 Despite the construction of I @-@ 81 , another bypass of downtown Hagerstown , Burhans Boulevard , was constructed in the 1960s . Burhans Boulevard was named for Winslow F. Burhans , the mayor of Hagerstown from 1953 to 1965 who was instrumental in elevating the tracks of the Western Maryland Railway on the west side of downtown Hagerstown to eliminate a series of grade crossings . The boulevard was started in 1960 between Salem Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue . Construction was underway on the section between Virginia Avenue and Elgin Boulevard by 1962 . Both sections were completed by 1965 . Burhans Boulevard was completed around 1968 from Elgin Boulevard to Washington Street , from which the boulevard continued north paralleling the Western Maryland tracks along what had formerly been Foundry Street . At the southern end of Hagerstown , Burhans Boulevard , Virginia Avenue , and Wilson Boulevard were relocated to eliminate two grade crossings with the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks in 1983 . Burhans Boulevard remained a regular municipal street until US 11 was rerouted away from downtown Hagerstown around 1987 . 
