History
editEarly state highways west of Annapolis
editThe section of US 50 in Garrett County was originally built as a turnpike called the Northwestern Turnpike that was chartered by the state of Virginia in 1827 to run from Winchester west to the Ohio River at Parkersburg.[1][2] The Northwestern Turnpike, which ran through Virginia (which included present-day West Virginia at the time) and a small corner of Maryland, was completed in the 1830s.[1] The Northwestern Turnpike became part of US 50 when the U.S. highway system was created. By 1927, the section of US 50 in Garrett County from MD 37 (now US 219) in Redhouse west to the West Virginia state line was built as a state highway while the section east of Redhouse was proposed as a state highway.[3] A year later, a small section of the road east of Redhouse was constructed.[4] By 1930, the remainder of US 50 in Garrett County was completed as a state highway.[5]
Early state highways on the Eastern Shore
editExtension and improvements
edit- ^ a b Lilliefors, James (September 1, 1989). "Go West, Old Highway". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Capace, Nancy (1999). Encyclopedia of West Virginia. St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 50. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
