Maryland Route 20

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Route 20 (MTA Maryland)
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Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West endBeach Road / Lawton Avenue in Rock Hall
Major intersections
East endHigh Street in Chestertown
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesKent
Highway system
← MD 19→ MD 21

Maryland Route 20 (MD 20) is a

Maryland State Roads Commission
in 1909 and was built between the mid-1910s and early 1920s. MD 20 was widened in the late 1940s and received bypasses of Fairlee and in Rock Hall in the mid-1950s and late 1950s, respectively. The highway was removed from the center of Chestertown in the mid-1980s.

Route description

View east along MD 20 at the western terminus in Rock Hall

MD 20 begins at an intersection with Beach Road and Lawton Avenue just east of where Swan Creek empties into the

MD 674 (Sharp Street) and the north end of MD 288 (Crosby Road). MD 20 heads northeast through the hamlet of Edesville and crosses Shipyard Creek. The highway passes to the west of St. Paul's Church, which is accessed via Ricauds Branch Road or Sandy Bottom Road; opposite the latter county highway is the eastern end of MD 21 (Tolchester Beach Road).[1][2]

MD 20 continues north toward Fairlee, which the highway bypasses to the southeast between intersections with the western end of MD 298 (Fairlee Road) and Old Fairlee Road. The highway continues east as Chestertown Road, which meets the northern end of MD 446 (Broad Neck Road) and crosses over the East Fork Branch of Langford Creek. MD 20 passes the historic homes Brampton located to the south and Lauretum located to the north before it intersects the southern end of MD 514 (Flatland Road) immediately before it enters the town of Chestertown at Radcliffe Creek. The highway curves southeast past the Radcliffe Mill and comes to a roundabout junction with the western end of MD 291 (Morgnec Road), which leads to MD 213, beyond which MD 20 reaches its eastern terminus. The road continues southeast as High Street toward the Chestertown Historic District.[1][2]

History

MD 20 westbound past MD 514 in Chestertown

The Chestertown–Rock Hall highway was one of the roads the Maryland State Roads Commission designated for improvement in 1909, but by 1915 the highway was not deemed an essential part of the main system.

MD 20 in Baltimore County.[7][8][9]

MD 20 was widened and resurfaced with bituminous concrete from Chestertown to Rock Hall in 1947 and 1948. Spring Avenue in Chestertown was resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1950, and MD 20's bridge across Radcliffe Creek was replaced that year and 1951.[10] MD 20's bypass of Fairlee was constructed in 1953; the bypassed segments became a southern extension of MD 298 and MD 298A on Old Fairlee Road.[10][11] The highway bypassed the center of Rock Hall when Rock Hall Avenue from MD 445 to Sharp Street just east of town was built in 1959 and 1960, leaving behind MD 674 on Sharp Street.[10] MD 20 was reconstructed from MD 288 to MD 298, including eliminating a curve, in 1976.[12] MD 20 was reconstructed from Radcliffe Creek to the MD 291 junction when the latter highway was extended west to its present terminus in 1968 and 1969.[10] The MD 20 portion of High Street from MD 291 to College Avenue was reconstructed in 1979.[12] The portions of MD 20 on High Street from MD 291 to College Avenue and on Spring Avenue were transferred from state to municipal maintenance through an August 27, 1985, road transfer agreement.[13] The portion of High Street from College Avenue to Spring Avenue had already been municipally maintained.[14] In 2014, a roundabout was constructed at the MD 20–MD 291 junction.[15]

Junction list

The entire route is in Kent County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Rock Hall0.000.00Beach Road south / Lawton Avenue northWestern terminus
1.382.22 MD 445 (Main Street) – Tolchester
1.883.03
MD 674
west (Sharp Street)		Eastern terminus of MD 674
2.033.27
 MD 288 east (Crosby Road)		Western terminus of MD 288
Fairlee6.6010.62
 MD 21 west (Tolchester Beach Road) – Tolchester		Eastern terminus of MD 21
7.9312.76
 MD 298 east (Fairlee Road) – Still Pond, Galena		Western terminus of MD 298
​11.6018.67
 MD 446 south (Broad Neck Road) – Langford, Broadneck		Northern terminus of MD 446
Chestertown13.5521.81
 MD 514 north (Flatland Road)		Southern terminus of MD 514
13.7122.06

 MD 291 east (Morgnec Road) to MD 213 – Millington, Galena, Church Hill		Roundabout; western terminus of MD 291
13.7722.16High Street southEastern terminus; continuation beyond MD 291
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Maryland Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2015). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. §§ E14A, E14B, D14D, D15C. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  4. ^ a b Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 54, 112. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Zouck, Frank H.; Uhl, G. Clinton; Mudd, John F. (January 1920). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1916–1919 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 46. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  6. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  7. ^ a b Mackall, John N.; Crothers, Omar D.; Winebrener, D.C. (January 1924). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1920–1923 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 44. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  9. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  10. ^ a b c d Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: K-155X-211 (May 1, 1947), K-164-215 (January 29, 1948), K-179X-1-215 (June 21, 1950), K-80-1-215 (July 26, 1950), K-187-2-215 (March 12, 1953), K-210X-1-220 (January 13, 1959), K-229-15-271 (July 30, 1968). Retrieved September 18, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  11. ^ "Memorandum of Action of Director Neil J. Pedersen" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Kent County. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. January 19, 1988. Retrieved September 18, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  12. ^ a b Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: K-353-0-277 (August 18, 1976), K-342-001-271 (November 8, 1978). Retrieved September 18, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  13. ^ "Memorandum of Action of Director Neil J. Pedersen" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Kent County. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. August 28, 1985. Retrieved September 3, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  14. ^ Bureau of Highway Statistics (January 1, 1981). Highway Location Reference, Volume 2 (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Kent County, p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  15. ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2014). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.

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