Maryland Route 213
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| MD 213 |
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| Singerly Rd, Lewisville Rd, Augustine Herman Hwy, Church Hill Rd, Centreville Rd | |||||||||
| Length: | 68.25 mi (109.84 km) | ||||||||
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| Decomd.: | N/A | ||||||||
| From: | Wye Mills | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
* MD 662
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| To: | PA 841 | ||||||||
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Maryland Route 213 is a 68-mile (109 km) north-south highway on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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[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 and Delaware Canal 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] Junction list
| County | Location | Destinations | Notes |
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| Queen Anne's | Wye Mills | Maryland Route 662 / Wye Mills Rd. - Wye Mills |
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 US 50 / Ocean Gateway - Annapolis, Easton (to Ocean City |
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 Maryland Route 309 north / Starr Rd. - Starr, Cordova |
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 US 301 / Blue Star Memorial Highway - Annapolis, Wilmington DE |
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| Centreville |  Maryland Route 18 south / Main St. - Queenstown |
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 Maryland Route 304 north / Corsica Neck Rd. - Bridgetown |
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 Maryland Route 305 east / Hope Rd. - Ingleside |
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| Church Hill |  Maryland Route 19 north / Main St. - Church Hill |
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 Maryland Route 300 east / Sudlersville Rd. - Sudlersville |
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| Maryland Route 19 south/ Main St. - Church Hill |
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| Chestertown |  Maryland Route 544 east / Mcginnes Rd. |
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| Kent | Chestertown |  Maryland Route 289 / Quaker Neck Rd. - Pomona |
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 Maryland Route 291 / Morgnec Rd. - Millington (to  DE 6) |
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 Maryland Route 297 north / Worton Rd. - Worton |
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 Maryland Route 561 / Hassenger Corner's Rd. |
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| Kennedyville |  Maryland Route 855A |
sharply curved loop along mainline of  |
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 Maryland Route 298 |
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| Locust Grove |  Maryland Route 449 |
corner of / intersection |
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| Locust Grove | Maryland Route 444 / Locust Grove Rd. - Kentmore Park |
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| Galena |  Maryland Route 313 south / Galena Rd. - Mardela Springs (to US 50) |
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 Maryland Route 290 south / Galena Rd. - Chesterville, Dudley Corners |
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| Cecil | Cecilton |  Maryland Route 282 Cecilton-Warwick Rd. - Crystal Beach, Warwick |
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 Maryland Route 310 east / Cayots-Mt. Pleasant Rd. - Cayots (to Image:Delaware 432.svg DE 432) |
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| Chesapeake City |  Maryland Route 537 north / George St. |
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| Chesapeake City |  Maryland Route 285 east / Biddle St. (to DE 399) |
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| Elkton |  US 40 Pulaski Highway - Perryville, Glasgow DE |
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 Maryland Route 7 W Main Street/Howard Street (to  MD 281) |
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 Maryland Route 545 south / Elkton Blvd. |
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 Maryland Route 279 Elkton Rd./Newark Ave. (to  I-95) |
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Leeds Rd. (to  MD 277) |
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| Fair Hill |  Maryland Route 273 / Telegraph Rd. - Rising Sun (to  US 1), Appleton (to  DE 273) |
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| Lewisville PA |  Pennsylvania Route 841 / Lewisville Rd. |
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[edit] History
Maryland Route 213 used to be signed as 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.
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.
[edit] Notes
- MD 213 was created when US 213 was decommissioned in 1979.
- It was extended from US 40 to the Pennsylvania border along the former Maryland Route 280; since 213 had become a state 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.
- It becomes Pennsylvania Route 841 north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
