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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Maryland Route 490

The following is a list of state highways in Maryland shorter than one mile (1.6 km) in length with route numbers between 2 and 699. Most of these highways act as service roads, old alignments of more prominent highways, or connectors between one or more highways. Many of these highways are unsigned and have multiple segments with the same number. Several of these highways have their own articles; those highways are summarized here and a link is provided to the main article. This list does not include highways where at least one highway of that number is at least one mile in length. All highways at least one mile in length have their own article. The highways shorter than one mile with the same number are covered in the main article for the highway.


MD 79

Maryland Route 79 marker

Maryland Route 79

LocationRosemont
Length0.85 mi (1,370 m)
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View north from the south end of MD 79 at MD 17 and MD 464 in Rosemont

Maryland Route 79 is the designation for the state-maintained portion of Petersville Road, which runs 0.85 miles (1.37 km) from MD 17 and MD 464 in Rosemont north to a bridge over the Little Catoctin Creek on the northern border of Rosemont. MD 79 begins at a four-way intersection on the boundary between the town of Brunswick to the south and the village of Rosemont to the north. Petersville Road continues south as MD 17 into Brunswick; MD 17 also heads west along Burkittsville Road. The eastern leg of the intersection is MD 464 (Souder Road). MD 79 heads northeast as a two-lane undivided road through a residential area where the highway meets the eastern end of Rosemont Drive, which is unsigned MD 871G. The state highway comes to its northern terminus at a bridge over Little Catoctin Creek on the northern border of Rosemont. Past the northern terminus, Petersville Road continues north as a county road toward MD 180 (Jefferson Pike) in Petersville.

Petersville Road was constructed as a 14-foot (4.3 m) wide macadam-surfaced highway from Jefferson Pike (designated US 340 and later MD 180) south to Brunswick in 1916. When state highways were first numbered in Maryland in 1927, the portion of Petersville Road south of what is now Rosemont Drive became MD 33; MD 33 became MD 17 in 1940. Petersville Road from Rosemont north to Petersville was later marked as MD 79. MD 79's modern bridge over Little Catoctin Creek was built in 1941 after the previous bridge was carried away by a flood that year. MD 79 was extended south to its current southern terminus in 1968 when MD 17 was relocated to its present course through Rosemont and MD 464 was extended west along Souder Road to its present terminus to form the fourth leg of that intersection. On October 31, 2016, the northern terminus of MD 79 was cut back from MD 180 to its current location when the section of Petersville Road between the Little Catoctin Creek bridge on the northern border of Rosemont and MD 180 was transferred to county maintenance.

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MD 77 MD 80

MD 169

Maryland Route 169 marker

Maryland Route 169

LocationLinthicum
Length0.97 mi (1,560 m)
View east along MD 169 at MD 170 in Linthicum

Maryland Route 169 is the designation for Maple Road, a 0.97-mile (1.56 km) state highway in Linthicum in northwestern Anne Arundel County. The highway begins at Hammonds Ferry Road and heads east as a two-lane undivided road through a residential area. MD 169 has a grade crossing of MTA Maryland's Baltimore Light RailLink just prior to its intersection with MD 170 (Camp Meade Road). The highway reaches its eastern terminus at MD 648 (Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard).

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MD 168 MD 170

MD 172

Maryland Route 172 marker

Maryland Route 172

LocationOrchard BeachBaltimore
Length0.17 mi (270 m)
View north from the south end of MD 172 in Orchard Beach

Maryland Route 172 is the unsigned designation for Arundel Cove Avenue, a 0.17 mi (0.27 km) route that runs from railroad tracks in Orchard Beach in Anne Arundel County north to MD 173 (Hawkins Point Road) in the city of Baltimore. This state highway once served as the entrance to the United States Coast Guard Yard. The yard is now accessed from MD 173 just to the west of MD 172. MD 172 was constructed by 1930.

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MD 171 MD 173

MD 181

Maryland Route 181 marker

Maryland Route 181

LocationAnnapolis
Length0.16 mi (260 m)
Existed2009–
View south along MD 181 in Annapolis

Maryland Route 181 is the unsigned designation for the Sixth Street drawbridge over the Spa Creek in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County. The route was designated in 2009 and is 0.16 mi (0.26 km) long.

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MD 180 MD 182

MD 219

Maryland Route 219 marker

Maryland Route 219

LocationOakland
Length0.22 mi (350 m)
MD 219 northbound at US 219 in Oakland

Maryland Route 219 is the designation for Ninth Street, a two-lane undivided road which runs 0.22 miles (0.35 km) from the intersection of US 219 and MD 135 north to High Street within Oakland in Garrett County. MD 219 is state-maintained from US 219 to Green Street and maintained by the town of Oakland from there to High Street. The state highway follows the southernmost part of the alignment of the future Oakland Bypass. The route was first posted circa 2022 after previously being unsigned.

Browse numbered routes
US 219 US 220

MD 221

Maryland Route 221 marker

Maryland Route 221A

LocationLargo
Length0.59 mi (950 m)
Existed2003–
View west along MD 221 at I-95/I-495 in Forestville

Maryland Route 221A is the unsigned designation for a 0.58 mi (0.93 km) section of Ritchie–Marlboro Road around that highway's dumbbell interchange with I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway) at Exit 13 in Largo, Prince George's County.

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US 220 US 222

MD 250

Maryland Route 250 marker

Maryland Route 250A

LocationPocomoke City
Length0.19 mi (310 m)
MD 250A approaching US 13 and US 113 in Pocomoke City

Maryland Route 250A is the unsigned designation for Old Virginia Road, which runs 0.19 mi (0.31 km) from US 13 Business east to the intersection of US 13 and US 113 within Pocomoke City in Worcester County. The state highway is the southernmost part of the second alignment of US 113 in Pocomoke City. MD 250A was assigned shortly after US 113 was rolled back to terminate at the Pocomoke City Bypass, US 13, in the 1960s.

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MD 249 MD 253

MD 268

Maryland Route 268 marker

Maryland Route 268

LocationElkton
Length0.95 mi (1,530 m)
Existed1968–
View north at the south end of MD 268 at Main Street in Elkton

Maryland Route 268, which is known as North Street, runs 0.95 miles (1.53 km) from Main Street north to MD 279 within the town of Elkton in eastern Cecil County. The highway begins at Main Street, which is one-way eastbound, in downtown Elkton; the parallel street that allows westbound traffic and provides access to Union Hospital and MD 213 (Bridge Street) is High Street one block to the north. MD 268 heads north as a two-lane undivided road and passes a block to the east of the Elkton Armory. The highway veers slightly to the west to cross over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line. The old alignment, Old North Road, consists of pair of stubs on the south and north sides of the tracks with unsigned designations MD 727 and MD 727A, respectively. MD 268 continues north between Big Elk Creek to the east and Elkton Middle School to the west before reaching its northern terminus at MD 279, which heads west as Newark Avenue and east as Elkton Road toward Newark, Delaware.

MD 268 is the old alignment of MD 279 within Elkton. North Street was paved as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) concrete road by 1921. The original North Street overpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Amtrak) was constructed between 1930 and 1934. The bypassed street stubs to the closed grade crossing were designated MD 727 and MD 727A in 1949. MD 268 was assigned to North Avenue after MD 279 was extended west to US 40 to bypass the center of Elkton in 1968. The highway's current bridge across the Amtrak Northeast Corridor was constructed between 1986 and 1988.