Maryland Route 85

Maryland Route 85
Buckeystown Pike
Maryland Route 85 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	10.80 mi (17.38 km)
Existed:	1970 – present
Tourist routes:	Antietam Campaign Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end:	MD 28 in Tuscarora
	MD 80 in Buckeystown I-270 in Frederick MD 355 in Frederick I-70 / US 40 in Frederick
North end:	East Street in Frederick
Location
Counties:	Frederick
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 84 MD 86 →

MD 80 in Buckeystown
I-270 in Frederick
MD 355 in Frederick

Maryland Route 85 (MD 85) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Buckeystown Pike, the state highway runs 10.80 miles (17.38 km) from MD 28 in Tuscarora north to the Frederick city limit north of Interstate 70 (I-70), where the highway continues north as East Street. MD 85 connects Tuscarora and Buckeystown in southern Frederick County with the county seat of Frederick. The state highway also links the suburban area between Buckeystown and Frederick with I-70 and I-270. MD 85 is the old alignment of U.S. Route 15 (US 15), which was originally constructed between Tuscarora and Frederick in the late 1910s and early 1920s. MD 85 was assigned to the highway in 1970 when US 15 was moved to a new highway heading north from its Potomac River crossing at Point of Rocks. The state highway was extended north to the city of Frederick as part of a project to overhaul MD 355's interchange with I-70 in the first decade of the 21st century.