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U.S. Route 15 north - Maryland line to Harrisburg
U.S. Route 15 crosses the Mason-Dixon Line into Freedom Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania after a 38-mile trip through Frederick County, Maryland. US 15 becomes a freeway here and will remain that way for most of its time in Adams County. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
US 15's first Pennsylvania reassurance shield. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
Unusually for a non-interstate freeway in Pennsylvania, the speed limit is 65 miles per hour. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
Gettysburg, the seat of Adams County and famed site of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg of the Civil War, is served by the highway's next six exits. US 15 acts as a bypass of Gettysburg proper through the area. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The highway is dubbed here as the Blue and Gray Highway, referring to the colors associated with the two sides, Union and Confederate, of the Civil War. In the distance, next to Boyle Road's crossing of the highway, sits a dynamic message sign showing travel times to U.S. Route 30 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The first three exits for Gettysburg - Steinwehr Avenue, Taneytown Road and Baltimore Street - are displayed by this sign. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The visitors' center of the Gettysburg National Military Park is accessible from the Baltimore Street exit. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The Eisenhower National Historic Site is also in the vicinity of that exit. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
US 15 proceeds to cross Middle Creek, part of the Monocacy River watershed. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
US 15 Business, Steinwehr Avenue, exits up ahead. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The gore for the Steinwehr Avenue Exit. US 15 Business is the pre-freeway routing of US 15 through Gettysburg, and is one of the borough's main streets. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
After US 15 passes under Steinwehr, it receives a ramp from it.. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The highway proceeds to enter Cumberland Township by way of a bridge over Marsh Creek, a Monocacy River/Rock Creek tributary, with a US 15 shield at the bridge. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
US 15 curves to the left, and then Marsh Creek Road crosses over it. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The exit for Pennsylvania Route 134/Taneytown Road is two miles from this sign. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
Meanwhile, the next overpass is Barlow Greenmount Road. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The Links at Gettysburg, a golf course to the south, is off this exit. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The distances to the next three exits precede the forthcoming one by a mile. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The exit for PA 134 is soon reached. The route connects downtown Gettysburg with Taneytown, Maryland, hence Taneytown Road. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
PA 134 crosses over US 15 here. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The ramp from PA 134 to northbound US 15 then comes in. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
The exit for Baltimore Street, Pennsylvania Route 97, is a mile and a half away. Photo taken 07-27-2016.
Some of the points of interest at PA 97 are displayed here. Photo taken 07-27-2016.