I-68 Westbound (End-to-End)

Traveling westbound on Interstate 68 from its eastern terminus on I-70 in Hancock, Maryland to its western terminus on I-79 in Morgantown, West Virginia. At nearly 113 miles in length, Interstate 68 travels through two states and five counties. Interstate 68 is also labeled in its entirety as Appalachian Development Highway System's "Corridor E".

The first portions of what is now Interstate 68 (such as the Cumberland Thruway) were constructed in the '60s during the time the Interstate Highway System was under construction, and signed as US Route 40. Today, most of I-68 in Maryland runs concurrent with US-40, with the former portions of Route 40 being signed as "Maryland Route 144" or "US Alternate 40". As I-68 was being constructed over the following decades, portions that weren't signed as US-40 or any other designation (such as US Route 219 or US Route 220, which both have concurrencies with I-68) were signed as US-48. This is interesting because, since the time the US-48 signage was retired in favor of "I-68", "US-48" was reintroduced in 2002 as the signage for "Corridor H", another ADHS corridor similar to and running south of I-68 (Corridor E). In August 1991, the final freeway segment of what was at the time "US-48" opened to traffic, and the signage change from "US Route 48" to "Interstate 68" was approved.

One of the most noteworthy features along I-68 is the Sideling Hill Road Cut, which took nearly three and a half years to build, opening in August 1985. At 340 feet deep, it is the deepest mountain cut in the region and is visible from miles away. It can even be seen clearly from I-70 westbound near Hancock.

Exits and Landmarks:
0:30 US-522
0:54 I-70 {Eastern Terminus}
4:02 MD-144
6:00 Sideling Hill, Mountain Cut, and Welcome Center
8:32 Sideling Hill Creek
8:36 National Pike / High Germany Road
10:58 Orleans Road
15:00 M. V. Smith Road
15:46 MD-144 (National Pike) / Fifteen Mile Creek Road
15:56 Fifteen Mile Creek
20:16 Town Creek
21:20 Flintstone Creek
21:30 Flintstone Drive / MD-144 (National Pike)
25:20 Pleasant Valley Road
28:32 MD-144 (Baltimore Pike) / US-220 (ADHS Corridor O)
29:28 MD-144 (Naves Cross Road)
30:06 Hillcrest Drive
30:40 US-40 Alternate (Baltimore Avenue) / MD-639 (Willowbrook Road)
31:26 (Maryland Avenue)
31:45 Downtown Cumberland
31:58 MD-51
32:12 Wills Creek
32:36 Beall Street
33:34 US-220 (McMullen Highway) / Greene Street
34:30 MD-41 (Braddock Road) / Seton Drive
36:02 MD-658 (Vocke Road) / MD-41 (Braddock Road) / Campground Road
36:16 US-40 Alternate (National Highway)
39:52 MD-36 (New Georges Creek Road)
41:22 MD-736 (Braddock Road / Old Legislative Road)
44:10 MD-546 (Beall School Road)
48:50 Lower New Germany Road
49:54 Meadow Mountain
50:08 US-219 (Chestnut Ridge Road)
52:14 Casselman River
52:48 MD-495 (Bittinger Road)
56:52 US-40 (National Pike) / US-219 (Garrett Highway)
1:04:18 Bear Creek
1:04:46 Youghiogheny River
1:04:54 MD-42 (Friendsville Road)
1:07:52 MD/WV Line
1:08:28 West Virginia Welcome Center
1:10:02 Hazelton Road
1:14:32 WV-26 (Preston Highway)
1:14:54 Big Sandy Creek
1:20:52 Coopers Rock Road
1:24:26 WV-43
1:25:22 Cheat Lake
1:27:16 Cheat Road
1:29:20 WV-7
1:29:48 Deckers Creek
1:32:08 US-119 (Grafton Road)
1:32:38 I-79 {Western Terminus}

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Sideview Camera: Samsung Galaxy J7
Microphone: Vantrue X4 / Vantrue X4-Samsung Galaxy J7 Overlay

Eastbound: https://youtu.be/D0WHxDvLuxk

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