Maryland Route 12

Route map:
This is a good article. Click here for more information.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
"MD 12" redirects here. For the aircraft design study, see McDonnell Douglas MD-12.

SR 679 at Virginia border south of Stockton
Major intersections
North endMain Street in Salisbury
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesWorcester, Wicomico
Highway system
← US 11→ US 13

Maryland Route 12 (MD 12) is a state highway on the

dumbbell interchange
is planned at the US 113 intersection; however, this project is currently on hold.

Route description

MD 12 heads north from the Virginia border on Snow Hill Road, which is a two-lane undivided road.

SR 679 (Fleming Road).[2] From the border, the route passes through a mix of woodland and farmland with a few residences in southern Worcester County before reaching Stockton. Here, MD 12 passes by homes and crosses MD 366 (Stockton Road/George Island Landing Road).[1][2] Upon leaving Stockton, the roads heads back into rural areas and passes near the E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area before reaching the residential community of Girdletree. Past Girdletree, the road continues to the east of a tract of the Pocomoke State Forest as it approaches the town of Snow Hill, the county seat of Worcester County.[2] Just south of Snow Hill, the route intersects US 113 (Worcester Highway).[1][2]

View north along MD 12 at US 113 Bus. in Snow Hill

Past this intersection, the road enters Snow Hill, where it becomes Church Street, and heads into inhabited areas with some businesses, passing west of

US 113 Bus. (Market Street) and turns east to form a concurrency with that route, passing through the downtown area. Within the downtown, the road passes by the Julia A. Purnell Museum and the Worcester County Courthouse.[3][4] Here, MD 12 turns north to follow Washington Street, crossing the Pocomoke River out of downtown Snow Hill on a drawbridge.[1][2] From here, the route becomes Snow Hill Road again and turns northwest.[2] The road heads into agricultural areas with some residences before Indiantown, where MD 12 intersects the southern terminus of MD 354 (Whiton Road), which runs north to Willards.[1][2] Past this intersection, the route turns more to the west and heads through a mix of farmland and woodland with occasional homes. The road turns to the northwest again and runs to the northeast of more tracts of the Pocomoke State Forest.[2] The Pocomoke State Forest is known for its loblolly trees and cypress swamps and is popular with fishing and hunting.[5]

center left-turn lane, two southbound travel lanes and one northbound travel lane. In addition, there is one lane in each direction devoted to right turns. At the intersection with College Avenue/Beaglin Park Drive, the road narrows to four lanes with each direction consisting of one travel lane and a right-turn lane.[2] This configuration eventually ends and MD 12 becomes a two-lane road again, leaving the corporate limits of Salisbury. Upon entering Salisbury again, the route becomes municipally maintained and continues past a mix of residences and businesses with some industrial establishments. MD 12 crosses over a branch of the Wicomico River west of the Salisbury City Park, which contains the Salisbury Zoo, before ending at Main Street a short distance to the east of US 13 Bus. (Salisbury Boulevard) near downtown Salisbury.[1][2][6]

MD 12 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from Nutters Cross Road south of US 13 near Salisbury north to Main Street in Salisbury.[1][7]

History

The portion of MD 12 south of Snow Hill was part of an old post road from the 18th century that ran the length of the Delmarva Peninsula.[8] The section of the state highway north of Snow Hill is the descendant of the Old Snow Hill Road from Salisbury whose original bridge across the Pocomoke River dates to 1878.[9] The Maryland State Roads Commission designated the highway from Stockton to Snow Hill as one of the original state roads in 1909. By 1910, the highway was paved within Stockton, between Snow Hill and Indiantown, and for about 2 miles (3.2 km) south from the city limit of Salisbury.[10] The highway was paved from Snow Hill to a point north of Girdletree by 1917.[11] The all-weather road between Snow Hill and Stockton was completed by 1921.[12] The Snow Hill–Salisbury road was under construction by 1923.[13][14] By 1927, MD 12 had been assigned to the highway despite a 4-mile (6.4 km) gap remaining from just north of the Wicomico–Worcester county line south toward Snow Hill.[14][15] That gap was filled by 1930.[16] In addition, MD 12's present northern terminus at Main Street, including the bridge across the South Prong of the Wicomico River, was constructed in 1928 and 1929.[17][18] The highway had previously entered Salisbury along Lincoln Avenue and Division Street.[19] The final portion of MD 12 was completed between Stockton and the Virginia state line by 1933.[20] In addition, the present bridge across the Pocomoke River was completed in 1932.[9][21] MD 12 was widened and straightened from Stockton to Salisbury between 1951 and 1954.[22][23]

