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The main mode of transportation to Friendsville is by road. Interstate 68 passes through the town, with access provided via an interchange at Maryland Route 42 . Maryland Route 742 also serves Friendsville, following the old alignment of MD 42 through the center of town.
Maryland Route 42 (MD 42) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.Known as Friendsville Road, the state highway runs 15.06 miles (24.24 km) from U.S. Route 219 (US 219) near McHenry north to the Pennsylvania state line near Asher Glade, where the highway continues as State Route 2013 (SR 2013) in Fayette County toward Pennsylvania Route 281 (PA 281) in Markleysburg.
The Cumberland Thruway bridge, as seen from the Baltimore Street bridge over Wills Creek in Cumberland, Maryland. In the early 1960s, as the Interstate Highway System was being built throughout the U.S., east–west travel through western Maryland was difficult, as US 40, the predecessor to I-68, was a two-lane country road with steep grades and hairpin turns. [4]
Maryland Route 742 is the designation for a 0.93-mile (1.50 km) section of the old alignment of MD 42 through Friendsville in northwestern Garrett County. MD 742, which follows First Avenue and Maple Street, was assigned after MD 42 bypassed Friendsville in 1975.
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Hoye-Crest, a summit along Backbone Mountain, is the highest point in Maryland at an elevation of 3,360 feet (1,020 m). [6] The Eastern Continental Divide runs along portions of Backbone Mountain. The western part of the county, drained by the Youghiogheny River, is the only part of Maryland within the Mississippi River drainage basin.
Friendship Heights Village is an urbanized, unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is distinct from the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Friendship Heights. Friendship Heights Village is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 5,360 at the 2020 census. [4]
Maryland Route 822 is the designation for UMES Boulevard, a 0.85 mi (1.37 km) connector between US 13 and College Backbone Road on the campus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. MD 822 heads east from US 13 as a two-lane divided highway , reaching a roundabout with MD 675 .