page_title: Maryland Route 496
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 496 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View east along Maryland State Route 496 (Bachmans Valley Road) at Maryland State Route 97 (Littlestown Pike) in Mount Pleasant, Carroll County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 496 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Bachmans Valley Road, the state highway runs 7.23 miles from MD 97 near Pleasant Valley east to MD 30 in Melrose. MD 496 was constructed from Pleasant Valley to Bachman Mills in the mid-1930s. The state highway was completed to Melrose in the late 1940s.
context_section_description: MD 496 begins at an intersection with MD 97 (Littlestown Pike) near the hamlet of Pleasant Valley north of Westminster.  The state highway heads northeast as a two-lane undivided road through farmland.  MD 496 crosses Bear Branch, on which lies the Bear Branch Nature Center, and passes Saw Mill Road, which leads to the Whittaker Chambers Farm.  The state highway intersects Old Bachmans Valley Road just south of the hamlet of Bachman Mills, where the highway crosses Big Pipe Creek.  Old Bachmans Valley Road leads southwest to the historic Christian Royer House and John Orendorff Farm.  MD 496 continues northeast to the community of Melrose north of Manchester, where the state highway reaches its eastern terminus at MD 30 (Hanover Pike).  The roadway continues northeast as county-maintained Wentz Road.
caption: View east at the west end of MD 496 at MD 97 near Pleasant Valley
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