Maryland Route 807
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| Bedford Road | ||||
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 3.52 mi (5.66 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1982 – present | |||
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| West end: | Bedford Street in Cumberland | |||
 MD 144 near Cumberland |
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 US 220 near Dickens
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| Counties: | Allegany | |||
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Maryland Route 807 (MD 807) is an unsigned state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Bedford Road, the state highway runs 3.52 miles (5.66 km) from the city limits of Cumberland north to U.S. Route 220 (US 220) in Dickens. MD 807 is the original alignment of US 220 north of Cumberland. The state highway was assigned to the portion of highway between the city line and Naves Cross Road, presently MD 144, after US 220 was moved to Interstate 68 through downtown Cumberland in 1982. MD 807 was extended to its present northern terminus when the US 220 Bedford Road bypass opened in 2000.
MD 807 begins at the Cumberland city limits. Bedford Street and Frederick Street continue southwest toward downtown Cumberland as the southbound and northbound directions of a one-way pair. Shortly after state maintenance begins, MD 807 intersects MD 144 (Naves Cross Road), which heads east toward I-68 and US 40. MD 807 continues north past residences between two mountain ridges. The state highway intersects an old alignment of Bedford Road (unsigned MD 807B) before meeting its northern terminus at US 220 in the community of Dickens. Smouses Mill Road (unsigned MD 807E) continues on the eastern side of the intersection.
Bedford Street was paved in the city of Cumberland from downtown to Naves Cross Road by 1910. Bedford Road was paved between Naves Cross Road and roughly the present intersection of US 220 and Bedford Road by 1915, with the final segment to the Pennsylvania state line completed shortly thereafter. Bedford Street and Bedford Road were designated as the southernmost portion of US 220 when the federal highway was designated in 1927. MD 807 was assigned to the stretch of Bedford Road between the Cumberland city line and Naves Cross Road shortly after US 220 was rerouted onto I-68 through downtown Cumberland in 1982. US 220 followed Naves Cross Road between the freeway and Bedford Road, then turned north on Bedford Road. Following the relocation of US 220 north of Cumberland in 2000, MD 807 was extended to its present northern terminus.
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