Maryland Route 494 (MD 494) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. Known as Fairview Road, the state highway runs from the
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
state line near
Fairview, where the highway continues north as
Pennsylvania Route 75
Pennsylvania Route 75 (PA 75) is a north–south state highway located in central Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at the Mason–Dixon line in Montgomery Township, where the road continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 494 (MD 494). ...
(PA 75), east to
MD 63 in
Cearfoss. MD 494 was constructed in the 1930s. The state highway originally ended at
MD 57, but was extended to the state line in the early 1960s.
Route description
MD 494 begins at the Pennsylvania state line near Fairview. The highway continues north across the state line as PA 75 (Fort Loudon Road) toward
Mercersburg
Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, located near the southern border of Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital.
Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage ...
. MD 494 heads southeast as a two-lane undivided highway toward an intersection with MD 57 (St. Paul Road). From there, the state highway heads east through farmland and scattered residences, passing through the hamlet of Fairview. MD 494 intersects Rockdale Road, which leads to the
Joseph Fiery House, before crossing
Conococheague Creek. MD 494 crosses Toms Run and passes Broadfording Church Road before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 63 (Greencastle Pike) in Cearfoss. This intersection is south of the
Cearfoss Roundabout where MD 63 meets
MD 58 (Cearfoss Pike).
History
MD 494 was paved from the Pennsylvania state line east to Toms Run, including the bridge over Conococheague Creek, by 1933.
Another segment from Cearfoss to Broadfording Church Road was completed in 1935.
The gap was filled when construction was completed west of Cearfoss in 1939.
The segment of MD 494 from MD 57 to the state line was originally part of MD 57.
MD 57 was removed from the run to the state line in favor of MD 494 in 1963.
Junction list
See also
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Maryland Route 494
Maryland Route 494 (MD 494) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Fairview Road, the state highway runs from the Pennsylvania state line near Fairview, where the highway continues north as Pennsylvania Route 75 (PA 75), eas ...