Maryland Route 90

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This article is about the current Maryland Route 90. For the former highway, see Maryland Route 90 (former).

MD Route 90

Ocean City Expressway
Maintained by MDSHA

Length:

11.83 mi [1] (19.04 km)

Formed:

1970s

West end:

US 50 near Whaleyville

Major
junctions:

US 113 near Berlin

MD 589 in Ocean Pines

East end:

MD 528 in Ocean City

Highways in Maryland
< MD 89		MD 91 >
State highways - Minor - Former - Turnpikes

Maryland Route 90, also known as the Ocean City Expressway, is a roughly 12-mile highway in Worcester County, Maryland, near Ocean City. It serves as a link between US 50 and the northern beaches of Ocean City.

1 Cities and towns
2 Route description
- 2.1 Safety
3 Junction list
4 History
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Cities and towns

[edit] Route description

MD 90 splits off of US 50 roughly 4 miles before US 50 reaches U.S. 113 near Berlin. It then passes through Ocean Pines as a two-lane freeway before crossing the St. Martin's River. After crossing the river the route intersects St. Martin's Neck Road at the only traffic light along the route (aside from the one at the end). Then it crosses the Assawoman Bay on the Assawoman Bay Bridge, and ends at an intersection with Maryland Route 528 at 62nd street in Ocean City.

[edit] Safety

Due to the two-lane freeway nature of the road and the fact that most drivers on the road had already spent most of their time on the divided US 50 for a good distance before reaching MD 90, it is highly prone to head-on collisions. Despite attempts by the state to help make the road safer, including requiring headlight usage and placing rumble strips along the center line of the road, accidents still happen along it. One notable accident that happened along the route (on July 10, 2005) led to the death of Freda Wright-Sorce, wife of radio personality Don Geronimo of the Don and Mike show.

[edit] Junction list

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
	0.0	US 50 / Ocean Gateway - Salisbury, Vienna	westbound entrance and eastbound exit; western terminus of
Berlin	4.4	US 113 / Worcester Highway - Selbyville DE, Pocomoke City	grade-separated interchange between routes
divides into two-lane freeway
Ocean Pines	6.0	Maryland Route 589 / Race Track Rd.	grade-separated interchange between routes
crosses St. Martin River
	9.5	St. Martin's Neck Rd.	at-grade intersection
crosses the Assawoman Bay (Assawoman Bay Bridge)
Ocean City	11.8	Maryland Route 528 / Coastal Highway - to US 50 and DE 1	at-grade intersection eastern terminus of

[edit] History

MD 90 first opened in the 1970s to provide an alternate gateway into the resort in addition to US 50. It serves as the northern access corridor into Ocean City, while US 50 serves as the southern access corridor.