List of turnpikes in Maryland

This is a list of turnpike roads, built and operated by nonprofit turnpike trusts or private companies in exchange for the privilege of collecting a toll, in the U.S. state of Maryland, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are now maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.

Name	Chartered	Routing	Approximate modern designation	Notes
National Turnpike		Cumberland - Frostburg - Grantsville - Pennsylvania (towards Uniontown)	U.S. Route 40
Baltimore and Frederick-town Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Ellicott City - Mount Airy - New Market - Frederick - Middletown - Boonsboro	Route 144, U.S. Route 40 Alternate
Baltimore and Reister's-town Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Reisterstown - Finksburg - Hampstead - Pennsylvania (Hanover and Maryland Line Turnpike); Reisterstown - Westminster - Pennsylvania (towards Littlestown); Finksburg - Gamber; Westminster - Uniontown	Route 140, Route 30; Route 140, Route 97; Route 91; Uniontown Road
Baltimore and York-town Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Towson - Pennsylvania (towards York)	Route 45
Falls Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Brooklandville	Cathedral Street, Route 25
Washington Turnpike	Template:Dts	District of Columbia (Washington Turnpike) - Rockville	Route 355	Was planned to Frederick via Clarksburg, but only built to Rockville
Hagerstown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westminster - Thurmont - Smithsburg - Hagerstown	Uniontown Road, Middleburg Road, Route 77, Route 64
New-Castle and French-town Turnpike	Template:Dts	Chesapeake Bay - Delaware (same name)	Lewis Shore Road, abandoned right-of-way
Columbia Turnpike	Template:Dts	Ellicott City - White Oak	U.S. Route 29	Not completed by the company; was to extend to District of Columbia, but only built to White Oak
Washington and Baltimore Turnpike	Template:Dts	District of Columbia (Columbia Turnpike) - Laurel - Baltimore	U.S. Route 1 Alternate, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 1 Alternate
Cumberland Turnpike	Template:Dts	Conococheague - Hancock - Cumberland	U.S. Route 40, Route 144
Elk and Christiana Turnpike	Template:Dts	Elkton - Delaware (same name)	Route 281
Baltimore and Havre-de-Grace Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Edgewood - Aberdeen - Havre de Grace	Route 7
Westminster, Taney-Town and Emmittsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westminster - Taneytown - Emmitsburg - Pennsylvania (Waynesburg, Greencastle, and Mercersburg Turnpike)	Route 140
Boonsboro and Sharpsburg Turnpike Originally Boonsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Boonsboro - Sharpsburg	Route 34	The chartered route extended to the Potomac River opposite Shepherdstown, West Virginia, but was never built
Baltimore and Harford Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Greenwood - Benson; Greenwood - Little Gunpowder Falls	Route 147; Long Green Pike
Calverton Turnpike	Template:Dts
Hagers-Town and Conococheague Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Conococheague	U.S. Route 40
Hager's-Town and Boonsborough Turnpike	February 4, 1819	Boonsboro - Funkstown - Hagerstown	U.S. Route 40 Alternate
Boonsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts
Franklin Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Franklintown	Franklintown Road
Frederick and Woodsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Ceresville	Route 355, Route 26	Originally authorized to continue to Woodsboro, but that was built by the Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike Last turnpike in Maryland, bought by the State Roads Commission in 1921
Williamsport and Hagerstown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Williamsport - Hagerstown	U.S. Route 11
Northwestern Turnpike	Template:Dts	Connecting the West Virginia turnpike of the same name across southern Allegany County	U.S. Route 50
Cumberland and Somerset Turnpike	Template:Dts	Locust Grove - Mount Savage - Pennsylvania (Somerset and Cumberland Turnpike)	Route 36, Route 47
Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company's turnpike	Template:Dts	Mount Savage Iron Works - Mount Savage	Route 36
Baltimore, Freedom and Liberty Turnpike Originally Baltimore and Liberty Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Harrisonville	Route 26
Frederick and Emmettsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Thurmont - Emmitsburg	U.S. Route 15
Hagerstown and Waynesborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Leitersburg - Pennsylvania (towards Waynesboro)	Route 60
Marsh Turnpike	Template:Dts	North of Hagerstown - Pennsylvania (towards Waynesboro)	Marsh Pike
Hagerstown and Middleburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Pennsylvania (Greencastle and Maryland Line Turnpike)	U.S. Route 11
Union Turnpike Originally Union Plank or Turnpike Road	Template:Dts	District of Columbia (Washington and Rockville Turnpike) - Glenmont - Olney - Brookeville; Olney - Sandy Spring - Ashton; Sandy Spring — Glenmont	Route 97; Route 108; Route 182
Westminster and Taneytown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westminster - Taneytown - Emmitsburg - Pennsylvania (Waynesburg, Greencastle, and Mercersburg Turnpike)	Route 140	Originally the Westminster, Taney-Town and Emmittsburg Turnpike
Williamsport and Greencastle Turnpike	Template:Dts	Williamsport - Pennsylvania (towards Greencastle)	Route 63
Bel-Air Turnpike	Template:Dts	Benson - Bel Air	U.S. Route 1 Business
Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Sharpsburg	Route 65
Hagerstown and Smithsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Smithsburg	Route 64
Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike	Template:Dts	Woodsboro - Walkersville - Ceresville	Route 194
Frederick and Monocacy Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Monocacy River	Church Street, Gas House Pike
Elkton, Andora and Lewisville Plank Road Later Elkton, Andora and Lewisville Plank and Turnpike Road	Template:Dts	Elkton - Cherry Hill - Pennsylvania (towards Lewisville)	Route 213
Dulaney's Valley and Towsontown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Loch Raven Reservoir - Towson	Route 146
Green Spring Avenue	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Route 130	Greenspring Avenue
Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike Originally Baltimore and Little Gunpowder Falls Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Jerusalem Mills	U.S. Route 1, Jerusalem Road
Hagerstown and Cross-Roads Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Cearfoss	Route 58
Buckeystown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Buckeystown	Route 85
Liberty and Frederick Turnpike	Template:Dts	Libertytown - Ceresville	Route 26
Frederick City and Catoctin Mountain Road	Template:Dts	Frederick - Catoctin Mountain	Yellow Springs Road
Liberty and New Windsor Turnpike	Template:Dts	Libertytown - New Windsor	Route 31
Dulaney's Valley and Sweet Air Turnpike	Template:Dts	Loch Raven Reservoir - Knoebel	Dulaney Valley Road
Meredith's Ford and Jarrettsville Turnpike	Template:Dts	Loch Raven Reservoir - Taylor	Route 146
Liberty and Pipe Creek Turnpike	Template:Dts	Libertytown - Johnsville - Union Bridge	Route 75
Western Run Turnpike	Template:Dts	Cockeysville - Butler	Western Run Road
Washington, Colesville and Ashton Turnpike	Template:Dts	Silver Spring - Colesville - Ashton	U.S. Route 29, Route 650
Mechanicsville and Finksburg Turnpike		Finksburg - Gamber	Route 91	Later merged into the Baltimore and Reister's-town Turnpike
Georgetown and Rockville Turnpike		Rockville - Washington, D.C.	Route 355
Back River Neck Turnpike		Middle River - Essex; branch along Back River Neck	Route 150; Back River Neck Road
Westminster and Meadow Branch Turnpike		Westminster - Frizzelburg	Route 140	Originally part of the Westminster, Taney-Town and Emmittsburg Turnpike
Adamstown Turnpike		Adamstown (Tuscarora Creek) to Route 85; branch to Doubs (Tuscarora Creek)	Mountville Road, New Design Road, Greenfield Road; Doubs Road
Frederick and Ballinger Creek Turnpike		Frederick - Ballenger Creek	Route 351
Frederick and Jefferson Turnpike		Frederick - Jefferson	Route 180
