Maryland Route 736 (MD 736) is an
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state highway
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in the
U.S. state of
Maryland
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. Known for much of its length as Midlothian Road, the state highway runs from Shaft Road in
Midlothian
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north to Park Avenue in
Frostburg
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in northwestern
Allegany County. MD 736 connects
Interstate 68 (I-68) and
U.S. Route 40
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(US 40) with
Frostburg State University. The former county highway was relocated when its interchange with I-68 was completed in the mid-1970s. The highway was designated MD 736 in 1998. MD 736 was extended south from I-68 to Shaft Road in 2013.
Route description
MD 736 begins at Shaft Road in the village of Midlothian, heading northeast as two-lane undivided Midlothian Road. Past this intersection, Old Legislative Road continues southwest as a county highway toward
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. The route continues to a
diamond interchange
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Design
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with I-68 and US 40 (National Freeway). Two-lane undivided MD 736 heads northeast into the city of Frostburg, becoming Braddock Road at Braddock Street, the old alignment of Midlothian Road. MD 736 passes the Appalachian Laboratory of the
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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before reaching University Drive, where the campus of Frostburg State University begins to line the southbound direction of the state highway. MD 736 crosses Sand Spring Run before reaching its northern terminus at an intersection with Park Avenue and Bowery Street. Bowery Street is
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southbound toward the intersection while Park Avenue headed northwest is one-way westbound away from the intersection.
History
Midlothian Road is a long-time link between Frostburg and Midlothian.
In the early 1970s, the county highway was relocated around the highway's interchange with I-68, which was completed around 1974.
MD 736 was assigned to Midlothian Road and Braddock Road in 1998.
MD 736 was extended south from I-68 to Shaft Road in 2013 when it was determined that section of Midlothian Road was the responsibility of the
Maryland State Highway Administration
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.
Junction list
See also
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References
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[{{Maryland HLR, year=2013, county1=Allegany, accessdate=2014-07-29]
[{{google maps, url=http://goo.gl/maps/D6nF6, title=Maryland Route 736, accessdate=2014-07-29]
[{{cite map, publisher=United States Geological Survey, title=Frostburg quadrangle, edition=1898, scale=1:48,000, series=15 Minute Series (Topographic), url=http://historical.mytopo.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Frostburg&state=MD&series=15, accessdate=2010-11-02]
[{{Maryland road map, year=1974]
[{{cite web, title=Traffic Volume Map, publisher=Maryland State Highway Administration, date=1998, url=http://www.marylandroads.com/Traffic_Volume_Maps/98_Traffic_Volume_Maps.pdf, format=PDF, accessdate=2010-03-10]
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Maryland Route 736