Future

An interchange is planned between MD 12 and US 113 south of Snow Hill in order to improve safety and traffic flow as a follow-up to widening US 113; however, the project is currently on hold.

dumbbell interchange, a variation of the diamond interchange with two roundabouts on MD 12 where it intersects the ramps to US 113.[25] The proposed cost needed to build this interchange is $24.2 million, which includes engineering, acquisition of land, and the actual construction.[26]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi
[1]		kmDestinationsNotes
SR 679 (Fleming Road/State Line Road) – Greenbackville
Virginia state line; southern terminus
Pocomoke
Pocomoke, Berlin
12.5520.20
Pocomoke
South end of US 113 Bus. overlap
12.7320.49
US 113 Bus. north (Market Street) – Berlin
North end of US 113 Bus. overlap
13.9522.45
 MD 354 north (Whiton Road) – Willards		Southern terminus of MD 354
WicomicoSalisbury27.9945.05 US 13 (Salisbury Bypass) – Norfolk, DoverInterchange
30.5749.20
 Main Street to US 50		Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary route

See also

  •  
    Maryland Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2014). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Google (2009-08-17). "overview of Maryland Route 12" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  3. ^ "About Us". Julia A. Purnell Museum. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. ^ "Worcester County, Maryland - Judicial Branch". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  5. ^ "Pocomoke State Forest". Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  6. ^ "About Us". Salisbury Zoo. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  7. ^ National Highway System: Salisbury, MD (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  8. ^ "Historic Context for the DuPont Highway U.S. Route 113: Kent and Sussex County, Delaware" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. July 2005. p. 4. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  9. ^ a b "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1931–1934. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1934-12-28: 41. Retrieved 2010-04-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Map of Maryland (Map) (1910 ed.). Maryland Geological Survey.
  11. ^ "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1916–1919. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1920: 54–55, 76. Retrieved 2010-04-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1921 ed.). Maryland Geological Survey.
  13. ^ Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1923 ed.). Maryland Geological Survey.
  14. ^ a b "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1924–1926. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1927: 26, 28, 100. Retrieved 2010-04-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1927 ed.). Maryland Geological Survey.
  16. ^ Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1930 ed.). Maryland Geological Survey.
  17. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 200000WIS-03010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  18. ^ "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1927–1930. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1930-10-01: 79, 234–235. Retrieved 2010-04-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ^ Salisbury, MD Quadrangle (Map) (1901 ed.). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  20. ^ Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1933 ed.). Maryland Geological Survey.
  21. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000230002010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  22. ^ "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1951–1952. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1952-12-15: 114–115. Retrieved 2010-04-26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000230001010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  24. ^ "MD 0012 Snow Hill Road grade separation at MD 12 and US 113 – Project Schedule". Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  25. ^ a b "US 113/MD 12 Newsletter" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. Fall 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  26. ^ "Minutes of the County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland" (PDF). Worcester County, Maryland. October 16, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2011. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  27. ^ Google (2012-03-02). "overview of Maryland Route 12A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

External links

KML file (edit • help)
Template:Attached KML/Maryland Route 12
KML is from Wikidata
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maryland Route 12.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland_Route_12&oldid=1194389430"