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MD 260

Calvert

Anne Arundel

Calvert
Owings
Paris
Chesapeake Beach
 MD 260 · Chesapeake Beach Rd.
8.68 mi.; from MD 4 southeast to MD 261, Chesapeake Beach.

Marked east-west.

The original routing of MD 260 extended west along Mt Harmony Rd to MD 4 (then MD 416). Between 1956-58, 260 was rerouted along the former right-of-way of the abandoned Chesapeake Beach Railroad, which had been used to build a new road, MD 751, sometime between 1948 and 1955. The portion of Mt Harmony Rd west of the new junction was dropped to county maintenance, and all of 751 became part of 260. The bypassed part of Mt Harmony appears curvy on the map, but the new 260 cuts straight as an arrow from northwest to southeast between MD 4 and Mt Harmony just outside Chesapeake Beach. It also just clips a southern corner of Anne Arundel County before returning to Calvert County.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 775

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260
0.0 MD 4
2.7 CV-AA Line
4.0 AA-CV Line
4.1 MD 2
4.4 MD 778
6.0 Mt Harmony Rd
8.7 MD 261

MD 261

Anne Arundel
Friendship
Rose Haven
North Beach

Calvert
Chesapeake Beach
Randle Cliff Beach
Holiday Beach
 MD 261 · Friendship Rd, Lake Shore Dr, Walnut Ave, Bay Ave, Bayside Rd, Willows Rd
12.86 mi.; from MD 2, Friendship south to MD 263.

Marked north-south.

North of North Beach, this route was once MD 613. Futher south, although maps make it appear right alongside the Chesapeake Bay shore, there's not much of a view, as there are plenty of woods.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 764

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261
12.9 MD 2
12.9 MD 778
  7.5 AA-CV Line
  6.1 MD 260
  1.2 MD 764
  0.0 MD 263

MD 262

Calvert
Lower Marlboro
Sunderland
 MD 262 · Lower Marlboro Rd
4.48 mi.; from MD 4 west to road end near Lower Marlboro Lane.

Marked east-west.

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262
0.0 Begin
4.3 MD 4
4.5 MD 2

MD 263

Calvert
Parran
Plum Point
 MD 263 · Plum Point Rd
6.17 mi.; from MD 2/4 east to road end.

Marked east-west.

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Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 761

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263
0.0 MD 2
1.6 MD 761
1.8 MD 761
4.1 MD 261
6.2 End

MD 264

Calvert
Port Republic
Mutual
Island Creek
Broomes Island
 MD 264 · Broomes Island Rd
6.66 mi.; from MD 2/4 south to road end at Oyster House Rd/Ballard Rogers Rd, Broomes Island

Marked north-south.

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264
6.7 MD 2
4.4 MD 265
0.0 Begin

MD 265

Calvert
Mutual
 MD 265 · Mackall Rd
1.75 mi.; from MD 264 southeast to end of state maintenance.

Marked, unsure of cardinal directions

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265
1.8 MD 264
0.0 Begin

MD 266

Calvert
Sollers
Lusby
 MD 266 · was Sollers Wharf Rd
from MD 2/4 west to road end.

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

Seems to have disappeared by 1958.

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MD 267

Cecil
Charlestown
 MD 267 · Baltimore St, Cecil St, Bladen St
1.90 mi.; from MD 7 looping south back to MD 7.

Marked east-west.

MD 267 begins Cecil County's allocation of numbers (267-286). It does a loop off of MD 7(C) across the Amtrak rail line through Charlestown.

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267
0.0 MD 7
1.9 MD 7

MD 268

Cecil
Elkton
 MD 268 · North St
0.95 mi.; from MD 279 south to MD 7(D) (Main St).

Marked north-south.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 727

This route is mistakenly marked as MD 727 in the new official maps. Officially, 727 only consists of the remains either side of the old Amtrak grade crossing (Old North Rd). Despite the mistakes there is a good side, the new map reinstates the closeup insets of Elkton and other significant towns (mostly county seats) outside the Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis-Frederick rectangle after an absence of many years.

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268
1.0 MD 279
0.6 MD 727
0.4 MD 727
0.0 MD 7

MD 269

Cecil
Colora
Liberty Grove
Port Deposit
 MD 269 · was Liberty Grove Rd
from MD 222 north then east to old MD 276, later MD 813.

No longer assigned (decommissioned 197x).

This route was never extended east from the old 276 to the new. This remained county-maintained Ebenezer Church Road.

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I-270

 I-270 · Eisenhower Mem. Hwy.
32.60 mi.; from I-70 near Frederick southeast to I-495.

