U.S. Route 15 in Maryland
U.S. Route 15 (US 15) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Walterboro, South Carolina, north to Painted Post, New York. In Maryland, the highway runs 37.85 miles (60.91 km) from the Virginia state line at the Potomac River in Point of Rocks north to the Pennsylvania state line near Emmitsburg. Known for most of its length as Catoctin Mountain Highway, US 15 is the primary north–south highway of Frederick County. The highway connects the county seat of Frederick with Point of Rocks, Leesburg, Virginia, and Charles Town, West Virginia, to the south and with Thurmont, Emmitsburg, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to the north. US 15 is an expressway throughout the state except for the portion south of MD 28. The highway is a freeway along its concurrency with US 340 and through Frederick, where the highway meets US 40 and Interstate 70 (I-70). US 15 has a business route through Emmitsburg.
US 15 southbound past Monocacy Boulevard/Christophers Crossing in Frederick
US 15 southbound and US 40 eastbound in Frederick, just before separating from US 40 and joining US 340
Riverside view from the Maryland side of the Point of Rocks Bridge, which carries US 15 across the Potomac River at Point of Rocks
View north along US 15 at MD 28 just north of Point of Rocks Bridge
Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,466.
Aerial image, 1930
An aerial view of Point of Rocks
Historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built in 1841 by enslaved men and women of the Duval Plantation and consecrated in 1843, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Captain Samuel C. Means, who organized the Union Army-aligned Loudoun Rangers