Monocacy and Urbana Turnpike		Monocacy National Battlefield -	Route 355
Woodsboro and Creagerstown Turnpike		Woodsboro - Creagerstown	Route 550
Woodsboro and Double Pipe Creek Turnpike		Woodsboro - Detour	Route 194, Detour Road
Frederick and Opossumtown Turnpike		Frederick - just north of Frederick Community College	Opossumtown Pike
Frederick and Washington Turnpike		Frederick - Monocacy National Battlefield	Route 355
Ellicott City and Clarksville Turnpike		Ellicott City - Clarksville	Route 108
Triadelphia Turnpike		Glenelg - west of Ellicott City	Triadelphia Road
Downsville and Hagerstown Turnpike		Downsville - Hagerstown	Route 632
Gapland Turnpike		Gapland - Gathland State Park	Gapland Road
Beaver Creek and South Mountain Turnpike		Funkstown - Greenbrier State Park	Beaver Creek Road
Charles Street Avenue		Baltimore - Woodbrook	Charles Street
Washington and Westminster Turnpike		Westminster - Smallwood	Route 32
Washington Turnpike	Template:Dts	District of Columbia - Baltimore	Unbuilt
Elizabeth Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Frederick - Hagerstown - Williamsport	Unbuilt
Reisterstown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Reisterstown - Westminster - Taneytown - Emmitsburg - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Cumberland and Union Turnpike	Template:Dts	Cumberland - Pennsylvania (towards Uniontown)	Unbuilt
Allegany Turnpike	Template:Dts	West Virginia (towards Winchester) - Westernport - West Virginia (towards Morgantown)	Unbuilt
Frederick-Town and Harper's Ferry Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Harper's Ferry	Unbuilt
Piscataway and Hynson Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Baltimore and Strasburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Pennsylvania (towards Holtwood) - Baltimore	Unbuilt
Emmittsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Point on the Hagerstown Turnpike - Emmitsburg	Unbuilt
Susquehanna, Charles-Town and Elkton Turnpike	Template:Dts	Perryville - Charlestown - Elkton	Unbuilt
Westminster and New-Windsor Turnpike	Template:Dts	New Windsor - Westminster	Unbuilt
Westminster and Liberty Town Turnpike	Template:Dts	Libertytown - Westminster	Unbuilt
Baltimore, Liberty and Hager's Town Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Libertytown - Hagerstown	Unbuilt
Washington and Frederick Turnpike	Template:Dts	Middletown - Potomac River	Unbuilt
Loveton Turnpike	Template:Dts	Point on the Baltimore and York-town Turnpike - Pennsylvania (towards Holtwood)	Unbuilt
Monocacy Turnpike	Template:Dts	Dickerson - Poplar Springs	Unbuilt
Harper's Ferry Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Harpers Ferry	Unbuilt
Baltimore and Rock Run Turnpike Later Baltimore, Rock Run and Philadelphia Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Rock Run - Pennsylvania (towards New London); several branches to the south	Unbuilt
William's-Port and Boonsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Boonsboro - Williamsport	Unbuilt
Elkton and Susquehanna Bridge Turnpike	Template:Dts	Elkton - Rock Run	Unbuilt
Potomac Turnpike	Template:Dts	Oldtown - Cumberland	Unbuilt
Conowingo Turnpike	Template:Dts	Conowingo - Pennsylvania (towards New London)	Unbuilt
Rock Run and Brick Meeting-House Turnpike	Template:Dts	Port Deposit - Calvert - Delaware	Unbuilt
Rockville and William's-Port Turnpike	Template:Dts	Rockville - Crampton's Gap - Williamsport	Unbuilt
Rockville and Washington Turnpike	Template:Dts	Rockville - District of Columbia (Rockville and Washington Turnpike)	Unbuilt
Williams-Port Turnpike	Template:Dts	Boonsboro - Williamsport - point on the Cumberland Turnpike	Unbuilt
Williams-Port and Cumberland Turnpike	Template:Dts	Williamsport - Stone Quarry Ridge	Unbuilt
Hager's-Town and Antietam Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Pennsylvania (towards Gettysburg)	Unbuilt
Hagers-town and Boonsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Funkstown - Boonsboro	Unbuilt
Skipton Turnpike	Template:Dts	Potomac River - Oldtown - Cumberland	Unbuilt
Hancock Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hancock - Pennsylvania (towards Bedford)	Unbuilt
