page_title: Maryland Route 42
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 42 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Maryland State Route 42 (Friendsville Road) at Interstate 68 (National Freeway) just north of Friendsville in Garrett County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 42 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Friendsville Road, the state highway runs 15.06 miles from U.S. Route 219 near McHenry north to the Pennsylvania state line near Asher Glade, where the highway continues as State Route 2013 in Fayette County toward Pennsylvania Route 281 in Markleysburg. MD 42 provides the most direct route between Friendsville and southern Garrett County. The state highway was constructed as a modern highway from Friendsville to north of Accident in the early 1920s. The remainder of the highway through Asher Glade was completed in the early 1930s. The southern terminus was shifted from Accident to McHenry in 1960.
context_section_description: MD 42 begins at a tangent intersection with US 219 (Garrett Highway) at the northern edge of McHenry near Deep Creek Lake.  The state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road.  After meeting Hoyes Sang Run Road in the hamlet of Hoyes, MD 42 curves west then north again through farmland.  The state highway features a pull-off for trucks to check their brakes before starting a descent with grades of up to 8%.  The uphill direction has a climbing lane for part of the ascent.  At the bottom of the hill, MD 42 enters the town of Friendsville and turns west.  First Avenue, which is unsigned MD 742, heads north into the center of Friendsville while MD 42 bypasses the town center to the south and west.
  After crossing the Youghiogheny River, MD 42 turns northwest and meets Interstate 68 (I-68) at a diamond interchange.  The entrance ramp from MD 42 to westbound I-68 forms the fourth leg of the intersection with the other end of MD 742, Maple Street, which receives the exit ramp from westbound I-68. MD 42 heads west up a creek valley to an intersection with Blooming Rose Road, then turns north and crosses Buffalo Run.  Shortly after crossing Laurel Run and Glade Run, the state highway passes through the unincorporated community of Asher Glade before the highway reaches its northern terminus at the Pennsylvania state line.  The road continues north as SR 2013 (Friendsville Road) toward Markleysburg, where the highway meets PA 281.
caption: View north along MD 42 at I-68 near Friendsville
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