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Interstate 68 (I-68) is a 112.6-mile (181.2 km) Interstate highway in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting I-79 in Morgantown to I-70 in Hancock. I-68 is also Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway System and, prior to its completion in 1991, was designated as U.S. Route 48 (US 48). In Maryland, the highway is known as the National Freeway, an homage to the historic National Road, which I-68 parallels between Keysers Ridge and Hancock. The region spanned by the freeway is largely rural and mountainous, with I-68 crossing numerous mountain ridges along its route. I-68 is noted for the road cut constructed for it through Sideling Hill which exposed geological features of the mountain and has become a tourist attraction.

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