Hunting Ridge Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Frederick and Harper's Ferry Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Harpers Ferry	Unbuilt
Rockrun Turnpike	Template:Dts	Point on the Baltimore and Havre-de-Grace Turnpike - Rock Run - Delaware (towards Stanton)	Unbuilt
Susquehannah and Elkton Turnpike	Template:Dts	Perryville - Elkton	Unbuilt
Conewingo and Wilmington Turnpike	Template:Dts	Conowingo - Delaware (towards Wilmington)	Unbuilt
Port Deposit and Columbia Turnpike	Template:Dts	Port Deposit - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Port Deposit and Chesapeake Turnpike	Template:Dts	Port Deposit - Chesapeake City	Unbuilt
Frederick and Emmitsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Emmitsburg - Pennsylvania (towards Gettysburg)	Unbuilt
Somerset and Cumberland Turnpike	Template:Dts	Pennsylvania (Somerset and Cumberland Turnpike) - Cumberland	Unbuilt
Clear Spring and Canal Turnpike	Template:Dts	Clear Spring - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal	Unbuilt
Frederick and Smithsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frederick - Smithsburg - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Northern Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westminster - Taneytown - Emmitsburg - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt	Originally part of the Westminster, Taney-Town and Emmittsburg Turnpike
Hagerstown and Waynesboro Turnpike	Template:Dts	Hagerstown - Pennsylvania (towards Waynesboro)	Unbuilt
Western Trade Turnpike	Template:Dts	Point on the National Road west of Cumberland - point on the Northwestern Turnpike	Unbuilt
Cumberland and Bedford Turnpike	Template:Dts	Cumberland - Pennsylvania (towards Bedford)	Unbuilt
George's Creek Mining Company's turnpike	Template:Dts	Georges Creek - point on the National Road between Frostburg and Cumberland	Unbuilt
North Branch and Cacapon Turnpike	Template:Dts	West Virginia - Cumberland	Unbuilt
Mercersville and Antietam Turnpike	Template:Dts	Mercersville - Funkstown	Unbuilt
Boonsboro and Ridgeville Turnpike	Template:Dts	Boonsboro - Cavetown - Smithsburg - Blue Mountain - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Jennings' Valley Rail Road and Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frostburg - Locust Grove	Unbuilt
Catoctin Valley Turnpike	Template:Dts	Middletown - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal	Unbuilt
Maryland and Virginia Turnpike	Template:Dts	Point on the National Road west of Cumberland - point on the Northwestern Turnpike	Unbuilt
Frostburg and the Valley of Jenning's Run Turnpike	Template:Dts	Frostburg - Mount Savage Iron Works	Unbuilt
Black Rock Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Woodsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Ceresville - Woodsboro	Unbuilt
Frederick and Smithsburg Road	Template:Dts	Frederick - Leitersburg	Unbuilt
Weaverton and Boonsborough Turnpike	Template:Dts	Weverton - Boonsboro	Unbuilt
Wills' Creek Turnpike	Template:Dts	Corriganville - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Mechanicstown, Harbaugh's Valley and Pennsylvania Line Turnpike	Template:Dts	Thurmont - Sabillasville - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Savage River Road	Template:Dts	Allegany County	Unbuilt
Old Road Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Ellicott City	Unbuilt
Liberty and Franklin Plank or Turnpike Road Later Gwinn's Falls Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Smithsburg and Beaver Creek Turnpike	Template:Dts	Boonsboro - Smithsburg - Blue Mountain - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Kellville and Joppa Cross Roads Turnpike	Template:Dts	Southeast to Joppa	Unbuilt
Doughoregan and Montgomery Plank or Turnpike Road	Template:Dts	Point on the Baltimore and Frederick-town Turnpike - Glenelg - point on the Union Plank or Turnpike Road	Unbuilt
Harford Turnpike	Template:Dts	Conowingo - Bel Air	Unbuilt
Bloomingdale Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Williamsport and Mercersburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Williamsport - Pennsylvania (towards Mercersburg)	Unbuilt
