Maryland Route 213
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Major junctions | ||||
South end | MD 662 in Wye Mills | |||
North end | PA 841 at Pennsylvania border near Fair Hill | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Queen Anne's, Kent, Cecil | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 213 (MD 213) is a 68.25-mile (109.84 km)
The route was initially designated as U.S. Route 213 (US 213) in 1926 when the
Route description
MD 213 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial between US 40 and MD 279 within the town of Elkton.[1][2]
Queen Anne's County
MD 213 begins at an intersection with
Past the US 301 interchange, MD 213 continues through more rural areas before entering the town of Centreville, where it passes some residential and commercial areas. It intersects the eastern terminus of MD 18 (4H Park Road).[1][4] At this intersection, MD 213 becomes a part of the National Scenic Byway portion of the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway.[5] Past MD 18, the route continues into residential areas, eventually splitting into a one-way pair carrying one lane in each direction with northbound MD 213 following Commerce Street and southbound MD 213 following Liberty Street.[1][4] This pairing continues past residences before heading into the downtown area, where the road intersects MD 304 (Water Street).[1][4] Westbound MD 304 joins northbound MD 213 for a concurrency that lasts until the Broadway intersection north of the Queen Anne's County Courthouse, where MD 304 continues to the west; MD 304 is unsigned along the concurrency with MD 213.[4]
MD 213 leaves downtown Centreville past MD 304. The one-way pair ends and the route continues north on two-lane undivided Liberty Street, passing by residences and some businesses.[1][4] At the end of the one-way pair, the route sees an average of 12,912 vehicles daily.[1] It intersects the western terminus of MD 305 (Hope Road), and passes by more residences before becoming Church Hill Road, which heads north into a mix of woods and farms with some housing developments.[1][4] It angles to the northeast and then north through more rural areas, consisting mostly of farm fields with some wooded areas and occasional residences. MD 213 continues in a northeast direction before reaching the town of Church Hill.[4]
Upon reaching Church Hill, the route intersects unsigned
Kent County
The road leaves Chestertown and becomes Augustine Herman Highway, which is named for Bohemian surveyor Augustine Herman.[1][6] The road heads into farmland with residences along the west side of the road. MD 213 intersects the southern terminus of MD 297 (Worton Road) and heads past more farm fields. The road turns northeast and has a junction with the southern terminus of MD 561 (Hassengers Corner Road).[1][4] It continues through more rural areas, consisting mostly of farms with some wooded areas before reaching Kennedyville, where MD 213 passes residences. In Kennedyville, the road crosses the Chestertown Branch of the Northern Line of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad at-grade.[1][4]
Upon leaving Kennedyville, MD 213 continues back into agricultural areas. The route makes a turn to the east, with an old bypassed segment remaining as unsigned
Cecil County
MD 213 enters Cecil County upon crossing the Sassafras River, where it continues north through wooded and agricultural areas with some residences.[1][4] The route enters the town of Cecilton, where it becomes Bohemia Avenue.[1] In Cecilton, MD 213 passes residences along with a few businesses and intersects MD 282 (Main Street) in the center of town. Upon leaving Cecilton, the name of the road becomes Augustine Herman Highway again.[1][4] The Cecilton area is home to a small Amish settlement.[7] MD 213 passes through farmland, with intermittent woods and rural residences, before crossing over the Bohemia River.[4] Past the Bohemia River, the road turns northeast through more rural areas before intersecting the western terminus of MD 310 (Cayots Corner Road) in Cayots. Past MD 310, the route continues through farms and woods with some residences and businesses before heading into the Chesapeake City area, where residences increase along the road and it passes to the east of Bohemia Manor High School. Upon reaching the town of Chesapeake City, MD 213 features an interchange with MD 537, which provides access to the southern portion of Chesapeake City as well as to MD 286 and MD 342.[1][4]
