between Eldersburg and Libertytown was gradually constructed as a concrete road. The highway was constructed from Eldersburg to Dorsey Crossroads, the site of

6083-441: Was subsequently extended south along the former alignment to the MD 28 intersection in Rockville. Also, the US 240 freeway was completed from US 15 north to US 40. In 1957, US 240 was upgraded to a divided highway between Bethesda and Rockville. The US 240 freeway was extended south to Montrose Road in 1958, resulting in MD 355 being extended south along the former alignment to Montrose Road. I-70S

6162-695: Was transferred from the developers to the state. Maryland Route 355 Business ( MD 355 Bus. ) was the designation of a 1.06-mile (1.71 km) business route of MD 355 in Urbana that ran along Urbana Pike. The route began at MD 355 south of Urbana, heading west as a two-lane undivided road and coming to an intersection with MD 80. Past this intersection, the road continued northwest through residential areas. The business route reached its terminus at another intersection with MD 355. The entire length of MD 355 Bus. originally followed MD 355C. In 2014, all of MD 355C except for

6241-463: Was widened into a divided highway between the Washington, D.C. border and Bethesda. In 1947, plans were made to construct a freeway , the Washington National Pike (now I-270), parallel to US 240. In 1953, the US 240 freeway was completed between MD 121 in Clarksburg and US 15 (now MD 85) in Frederick. The former alignment of US 240 between Clarksburg and Frederick

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