Maryland Route 329
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| Royal Oak Road | ||||
 Maryland Route 329 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 3.29 mi[1] (5.29 km) | |||
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| West end: |
 MD 33 west of Royal Oak | |||
| East end: |
MD 33 east of Royal Oak | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Talbot | |||
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Maryland Route 329 (MD 329) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Royal Oak Road, the state highway runs 3.29 miles (5.29 km) through Royal Oak in western Talbot County, connecting with MD 33 at both termini. MD 329, which formed part of the original road between Easton and Saint Michaels, was constructed as a shell road by the time it was brought under Maryland State Roads Commission maintenance in the mid-1920s.
Route description
MD 329 begins at an intersection with MD 33 (St. Michaels Road) just west of the village of Newcomb. The two-lane state highway heads south, skirting the southern edge of the community. MD 329 enters the community of Royal Oak, where the highway passes around a branch of Oak Creek and curves to the east. The state highway intersects Bellevue Road, which heads south toward Bellevue and that village's dock of the seasonal Oxford-Bellevue Ferry to Oxford. MD 329 continues east past farmland and scattered residences, heading around the other branch of Oak Creek. After Hopkins Neck Road, the state highway heads straight northeast through a forested area to its eastern terminus at MD 33.[1][2]
History
MD 329 follows the path of the original road between Easton and Saint Michaels, which generally followed present-day MD 33 except for dipping south around the head of Oak Creek and passing through Royal Oak.[3][4] When MD 33 was constructed in the early 1920s, it paralleled the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway through Newcomb.[3][5] The Maryland State Roads Commission assumed maintenance of the shell road through Royal Oak by 1927.[6][5]
Junction list
The entire route is in Talbot County.
| Location | Mile[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Newcomb | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 33 (St. Michaels Road) – St. Michaels, Tilghman Island | ||
| Royal Oak | 1.01 | 1.63 | Bellevue Road south – Bellevue | ||
| 3.29 | 5.29 | MD 33 (St. Michaels Road) – Easton | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
Maryland Roads portal
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Highway Information Services Division (2011). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- Talbot County (PDF)
- ↑ Google Inc. "Maryland Route 329". Google Maps (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-329+E%2FRoyal+Oak+Rd&daddr=MD-329+E%2FRoyal+Oak+Rd+to:MD-33+E%2FSt+Michaels+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FQdbTwIdAYN1-w%3BFS4mTwId8MF1-w%3BFdtuTwIdRhF2-w&mra=ls&sll=38.745214,-76.166625&sspn=0.015363,0.038581&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 United States Geological Survey. Saint Michaels, MD quadrangle (Map). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic) (1904 ed.). http://historical.mytopo.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Saint%20Michaels&state=MD&series=15. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey. Oxford, MD quadrangle (Map). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic) (1904 ed.). http://historical.mytopo.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Oxford&state=MD&series=15. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1927 ed.).
- ↑ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 35. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
External links
Route map: Google / Bing| KML file (edit) |
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