Maryland Route 80

Maryland Route 80
Maryland Route 80 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	14.79 mi (23.80 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Tourist routes:	Antietam Campaign Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end:	MD 85 in Buckeystown
	I-270 in Urbana MD 355 in Urbana MD 75 near Green Valley
East end:	MD 27 near Damascus
Location
Counties:	Frederick, Montgomery
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 79 I-81 →

Maryland Route 80 (MD 80) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Fingerboard Road, the highway runs 14.79 miles (23.80 km) from MD 85 in Buckeystown east to MD 27 near Damascus. MD 80 connects Buckeystown and Urbana in southern Frederick County with Damascus in far northern Montgomery County. At the suburban community of Urbana, the route has junctions with Interstate 270 (I-270) and MD 355. MD 80 was constructed between MD 27 and MD 75 in the mid- to late 1920s. The highway was built from Urbana to MD 75 in the mid-1930s and from Buckeystown to Urbana in the late 1930s. MD 80 was relocated at its western end in the mid-1970s and relocated and expanded through Urbana in the 2000s.

MD 80 begins at an intersection with MD 85 (Buckeystown Pike) south of the Buckeystown Historic District. The highway heads east as two-lane Fingerboard Road, which meets the eastern end of Michaels Mill Road immediately before crossing the Monocacy River. As MD 80 approaches I-270 (Eisenhower Memorial Highway), the highway veers southeast to parallel the Interstate. The route expands to a four-lane divided highway as it curves east and meets the freeway at a four-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange; the southbound I-270 ramps meet MD 80 at a roundabout. MD 80 has another roundabout with Sugarloaf Parkway before meeting MD 355 Business (Urbana Pike) east of the center of Urbana. The highway intersects MD 355 (Worthington Boulevard), the main east–west street through the suburban development in Urbana, before becoming undivided and dropping to two lanes again on either side of Carriage Hill Drive. East of Urbana, MD 80 meets the southern end of Ijamsville Road south of Ijamsville and has staggered intersections with MD 75 (Green Valley Road) south of Monrovia while passing through the expansive area known as Green Valley. Shortly after passing through the hamlet of Kemptown, the highway enters Montgomery County. MD 80 continues as Kemptown Road a short distance southeast to its terminus at MD 27 (Ridge Road) in the hamlet of Claggettsville north of Damascus.