Maryland Route 34

Maryland Route 34
Maryland Route 34 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	9.95 mi[1] (16.01 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Scenic Byway Antietam Campaign Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	WV 480 near Shepherdstown, WV
Major intersections	MD 65 in Sharpsburg
East end	US 40 Alt. in Boonsboro
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Washington
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 33 → MD 35

Maryland Route 34 (MD 34) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Shepherdstown Pike, the state highway begins at the West Virginia state line at the Potomac River, where the highway continues south as West Virginia Route 480 (WV 480) through Shepherdstown. The state highway runs 9.95 miles (16.01 km) east to U.S. Route 40 Alternate (US 40 Alternate) in Boonsboro. MD 34 is the main east–west highway of southern Washington County, connecting Shepherdstown and Boonsboro with Sharpsburg and Keedysville. The state highway, which was preceded by the Boonsboro and Sharpstown Turnpike, was constructed as a modern highway in the late 1910s and early 1920s. MD 34's bypass of Keedysville opened around 1960. The western end of the state highway has had three bridges. A 19th-century bridge was destroyed in a 1936 flood and replaced by the James Rumsey Bridge in 1939. The present bridge, also named for James Rumsey, opened in 2005.