In Chesapeake City, the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway ends and MD 213 continues north as a part of the Atlantic to Appalachians Scenic Byway which crosses the state of Maryland.[3][5] Past this interchange, MD 213 passes over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on the Chesapeake City Bridge, a tied-arch bridge. After crossing the canal, the road intersects MD 285 (Lock Street), which provides access to the northern portion of Chesapeake City. Past MD 285, the route resumes through a mix of woodland and farmland, crossing Long Creek and Perch Creek, with residential areas increasing along the road.[4] It approaches the Elkton area and heads through residential areas.[1][4]
History
Location | Wye Mills–Elkton |
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Length | 58.27 mi (93.78 km) |
Existed | 1926–1971 |
In 1911, what would become US 213 was completed as a state highway between Hebron and Riverton via Mardela Springs, Easton and Longwoods, Centerville and Church Hill, and in the Chestertown area, while the present road between Elkton and Singerly was also built as a state highway. The portion of roads between Riverton and Sharptown, Brookview and Hurlock, Church Hill and southeast of Chestertown, northeast of Chestertown and northeast of Kennedyville, and Chesapeake City and Elkton were under contract to be built as state roads. At this time, a state highway was proposed along the segments between Ocean City and Berlin, Salisbury and Hebron, Sharptown and Brookview, Hurlock and Easton, Longwoods and Centreville, northeast of Kennedyville and Chesapeake City, and Elkton and Fair Hill.[8] By 1915, the entire length of road between Ocean City and Elkton was completed as a state highway.[9] The state highway between Singerly and south of Fair Hill was finished by 1923.[10] The state highway was finished to Fair Hill by 1927.[11]
With the creation of the
Location | Elkton–Fair Hill |
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Length | 9.40 mi (15.13 km) |
Existed | 1939–1971 |
In 1939, US 213 was realigned to cross the Choptank River at
US 213 was relocated to a new divided highway alignment to the north between Herring Creek in West Ocean City and Ocean City in 1942, including a new bridge across Sinepuxent Bay into Ocean City (the current Harry W. Kelley Memorial Bridge).[21][22] The bypassed portion of US 213 remained a state highway and was designated MD 707 by 1948.[22][23] A portion of US 213 south of Easton was moved to a straight alignment by 1946; the former routing became MD 565. By 1946, work was underway for a bypass to the east of Easton along with a straight alignment between Easton and Wye Mills.[22] US 213 was moved to this new alignment in 1948, with the former alignment on Washington Street in Easton becoming an extended MD 333 in the southern part of the city and an extended MD 33 in the northern part the city, while MD 662 was designated on the original alignment between Easton and Wye Mills.[23]
In 1949, US 50 was extended from
Junction list
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Queen Anne's | Wye Mills | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 662 (Wye Mills Road) | Southern terminus of MD 213 |
0.82 | 1.32 | Bay Bridge, Easton | |||
| 4.19 | 6.74 | MD 309 south (Starr Road) – Starr, Queen Anne | Northern terminus of MD 309 | |
| 5.21 | 8.38 | Bay Bridge, Wilmington | Interchange | |
Centreville | 6.74 | 10.85 | MD 18 west (4H Park Road) – Queenstown | Eastern terminus of MD 18; officially MD 18C | |
7.55 | 12.15 | MD 304 east (Water Street) – Bridgetown | South end of unsigned MD 304 west overlap with MD 213 | ||
7.61 | 12.25 | To MD 304 west (Broadway) | North end of unsigned MD 304 west overlap with MD 213 | ||
8.10 | 13.04 | MD 305 east (Hope Road) to US 301 – Carville | Western terminus of MD 305 | ||
MD 19A north) – Church Hill | Southern terminus of MD 19A | ||||
16.67 | 26.83 | MD 300 east (Sudlersville Road) – Church Hill, Sudlersville | Western terminus of MD 300; officially MD 300A | ||
17.09 | 27.50 | MD 19 east (Main Street) – Church Hill | Western terminus of MD 19 | ||
Kingstown | 21.30 | 34.28 | MD 544 east (McGinnes Road) – Crumpton, Millington | Western terminus of MD 544 | |
Kent | Chestertown | 23.27 | 37.45 | MD 289 south (Cross Street) – Pomona | Northern terminus of MD 289 |
24.22 | 38.98 | MD 291 (Morgnec Road) to MD 20 – Fairlee, Rock Hall, Millington | |||
| 25.45 | 40.96 | MD 297 north (Worton Road) – Worton | Southern terminus of MD 297 | |
| 27.66 | 44.51 | MD 561 north (Hassengers Corner Road) | Southern terminus of MD 561 | |
MD 855 | Sharply curved loop along MD 213 | ||||
| 33.21 | 53.45 | MD 298 (Lambs Meadow Road/Browntown Road) – Still Pond, Coleman, Betterton | ||
MD 449 east (Shallcross Wharf Road) | Western terminus of MD 449; corner of MD 213/MD 444 intersection | ||||
34.89 | 56.15 | MD 444 (Kentmore Park Road/Locust Grove Road) – Kentmore Park | |||
