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For the current designations of this route in Adams County, Pennsylvania, see Pennsylvania Route 97 (Adams County).

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U.S. Route 140
Route information
Existed	1926–1980
Major junctions
West end	US 15 in Gettysburg, PA
East end	US 1 / US 40 Truck in Baltimore, MD

Location
Country	United States

Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided

U.S. Route 140 (Pennsylvania "Legisltative Route 42") was a U.S. highway connecting Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Baltimore, Maryland. The route was deleted from the system in 1980; today the road's route is followed by portions of Pennsylvania Route 97, Maryland Route 97, and Maryland Route 140.

Though it had no historical significance in the battles fought at Gettysburg, it became important as the route to take to view the historic battlefields and cemetery there.

Route description

The route began at what is now US 15 Business in Gettysburg. It travelled south out of the town on Baltimore Pike, running south on what is now Pennsylvania Route 97. US 140 passed through Littlestown before reaching the Maryland border, continuing on what is now Maryland Route 97, now Littleston Pike. It entered Westminster on Pennsylvania Avenue, and turned east on Old Westminster Pike, the original route of Maryland Route 140. The route then entered Reisterstown on Westminster Road and turned south on Main Street, which then becomes Reisterstown Road. The road passed through Owings Mills and entered Baltimore City, still carrying the Reisterstown Road moniker all the way south to North Avenue (US 1 / US 40 Truck) in the city. Here, the road's name changed to Pennsylvania Avenue, a diagonal street cutting a path all the way south to US 40 at the intersection of Greene and Franklin Streets.

History

US 140 was first signed with the inception of the U.S. Highway numbering system in 1926 and deleted in 1980. From Baltimore to Westminster, the road was then redesignated Maryland Route 140 (which continues northwestward from Westminster to meet US 15 in Emmitsburg). From Westminster northwest into Pennsylvania and on to Gettysburg, the road was redesignated Maryland Route 97 and Pennsylvania Route 97 respectively. Until that time, the route received numerous realignments which put those three routes on their current alignments.

The only freeway bypass of the original US 140 is Interstate 795, which runs from Reisterstown to the Baltimore Beltway. Regardless of the bypass, Maryland Route 140 is still the most direct route from Baltimore to the historical sites of Gettysburg.

Junction list

This table shows the intersections of US 140 as they existed in 1945.

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
City of Baltimore		US 1 (North Avenue) – Washington, PhiladelphiaModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Southern terminus of US 140; intersection of US 1 and Pennsylvania Avenue
		MD 26 west (Liberty Heights Avenue)
		MD 129 north (Park Heights Avenue)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Park Circle
Baltimore	Pikesville	MD 133 east (Old Court Road) – RocklandModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated	Near intersection of MD 140 and Old Court Road
	Pikesville	MD 400 west (Mount Wilson Lane) – Mount Wilson State Hospital	Intersection of MD 140 and Mount Wilson Lane
	Garrison	MD 130 east (Greenspring Valley Road) – Brooklandville
	Reisterstown	MD 127 east (Chatsworth Avenue) – Glyndon	Intersection of MD 140 and Chatsworth Avenue
	Reisterstown	MD 30 north (Hanover Pike) – Hampstead, Manchester
Carroll	Finksburg	MD 91 (Gamber Road) – Gamber, Hampstead	Intersection of Old Westminster Pike and Old Gamber Road
	Westminster	MD 683 south (Poole Road)	Intersection of Main Street and Poole Road
		MD 32 south (Washington Road) – Sykesville	Intersection of Main Street and Washington Road; south end of concurrency with MD 32
		MD 559 east (Manchester Avenue)	Intersection of Main Street and Manchester Avenue
		MD 31 east (Railroad Avenue) – Manchester	Intersection of Main Street and MD 27; south end of concurrency with MD 31
		MD 27 south (Liberty Street) – Mount Airy	Near intersection of Main Street and MD 27
		MD 31 west / MD 32 north (Main Street) – New Windsor, Taneytown	Intersection of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue; north end of concurrencies with MD 31 and MD 32
		MD 496 east (Bachmans Valley Road)	Intersection of MD 97 and MD 496
Mason–Dixon line		Maryland–Pennsylvania state line
Adams	Littlestown	PA 194 (King Street) – Hanover, Taneytown	Intersection of PA 97 and PA 194
Adams	Gettysburg	US 15 (Baltimore Street/Steinwehr Avenue) to US 30 – Harrisburg, Frederick, York, Chambersburg	Northern terminus of US 140; intersection of Baltimore Street and US 15 Business (Steinwehr Avenue)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi