End of historic U.S. Highway 140
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Approx. time
period
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East Terminus
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West Terminus
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1926-1980
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Baltimore, MD
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Gettysburg, PA
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(about 101 k)
Note: since I don't have access to a comprehensive collection of historical
road atlases, much of the info on this page is based on the research of Robert
Droz; click here to view
his site. Photo credits: J.P.
Nasiatka; Alex
Nitzman
US 140 was among the original 1926 routes, and it existed until 1980. The west
end was in Gettysburg PA; the photo below shows the spot:
Nitzman, June
2005
That's looking north on Baltimore Street. Today's Business US 15 was once mainline
15, and US 140 ended here at its junction with US 15. The photo below is looking
northeast on Emmitsburg Road/Steinwehr Avenue:
Nitzman,
June 2005
Business US 15 angles to the north (left) on Baltimore; US 30 is about a half-mile
that direction. A sharp right on Baltimore becomes Baltimore Pike, which is
signed PA hwy. 97 on the other side of the US 15 bypass. But that used to be
the west beginning of US 140. Below is a photo from the opposite perspective
(southbound on Baltimore):
Nitzman,
June 2005
Southbound US 15 angled to the right on Steinwehr, and US 140 began straight
ahead. On the other side of the intersection is the assembly shown below:
Nitzman,
June 2005
The east end of US 140 was in Baltimore. It came into the city via
Reisterstown Road. My 1947 atlas shows it continuing down
Pennsylvania Avenue and ending at US 1 (North Avenue). Below we're
looking west on North Av at Penn:
Nitzman, Oct. 2004
Above, we're on southbound US 1; US 140 used to begin to the right. So it just
missed connecting with its parent (US 40) by a couple miles.
By the time of my 1959 atlas, Fulton Avenue and Monroe Street had
become a one-way pair, and the US 140 designation followed those
roads to their junction with North Av:
Nasiatka, Aug. 2002
That's looking north on Fulton at North Av. The US 1 designation
turns right at the intersection, and until 1980 the east beginning of
US 140 was straight ahead. Southbound US 1 uses Monroe (which is one
block to the left); the photo below is looking south on Monroe at
North Av:
Nasiatka, Aug. 2003
That's looking at the historic east end of US 140. Northbound US 1 was to the
left on North Av, and southbound was straight ahead. One more: here's a view
from westbound North Av:
Nitzman, Oct. 2004
The east beginning of US 140 was to the right, one block behind the camera.
Traffic coming in from the right was once at the east end of US 140. The signage
at right is shown close-up below:
Nitzman, Oct. 2004
Page created 02 January 2003; last updated 07 June 2005.
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