Maryland Route 213

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MD Route 213

Singerly Rd, Lewisville Rd, Augustine Herman Hwy, Church Hill Rd, Centreville Rd
Maintained by MDSHA

Length:

68.25 mi [1] (109.84 km)

South end:

MD 662 in Wye Mills

Major
junctions:

US 50

US 301
MD 18
MD 313
US 40
MD 7
MD 279

North end:

PA 841

Highways in Maryland
< MD 212		MD 214 >
State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

Maryland Route 213 is a 68-mile (109 km) north-south highway on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

1 Counties traversed
2 Route description
3 History
4 Junction list
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Counties traversed

[edit] Route description

The road runs from the Pennsylvania state line at Lewisville, where it turns into PA 841, to Wye Mills. It serves the major regional towns of Elkton, Chesapeake City, Chestertown, and Centreville. The road crosses the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the Chesapeake City Bridge in Chesapeake City.

Like Delaware Route 1, US 13 and US 301, it is one of the major north-south arteries of the Delmarva Peninsula.

[edit] History

Until 1979, Maryland Route 213 was U.S. Route 213, starting at U.S. 40 and running south (the part from U.S. 40 to Pennsylvania was Maryland Route 280). Prior to 1949, US 213 continued past Wye Mills all the way to Ocean City, junctioning its parent US 13 in downtown Salisbury. The route was truncated when U.S. Route 50 arrived on the Eastern Shore due to the impending completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and as a result US 213 no longer crossed US 13.

In 1979, US 213 became MD 213, and the route was extended from US 40 to the Pennsylvania border along the former Maryland Route 280; since 213 had become a state-numbered highway, the separate route number 280 was no longer needed. As a result, MD 213 does not have an interchange with I-95, as ample access to US 213 was provided via US 40 and MD 279 in Elkton.

Before it was labeled as 213, it was an important route on the journey between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC. George Washington, among many others, frequented the inns along the way.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Junction list

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Queen Anne's	Wye Mills	MD 662 (Wye Mills Road) – Wye Mills
	Wye Mills	US 50 (Ocean Gateway) – Annapolis, Easton, Ocean City
		MD 309 south (Starr Road) – Starr, Cordova
		US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) – Annapolis, Wilmington DE	Interchange
	Centreville	MD 18 south (Main Street) – Queenstown
		MD 304 east (Water Street) – Bridgetown	South end of MD 304 overlap
		MD 304 west (Chesterfield Avenue)	North end of MD 304 overlap
		MD 305 east (Hope Road) – Ingleside
	Church Hill	MD 19 north (Main Street) – Church Hill
		MD 300 east (Sudlersville Road) – Sudlersville
		MD 19 south (Main Street) – Church Hill
	Chestertown	MD 544 east (Mcginnes Road)
Kent	Chestertown	MD 289 (Quaker Neck Road) – Pomona
	Chestertown	MD 291 (Morgnec Road) – Millington
		MD 297 north (Worton Road) – Worton
		MD 561 (Hassenger Corner's Road)
	Kennedyville	MD 855	sharply curved loop along MD 213
		MD 298
	Locust Grove	MD 449	corner of MD 213/MD 444 intersection
	Locust Grove	MD 444 (Locust Grove Road) – Kentmore Park
	Galena	MD 313 south / MD 290 (Galena Road) to US 50 – Mardela Springs, Chesterville, Dudley Corners
Cecil	Cecilton	MD 282 (Cecilton-Warwick Road) – Crystal Beach, Warwick
		MD 310 east (Cayots-Mt. Pleasant Road) – Cayots
	Chesapeake City	MD 537 north (George Street)
	Chesapeake City Bridge
	Chesapeake City	MD 285 east (Biddle Street)
	Elkton	US 40 (Pulaski Highway) – Perryville, Glasgow DE	northern terminus of former US 213
		MD 7 (W Main Street/Howard Street) to MD 281
		MD 545 north (Elkton Boulevard)
		MD 279 (Elkton Road/Newark Avenue) to I-95
		To MD 277 (Leeds Road)
	Fair Hill	MD 273 (Telegraph Road) to US 1 – Rising Sun, Appleton
	Lewisville PA	PA 841 (Lewisville Road)