Maryland Route 86 (MD 86) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Lineboro Road, the state highway runs 4.00 miles (6.44 km) from MD 30 in Manchester north to the Pennsylvania state line in Lineboro, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 516 (PA 516). MD 86 was constructed in the late 1920s; the MD 30 junction was reconfigured due to residential development around 2008.

Maryland Route 86 marker

Maryland Route 86

Lineboro Road
Map
Maryland Route 86 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length4.00 mi[1] (6.44 km)
Existed1927–present
Major junctions
South end MD 30 in Manchester
North end PA 516 in Lineboro
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesCarroll
Highway system
MD 85 MD 88

Route description edit

 
MD 86 northbound in Lineboro

MD 86 begins at an intersection with MD 30 (Hanover Pike) on the north side of the town of Manchester. A left turn is prohibited from southbound MD 30 to northbound MD 86; southbound MD 30 traffic has to use municipally-maintained Hallie Avenue to access MD 86. MD 86 heads northeast as a two-lane undivided road through farmland just south of the parallel Dug Hill Ridge and north of a tributary of the South Branch of Gunpowder Falls. The tributary passes under the state highway and enters the South Branch just south of MD 86's intersection with Water Tank Road, where MD 86 crosses the South Branch. The state highway continues northeast as the main street of the village of Lineboro. MD 86 crosses over the North Branch of Gunpowder Falls and heads across CSX's Hanover Subdivision railroad line at-grade while passing through the Lineboro Historic District. The state highway reaches its northern terminus at the Pennsylvania state line, where Lineboro Road continues northeast as PA 516 toward Glen Rock.[1][2]

History edit

 
View north at the south end of MD 86 at MD 30 in Manchester

The first 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete section of MD 86 was constructed from Manchester in 1925.[3][4] A second section was completed in 1928.[5] MD 86 was completed as a concrete road through Lineboro to the Pennsylvania state line in 1929 and 1930.[6][7] Around 2008, in conjunction with the construction of residential subdivisions, the MD 30–MD 86 intersection was modified to prohibit left turns from MD 30 to MD 86 to improve traffic flow on MD 30. The possibility of turning the intersection into a right-in/right-out intersection allowing access to and from MD 86 only from northbound MD 30 was considered but postponed for further study. The right-in/right-out configuration may be implemented in the future, which would require both directions of traffic between MD 86 and southbound MD 30 to use Hallie Avenue as a connector.[8]

Junction list edit

The entire route is in Carroll County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Manchester0.000.00  MD 30 (Hanover Pike) – HanoverSouthern terminus; no direct access from southbound MD 30 to northbound MD 86
Lineboro4.006.44 
 
PA 516 north (Lineboro Road) – Glen Rock
Pennsylvania state line; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. ^ Google (2011-04-23). "Maryland Route 86" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  3. ^ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 73. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  4. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ^ Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 202. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  7. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  8. ^ D'Amario, Christopher; Coyne, David A. (2008-10-21). "Letter to Joe Chaffman and Residents of Hallie Hill Section One" (PDF). Town of Manchester, Maryland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

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