Frankville Road	Template:Dts	Frankville - Accident - west of Grantsville	Unbuilt
Frostburg and Westernport Plank Road	Template:Dts	Frostburg - Westernport	Unbuilt
Bel-Air and Hickory Turnpike	Template:Dts	Bel Air - Hickory	Unbuilt
Fairview and Funkstown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Northeast of Williamsport - Funkstown	Unbuilt
Knoxville and Middletown Road	Template:Dts	Knoxville - Middletown	Unbuilt
Hillen Road	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Towson	Unbuilt
Hancock and Warfordsburg Turnpike or Plank Road	Template:Dts	Pennsylvania - Hancock	Unbuilt
Bel-Air and Lagrange Turnpike	Template:Dts	Bel Air - Lagrange Iron Works	Unbuilt
White Hall, Jarrettsville and La Grange Turnpike	Template:Dts	White Hall - Jarrettsville - Lagrange Iron Works	Unbuilt
Towsontown Plank Road	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Towson	Unbuilt
New Cut Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Bel Air and Frogtown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Bel Air - Frogtown	Unbuilt
Westernport and Frostburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westernport - Frostburg	Unbuilt
Western Avenue	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Catonsville	Unbuilt
Carrollton Avenue	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Patapsco Falls	Unbuilt
Libertytown and Ridgeville Turnpike	Template:Dts	Libertytown - Unionville - Mount Airy	Unbuilt
Uniontown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Uniontown - "the completed terminus of the Westminster and Hagerstown Turnpike"	Unbuilt
Rocks of Deer Creek Turnpike	Template:Dts	Rocks of Deer Creek - Little Gunpowder Falls	Unbuilt
Howard and Montgomery Turnpike	Template:Dts	South of Ellicott City - Clarksville - Unity	Unbuilt
Leitersburg and Ringold Turnpike	Template:Dts	Leitersburg - Ringgold	Unbuilt
Woodsborough and Pipe Creek Turnpike	Template:Dts	Woodsboro - Middleburg - Union Bridge	Unbuilt
Dulany's Valley and Little Falls Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Magnolia and Stockton Turnpike	Template:Dts	Magnolia - Stockton	Unbuilt
Monocacy and Montgomery Turnpike	Template:Dts	Monocacy National Battlefield - Rockville	Unbuilt
Union Bridge and Unionville Turnpike Later Union Bridge Turnpike	Template:Dts	Union Bridge - Unionville	Unbuilt, except for a short section at Union Bridge, sold to the Liberty and Pipe Creek Turnpike in 1872
Crumpton and Long Marsh Turnpike	Template:Dts	Crumpton - Long Marsh	Unbuilt
Warren and My Lady's Manor Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Ellicott's Mills and Elysville Turnpike	Template:Dts	Ellicott City - Elysville	Unbuilt
Leitersburg and Smithsburg Turnpike	Template:Dts	Leitersburg - Smithsburg	Unbuilt
Western Run and Reisterstown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Cockeysville - Reisterstown	Unbuilt
Deer Park Turnpike	Template:Dts		Unbuilt
Monrovia and Libertytown Turnpike	Template:Dts	Monrovia - Libertytown	Unbuilt
Westminster and Oakland Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westminster - Eldersburg	Unbuilt
Wood Point and Broad Fording Turnpike	Template:Dts	Wood Point - Pennsylvania	Unbuilt
Prince George's County Central Turnpike	Template:Dts	District of Columbia - Queen Anne	Unbuilt
District of Columbia, Upper Marlboro and Hill's Landing Turnpike	Template:Dts	District of Columbia - Forestville - Centreville - Upper Marlboro - Hill's Landing	Unbuilt
Westminster and Bird Hill Turnpike	Template:Dts	Westminster - Bird Hill	Unbuilt
West Friendship and Linden Turnpike	Template:Dts	West Friendship - Linden	Unbuilt
Fallston Turnpike	Template:Dts	White House - Fallston - Magnolia	Unbuilt
Uniontown and Linwood Turnpike	Template:Dts	Uniontown - Linwood	Unbuilt
Unionville and Union Bridge Turnpike	Template:Dts	Unionville - Union Bridge	Unbuilt
Annapolis Road Turnpike	Template:Dts	Baltimore - Annapolis	Unbuilt

See also

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References

• State laws, accessed via Archives of Maryland Online
• Maryland Geological Survey Volume Three, 1899