Maryland Route 344

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Maryland Route 344 marker

Maryland Route 344
Chicamuxen Road
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 2.16 mi[1] (3.48 km)
Major junctions
South end: MD 6 in Doncaster
North end: MD 224 near Chicamuxen
Location
Counties: Charles
Highway system
← MD 343 MD 346 →

Maryland Route 344 (MD 344) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Chicamuxen Road, the state highway runs 2.16 miles (3.48 km) from MD 6 in Doncaster north to MD 224 near Chicamuxen. A connector between MD 6 and MD 224 in western Charles County, MD 344 was originally the southernmost part of MD 224. When MD 224 was rerouted to the west in the mid-1950s, MD 344 was assigned to its present course.

Route description

MD 344 begins at an intersection with MD 6 (Port Tobacco Road) in the hamlet of Doncaster. County-maintained Gilroy Road is the south leg of the four-way intersection. The state highway heads northwest as a two-lane road through farmland and forest. MD 344 reaches its northern terminus at a T-intersection with MD 224 near Chicamuxen. Northbound MD 224 north heads straight as Chicamuxen Road while southbound MD 224 heads west from the intersection as Riverside Road.[1][2]

History

The highway to which MD 344 is now assigned was originally the southern end of MD 224, which extended north to the District of Columbia in Forest Heights.[3] The Doncaster–Chicamuxen portion of MD 224 was constructed in 1930.[4][5] When MD 224 was placed onto Riverside Road south to Riverside in 1957, MD 344 was assigned to the portion of Chicamuxen Road south of the MD 224–MD 344 intersection.[6]

Junction list

The entire route is in Charles County.

LocationMile
[1]		kmDestinationsNotes
Doncaster0.000.00 MD 6 (Port Tobacco Road) – La Plata, Nanjemoy
Chicamuxen2.163.48 MD 224 (Chicamuxen Road/Riverside Road) – Riverside, Marbury
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  • Portal icon Maryland Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Highway Information Services Division (2012). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 
  2. ↑ Google Inc. "Maryland Route 344". Google Maps (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=md-6+and+md-344+doncaster,+md&daddr=md-344+and+md-224+chicamuxen,+md&geocode=FepuSwId3ttl-ykrkfn1m_22iTFw3BedsdhIiw%3BFUrFSwIdK4Rl-yn7utw-yf22iTE5ZHk8LS1-ZA&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=38.503445,-77.207966&sspn=0.061661,0.154324&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  3. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission. General Highway Map: State of Maryland (Map) (1939 ed.).
  4. ↑ Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 207. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 
  5. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1930 ed.).
  6. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1957 ed.).

External links

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