Maryland Route 615
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Maryland Route 615 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 4.35 mi (7.00 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1936 – present | |||
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| South end: |
  I-70 / US 40 east of Hancock
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| North end: | SR 2001 at the Pennsylvania state line | |||
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| Counties: | Washington | |||
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Maryland Route 615 (MD 615) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 4.35 miles (7.00 km) from Interstate 70 (I-70) and U.S. Route 40 (US 40) east of Hancock north to the Pennsylvania state line, where the highway continues as State Route 2001 in Fulton County. MD 615 has two sections, an east–west section that closely parallels I-70 and US 40 and a north–south highway that follows Heavenly Acres Ridge. The ridge road was constructed as MD 615 in the mid-1930s. The east–west segment is part of the original alignment of US 40 constructed in the mid-1910s. After I-70 was constructed east of Hancock in the early 1960s, MD 615 was extended to its current length parallel to the new freeway.
MD 615 begins at an intersection between Millstone Road, which continues east as a county highway, and the Exit 5 ramp from westbound I-70 and US 40 (Eisenhower Memorial Highway). The state highway heads west, closely paralleling I-70 and US 40 to the south. At Hollow Road, MD 615 has a ramp to eastbound I-70 and US 40; the ramp also provides access to a parking lot for the Western Maryland Rail Trail and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The highway continues west until it intersects the ramps to and from I-70 and US 40 in the direction of Hancock. MD 615's name changes to Heavenly Acres Ridge Road and curves north to climb out of the narrow valley of the Potomac River onto Heavenly Acres Ridge. The highway follows the ridge north to its terminus at an intersection with White Oak Ridge Road at the Pennsylvania state line. Heavenly Acres Ridge Road continues north as State Route 2001 in southeastern Fulton County.
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