page_title: Maryland Route 144
section_title: Cumberland–Flintstone
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 144 / Route description / Cumberland–Flintstone
caption_attribution_description: English: View east along Maryland State Route 144 (Naves Cross Road) between Maryland Route 807 (Bedford Road) and Shades Lane just east of Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 144 is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 40 between Cumberland and Baltimore. Along with US 40 Scenic, US 40 Alternate, and a few sections of county-maintained highway, MD 144 is assigned to what was once the main highway between the two cities, connecting those endpoints with Hancock, Hagerstown, Frederick, New Market, Mount Airy, Ellicott City, and Catonsville. MD 144 has seven disjoint sections of mainline highway that pass through mountainous areas of Allegany and Washington counties and the rolling Piedmont of Frederick, Carroll, Howard, and Baltimore counties.
context_section_description: MD 144 begins at an intersection with MD 807 (Bedford Road) a short distance north of the Cumberland city limits.  The state highway heads east as two-lane undivided Naves Cross Road, passing through a pair of ridges before meeting a pair of ramps to and from westbound I-68 (National Freeway) and heading north of a park and ride lot.  Naves Cross Road continues east as MD 807A, while MD 144 turns south onto Christie Road to pass under I-68.  Christie Road continues south while MD 144 turns east onto Ali Ghan Road, passing to the south of a park and ride lot.  The state highway crosses Evitts Creek before receiving an exit ramp from eastbound I-68 and joins US 220 in a short concurrency.  US 220 turns north onto its bypass of Bedford Road while MD 144 continues east, meeting I-68 at Exit 47, a diamond interchange.
  Within the interchange, MD 144 becomes National Pike and expands to a four-lane divided highway that follows the valley of Elk Lick Run.  The state highway passes under I-68 and reduces to a two-lane undivided highway at Hinkle Road.  At Rocky Gap Road, MD 144 begins to closely parallel the eastbound lanes of I-68.  The state highway leaves the valley of Elk Lick Run and ascends Martin Mountain.  On the climb, MD 144 intersects Pleasant Valley Road, which meets I-68 at Exit 50 and leads to Rocky Gap State Park.  At the top of Martin Mountain, the state highway crosses over I-68 and intersects Sunset Orchard Road, which leads to a ramp to westbound I-68.  On the descent, MD 144 crosses I-68 again and receives a ramp from the eastbound direction of the freeway and the highways part ways around a quarry.
  MD 144 curves around the quarry and rejoins the side of I-68 as the highway passes West Wilson Road and crosses a tributary of Flintstone Creek.  The state highway leaves the freeway and passes through the unincorporated village of Flintstone, where the state highway intersects the Exit 56 ramps to and from eastbound I-68 and Black Valley Road, which leads to ramps for westbound I-68.  MD 144 joins I-68 and Flintstone Creek in passing through a gap in Warrior Mountain.  Gilpin Road, an older alignment of US 40 that is designated MD 144AE, begins to parallel the eastbound side of the state highway at Town Creek Road.  The two surface highways cross Town Creek and begin to climb Polish Mountain, with MD 144 following a gentle curve while Gilpin Road follows a winding alignment.  MD 144 intersects Gilpin Road as the highway begins the descent from the mountain.  MD 144 and I-68 follow Pratt Hollow east between several ridges.  The state highway crosses the freeway and over Pine Lick Hollow and closely parallels the westbound direction of I-68 before reaching its eastern terminus at US 40 Scenic (Old National Pike) just north of I-68 Exit 62, just west of Fifteen Mile Creek, and on the edge of Green Ridge State Forest.
caption: View east from the west end of MD 144 at MD 807 east of Cumberland
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