Galena | 39.02 | 62.80 | MD 290 / MD 313 south (Main Street/Cross Street) to US 301 – Chesterville, Sassafras | Northern terminus of MD 313; officially MD 313A | |
Cecil | Cecilton | 43.81 | 70.51 | MD 282 (Main Street) – Earleville, Warwick | |
Cayots | 50.26 | 80.89 | MD 310 east (Cayots Corner Road) | Western terminus of MD 310 | |
South Chesapeake City | Interchange; southern terminus of MD 537; officially MD 537C | ||||
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal | 53.77 | 86.53 | Chesapeake City Bridge | ||
| 54.35 | 87.47 | North Chesapeake City | Western terminus of MD 285 | |
Baltimore, Philadelphia | Northern terminus of former US 213 | ||||
60.09 | 96.71 | MD 545 north (Elkton Boulevard) | Southern terminus of MD 545 | ||
60.53 | 97.41 | MD 279 (Newark Avenue) to I-95 / US 40 | |||
Fair Hill | 66.71 | 107.36 | MD 273 (Telegraph Road) – Rising Sun, Newark | ||
| 68.25 | 109.84 | PA 841 north (Chesterville Road) – Lewisville | Pennsylvania state line; northern terminus of MD 213 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Auxiliary route
- MD 213A runs along the ramp from MD 537D to southbound MD 213 in Chesapeake City, Cecil County. The route is 0.05 mi (80 m) long.[1][31]
See also
- Maryland Roads portal
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- Queen Anne's County (PDF).
- Kent County (PDF).
- Cecil County (PDF).
- ^ National Highway System: Maryland (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- ^ a b c Maryland Scenic Byways Map (Map). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2000.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Google (2009-04-24). "overview of Maryland Route 213" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ National Scenic Byways Program. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ISBN 0-8018-5980-8. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
augustine herrman named 213.
- ^ "Maryland Amish". Amish America. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1911). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads Completed or Under Construction December 31, 1911 (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1915). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ a b c Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
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- ^ "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1931–1934. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1934-12-28: 19, 41, 46. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
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(help) - ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000200023010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ "Dover Bridges". Choptank River Heritage Center. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- ^ a b Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ "Choptank River Bridge". Choptank River Heritage Center. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- ^ a b c Maryland State Roads Commission (1939). General Highway Map: State of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1938). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ "About Chesapeake City MD". Chesapeake City, Maryland. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland". 1941–1942. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1943-03-15: 78. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
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(help) - ^ a b c Maryland State Roads Commission (1946). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1946–1947 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ a b Maryland State Roads Commission (1948). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1949). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
- ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: CE-336-X1-215 (August 23, 1950). Retrieved July 24, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ Cecilton, MD quadrangle (Map) (1951 ed.). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (December 3, 1971). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. p. 416. Retrieved January 13, 2015 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1972). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 100000170050010". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (1995). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.
- ^ Google (2012-03-03). "overview of Maryland Route 213A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
External links
- MD 213 at MDRoads.com
- US 213 at MDRoads.com
- MD 213 at AARoads.com
- Maryland Roads - MD 213
- Endpoints of historic U.S. Highway 213 at USEnds.com