Maryland Route 285
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East end | Chesapeake City Road at the Delaware state line near Chesapeake City | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Cecil | |||
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Maryland Route 285 (MD 285) is a
Route description
MD 285 begins at an intersection with MD 213 (Augustine Herman Highway) at the north end of the Chesapeake City Bridge. The highway heads east as two-lane undivided Lock Street, which curves south at county-maintained Hemphill Street. MD 285 curves to the southwest at its junction with the north end of
History
MD 285 originally only included Biddle Street. The highway was paved as a 18-foot-wide (5.5 m) concrete road from Lock Street to the Delaware state line between 1928 and 1930.
In the 1920s, the
On May 8, 1958, the Maryland State Roads Commission and Cecil County signed a road transfer agreement to turn maintenance of MD 537B outside the town of Chesapeake City to county maintenance.[16] However, the portion of MD 537B from US 213 to the north town limit was returned to state maintenance through an August 22, 1961, road transfer agreement.[17] MD 285 and MD 537B were resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1971 and 1976, respectively.[18][19] The intersection of MD 537B and MD 284 was transformed from a tangent intersection to the present orthogonal intersection in 1982.[19] The following year, the portion of MD 537B between MD 213 and the intersection of Biddle and Lock streets was renumbered as an extension of MD 285.[1][20]
Junction list
The entire route is in Cecil County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 213 (Augustine Herman Highway) – Elkton, Cecilton | Western terminus | |
MD 284 south (Hemphill Street) | Northern terminus of MD 284 | ||||
0.57 | 0.92 | Biddle Street west / Lock Street south | MD 285 turns east onto Biddle Street; Lock Street is former unsigned MD 537B | ||
0.76 | 1.22 | MD 284 north (Hemphill Street) | Southern terminus of MD 284 | ||
| 2.43 | 3.91 | Chesapeake City Road east | Delaware state line; eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- Maryland Roads portal
References
- ^ a b c d Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2014). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- Cecil County (PDF).
- ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. §§ B16A, B16C. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 22. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. p. 110. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Elkton, MD quadrangle (Map) (1917 ed.). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "History". Welcome to Historic Chesapeake City, Maryland. Chesapeake City, Maryland. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 30, 75. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Elkton, MD quadrangle (Map) (1942 ed.). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ Reindollar, Robert M.; Webb, P. Watson; McCain, Russell H. (February 1, 1947). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1945–1946 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 89. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Elkton, MD quadrangle (Map) (1954 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of the State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. May 8, 1958. Retrieved July 26, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Memorandum of Action of State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. August 23, 1961. Retrieved July 26, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: CE-517-297 (September 2, 1971). Retrieved July 26, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ a b Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: CE-577-277 (June 2, 1976), CE-604-501-276 (January 20, 1982). Retrieved July 26, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Memorandum from John T. Neukam to James M. Wright" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. August 18, 1983. Retrieved July 26, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
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