Portal:Maryland roads/Did you know/9

...that in 1821, the Maryland General Assembly conscripted several banks to fund the construction of a turnpike between Boonsboro and Hagerstown along what is now U.S. Route 40 Alternate between Hagerstown and Frederick?
...that the former Interstate 170 in Baltimore was proposed to connect to Interstate 95 and be renumbered Interstate 595?
...that what is now Maryland Route 150 was originally an oyster shell road connecting Highlandtown to Chase?