Evening star., 1920-05-30
LIST OF ROADS AND DETOURS
TRAVERSED BY MOTORISTS
Compilation by A. A. A. for Benefit Of
Those Who Contemplate Trips In
Maryland and Virginia.

For the benefit Of motorists contem-
plating trips in nearby states, and
who are not familiar with the detours
and their condition, the following list
of roads has been compiled by the
American Automobile Association.
This list gives in detail all the de-
tours which are at present operated
in Maryland and Virginia. Automo-
bilists planning trips will do well to
look over the list to see whether or
not any of the roads they had planned
to travel on have been replaced by
detourS.
The following are the detours up to
May 20:
THE Baltimore-W W ashington boule-
varde between Maryland State Col
lege and Hyattsville is closed to traf-
fic The detour is in bad condition
and motorists are advised not TO use
this road if they can avoid II. IraVel
from Baltimore to Washington is ad-
vised to go out the Frederick road via
Catonsville. Ellicott City and LISBON
to Ridgeville, and thence VIA pa
mascus, Gaithersburg and ROCKVILLE
to Washington. :. d.,
"Washington county. ST. Faul
| Church to the Pennsylvania line:
| Turn right at end of macadam az
Mclaughlin School house, Turn le1t
at cross roads u..). turn left at third
| cross roads i3.o) and proceed straieht
OF detour, 3S miles. Condition good.
10 go 10 Fairview. follow above
detour 20 the third cross roads t3.oJ'
! turn right and proceed direS.. ~.
lance from Mclaughlin School 10
| Fairview. 4.o miles.
! "F-ederick county, between Le"
| town and Creagerstown: :,
| ."Turn right from state road sd
miles from Frederick. follow county
! road to Utica Mills 1.4. turn snarp
left and come back into regular gstou roure
l2.6, thense to ere GreagsrsddGi,Wi gEnndi,ion n,
| "Frederick county. Emmitsburg to
Turn left from concrete road 20
miles east of Emmitsnors. School soi,o%
Q.6); bear right U.s). cross Monocacy
river (3,D and regain concrete roau
at top Of hill east of Brldgeporl.
Length Of detour. 40 miles. Conoltioh
good. .ou, 70
"Turn right from concrete o,a road
three miles south of Buckeystown;
turn left (o.6) on New Design roat f.
and follow same 2.3 miles; turn ieft et
12.99 to Licksville t3.S); turn left
and regain main road. Length OF
detour AZ miles. Condition good.
Carroll county, Westminster 10
New Windsor: ,,.;u
"Follow Uniontown road from Main
street. Westminster, for "a oisesaio sesain
the New windsor road about one
mile west OF Avondale. Length OF
detour, 35 miles. Condition good.
Carroll county. Westminster 10
Littlestown:
Hanover road at Union Mills; turn
left 1.5). and come back on Littles.
town pike at silver run. Length or
detour. 3.5 miles. Condition good.
Baltimore county Parkton 10 I've
Pennsylvania line: -
Turn right at the crossroads. one
mile north of Parkton station. on
county road: turn sharp left at
church 1.3). bear left 40 and come
back on York road O.S miles north
of detour, &c miles. Condition bad
"Howard county. Clarksville to
Small Bridge: ::
Turn right at Pickett,s store. in
C-arksville; turn sharp lelt al Cross,
road at Highland. Length OF detour.
10 miles. Condition good. ,,o
prince Georges county. Bladens-
burg to Ianham:
Turn right from main ROAD Jus.
tracks: turn left f0.2o. turn left 90
and follow private road for d1s,
tance of 90 mile, regaining original
route Is miles east of Bladensburg
Length of detour, 2.3 miles. Condi-
ton fair.
"Prince Georges county, Seat Pleas
ant to Halls:
Turn to right at end Of state road
at Largo into the Marlboro road.
Turn left 1.2) and return to main
route near Northwest branch. Length
of detour, 2.6 miles. Condition falr.
Hartford county. Jarrettsville to
Madonna:
"Turn left from the main route at
Waters Shop O.3) miles from Jar
rettsyille; bear right N(0.2). turn sharp
right G.D and return to main road
at Madonna. Length OF detour. 80
miles. Condition good.
Hartford county, Rocks and Pyles-
ville:>
Turn right from main road 0.5 mile
north of end concrete road and fol-
low earth road to Highland G.S), turn
left on macadam road and thence di
rect to Pylesville. Length of detour,
28 miles. Condition good.
Cecil county. Porter's Bridge to
Rising Sun:
Turn right at east end Of Porter's
bridge over Octororo creek, go
straight ahead at crossroads (0.4,