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US 240

Frederick

Montgomery
US 240 · Washington National Pike
from DC line norhtwest to US 40, Frederick.

No longer assigned (decommissioned 197x), original route now MD 355, freeway routing now I-270.

US 240 has its own page in the US Highway section.

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MD 241

St. Mary's
Avenue
Abell
MD 241 · was Hatchet Thicket Rd., Abell Rd.
from ... to ...

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

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MD 242

St. Mary's
Morganza
Clements
Dynard
Avenue
Coltons Point
MD 242 · Colton Point Rd.
12.80 mi.; from Beach Rd near Coltons Point north to MD 5, Morganza.

Marked north-south.

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242
12.8 MD 5
  8.8 MD 234
  6.9 MD 470
  5.3 MD 238
  3.0 MD 470
  0.0 Beach Rd

MD 243

St. Mary's
Leonardtown
Compton
MD 243 · Compton Rd.
4.62 mi.; from beginning of state maintenance north to MD 5 northwest of Leonardtown.

Marked north-south.

State maintenance ends in front of St. Francis Xavier Church. No markers at the southern end.

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243
4.6 MD 5
0.0 BSM

MD 244

St. Mary's
Beauvue
Valley Lee
MD 244 · Medleys Neck Rd, Blake Creek Rd, Drayden Rd
10.48 mi.; from MD 5 east of Leonardtown southeast to MD 249, Valley Lee.

Marked north-south.

Formerly called Beauvue Rd; must have been name changes associated with implementing address numbering with the countywide 911 emergency system.

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244
10.5 MD 5
  0.0 MD 249

MD 245

St. Mary's
Hollywood
Leonardtown
MD 245 · Old Hollywood Rd., Sotterley Rd.
7.55 mi.; from MD 5 in Leonardtown north to end of state maintenance at Steer Horn Neck Rd.

Marked north-south.

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245
7.5 ESM
5.3 MD 235
0.0 MD 5 Bus
0.0 MD 5

MD 246

St. Mary's
Great Mills
Lexington Park
MD 246 · Great Mills Rd.
3.35 mi.; from MD 5, Great Mills northeast to entrance of Patuxent Naval Air Station.

Marked east-west.

MD 246 is a major corridor between MD 5 and 235, and is one axis of the commercial strip developing around Patuxent Naval Air Station.

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246
0.0 MD 5
1.0 MD 237
3.3 MD 235
3.4 NAS Entr

MD 247

St. Mary's
Loveville
Oakville
MD 247 · Loveville Rd.
2.89 mi.; from MD 5 north to end of state maintenance just north of MD 235 at Oakville Rd.

Marked north-south.

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247
2.9 Oakville Rd
2.8 MD 235
0.0 MD 5

MD 248

St. Mary's
Pax NAS
MD 248
was within Patuxent NAS.

No longer assigned (decommissioned 1943), road no longer exists.

MD 248 was lost with the creation of Patuxent Naval Air Station.

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MD 249

St. Mary's
Callaway
Valley Lee
Tall Timbers
Piney Point
St George Island
MD 249 · Piney Point Rd.
9.84 mi.; from MD 5 to end of state maintenance near St. George Island.

Marked north-south.

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249
9.8 MD 5
6.7 MD 244
0.0 ESM

MD 250

Somerset
Costen

Worcester
Pocomoke City
MD 250 · was Old Virginia Rd.
loop west off US 13.

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

This is an old section of US 13 which first showed on maps in 1953.

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MD 250

St. Mary's
MD 250 · was Medleys Neck Rd
old number for part of MD 244

No longer assigned (decommissioned), now part of MD 244.

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MD 251

Prince George's
Riverdale
MD 251 · was 58th Ave.
between then MD 430 and MD 434

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

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MD 251

St. Mary's
MD 251 · was Porto Bello Rd
from ... to ...

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

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MD 252

St. Mary's
Wynne
MD 252 · was Wynne Rd.
from MD 5 west to road end.

No longer assigned (decommissioned 198x).

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MD 253

Anne Arundel
Edgewater
MD 253 · South River Rd.
1.34 mi.; from MD 2 southeast to MD 214.

Marked north-south.

We now begin a new clustering segment. MD 253 to 260 were in southern Anne Arundel County. MD 253 has had most of its length taken over my MD 214, namely all of the latter's length from 253 east to its end at Beverly Beach. MD 214 prior to the takeover ended at MD 2.

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253
1.3 MD 2
0.0 MD 214

MD 254

Charles
Cobb Island
MD 254 · Cobb Island Rd.
1.25 mi.; from MD 257 south to road end.

Marked north-south.

MD 257 now ends where this route turns south. This route was once MD 533 and 257 was the southern end of MD 3.

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254
1.3 MD 257
0.0 ESM

MD 255

Anne Arundel
West River
Galesville
MD 255 · Owensville Rd., Galesville Rd.
4.21 mi.; from MD 2 west of Owensville east to end of state maintenance east of Galesville.

Marked east-west.

MD 253 once looped south and east along the current 468. The Galesville Rd part of the route was then MD 393.

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255
0.0 MD 2
3.2 MD 468
4.2 ESM

MD 256

Anne Arundel
Tracys Landing
Nutwell
Deale
Churchton
MD 256 · Deale Rd, Deale-Churchton Rd
5.28 mi.; from MD 2, Tracys Landing northeast to MD 468.

Marked east-west.

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256
0.0 MD 2
3.5 MD 258
5.3 MD 468

MD 257

Charles
Newburg
Tompkinsville
Issue
MD 257 · Rock Point Rd.
9.75 mi.; from US 301 southeast to MD 254.

Marked, unsure of cardinal directions.

This was the southern tail of MD 3 before the 301 bridge arrived, and was still marked as 3 until the late 1950s. It has since been changed to 257 and its southeastern end rolled back to MD 254.

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257
0.0 US 301
9.8 MD 254

MD 257

Anne Arundel
Deale
MD 257 · was Deale Rd.
old number for MD 256 west of Deale to MD 2

No longer assigned (decommissioned), entire route now part of MD 256.

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MD 258

Anne Arundel
Bristol
Tracy's Landing
Deale
Churchton
MD 258 · Bay Front Rd.
7.13 mi.; from MD 4 east to MD 256 northeast of Deale.

Marked east-west.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 796

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258
0.0 MD 4
0.3 MD 794
2.8 MD 796
3.1 MD 796
4.3 MD 2
7.2 MD 256

MD 259

Anne Arundel
Bristol
Greenock
Mt. Zion (Lothian P.O.)
MD 259 · Greenock Rd.
2.67 mi.; from MD 794 (MD 4 frontage) northeast to MD 408.

Marked east-west.

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259
2.7 MD 408
0.0 MD 794