I-270 has its own page in the Interstate section.

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MD 270

Anne Arundel
Glen Burnie
 MD 270 · Furnace Branch Rd.
2.16 mi.; from MD 3 Business southeast to MD 648.

Marked north-south.

Maryland generally does not change state numbers that coincide with Interstates, and since it's not in the same immediate area, MD 270 remains above board as the rules go.

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270
2.2 MD 3 Bus
2.1 MD 2
1.6 MD 10 5
0.0 MD 648

MD 271

Cecil
Perryville
 MD 271 ·
from MD 7 north to indeterminate point.

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

This route went north alongside the Susqehanna shore. I'm not sure of the name of the road.

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MD 272

Cecil
Calvert
Zion
North East
Elk Neck
 MD 272 · Chrome Rd, North East Rd, Turkey Point Rd
20.67 mi.; from PA line near Calvert south to entrance of Elk Neck State Park.

Marked north-south.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 699

A main north-south drag through Cecil County, the 272 number continues north into Pennsylvania. It happens to fit both Pennsylvania's numbering system of PA x72s in its region of Lancaster County, and Cecil County's MD 267-286 numbering group.

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272
20.7 PA 272
20.7 PA Line
19.4 MD 273
14.6 MD 274
14.0 I-95 100
12.2 US 40
11.6 MD 7
  0.0 Begin

MD 273

Cecil
Harrisville
Rising Sun
Calvert
Blue Ball
Fair Hill
Appleton
 MD 273 · Rising Sun Rd, Main St, Telegraph Rd
16.74 mi.; from US 1 west of Rising Sun east to DE line.

Marked east-west.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 809

MD 273 goes through Rising Sun since US 1 bypassed it in the late fifties. A great back door route into Newark and Wilmington, since much of US 40 in Delaware is a shopping strip bedecked with traffic lights. Keeping its number when crossing the line, DE 273 meets US 13/40 near New Castle.

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273
  0.0 US 1
  0.7 MD 276
  1.6 MD 274
  6.2 MD 272
12.2 MD 213
16.6 DE Line
16.6 DE 273

MD 274

Cecil
Rising Sun
Farmington
College Green
Bay View
 MD 274 · Joseph Biggs Mem. Hwy., Queen St.
7.35 mi.; from MD 273 in Rising Sun southeast to MD 272.

Marked north-south.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 697

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274
0.0 MD 273
7,4 MD 272

MD 275

Cecil
Craigtown
 MD 275 · Perrylawn Rd
2.22 mi.; from MD 276 south to MD 222/824.

Marked north-south.

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275
2.2 MD 276
0.0 MD 824
0.0 MD 222

MD 275

Queen Anne's
Kingstown
 MD 275 · was Kingstown Rd
west off MD 213.

No longer assigned (decommissioned 194x).

This appears to be the southern portion of a possible old 213 crossing over the Chester River.

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MD 276

Cecil
Rising Sun
Woodlawn
Port Deposit
 MD 276 · Jacob Tome Memorial Hwy
7.85 mi.; from MD 222 in Port Deposit north to US 1 west of Rising Sun.

Marked north-south..

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 813

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276
7.9 US 1
7.4 MD 273
2.3 MD 275
0.0 MD 222

MD 277

Cecil
Elk Mills
 MD 277 · Fletchwood Rd, Elk Mills Rd
2.51 mi.; from beginning of state maintenance near Brewster Rd east to MD 279.

Marked east-west.

East end of MD 277 was at MD 316 before extension of state maintenance to MD 279 near the Delaware state line.

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277
0.0 Begin
1.2 MD 316
2.5 MD 279

MD 278

Cecil
 MD 278 ·
old number for MD 896

No longer assigned (decommissioned 194x), changed to MD 896.

The 278 number existed for this small .21 mile stretch of current 896 in 1940, but was switched to MD 896 by 1948.

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MD 279

Cecil
Elkton
 MD 279 · Elkton-Newark Rd
4.95 mi.; from US 40 northeast to Delaware state line.

Status: Marked north-south.

Associated Secret-Obscure Routes: 823

Proivdes a sort of bypass of the center of Elkton; 279 may have had a different routing before completion of I-95. MD 279 is the last exit on I-95 before the Delaware state line and that state's toll plaza.

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279
5.0 DE 279
5.0 DE Line
4.9 MD 277
3.8 I-95 109
1.8 MD 316
1.7 MD 268
1.2 MD 213
0.6 MD 545
0.0 MD 7
0.0 US 40