Maryland Route 445

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Maryland Route 445

Maryland Route 445 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 11.96 mi[1] (19.25 km)
Major junctions
South end: Eastern Neck Island
  MD 20 in Rock Hall
North end: MD 21 in Tolchester Beach
Location
Counties: Kent
Highway system
← MD 444 MD 446 →

Maryland Route 445 (MD 445) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 11.96 miles (19.25 km) from Eastern Neck Island in the southwest corner of Kent County north to MD 21 in Tolchester Beach. MD 445 connects Tolchester Beach and Eastern Neck Island to Rock Hall, where the highway intersects MD 20. The state highway was constructed around 1930.

Route description

MD 445 begins at the north end of the bridge from the mainland to Eastern Neck Island. Eastern Neck Road continues south toward Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. MD 445 heads north through farmland until the highway enters the town of Rock Hall immediately after passing Boundary Street. The state highway is known as Main Street through Rock Hall, where the highway intersects Sharp Street and MD 20 (Rock Hall Avenue). After passing Rock Hall Ball Park, MD 445 leaves the town limits and its name changes to Tolchester Road. The state highway passes through a mix of farms and forests and crosses Swan Creek before reaching its northern terminus at Tolchester Beach Road. Tolchester Beach Road is marked as MD 21 east from the intersection and is a county highway west to the old beach resort, while the roadway continues north as Bay Shore Road.[1][2]

History

MD 445 was constructed from Tolchester Beach south through Rock Hall to approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Eastern Neck Island in 1929 and 1930.[3][4] The remainder of the highway to the north end of the bridge to the island was completed shortly after 1930.[3][5]

Junction list

The entire route is in Kent County.

LocationMile[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Eastern Neck Island0.000.00Eastern Neck Road south
Rock Hall6.019.67 MD 20 (Rock Hall Avenue) – Chestertown
Tolchester Beach11.9619.25 MD 21 east (Tolchester Beach Road) / Tolchester Beach Road west / Bay Shore Road north – FairleeWestern terminus of MD 21
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 2010-10-07. 
  2. ↑ Google Inc. "Maryland Route 445". Google Maps (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-445+N%2FEastern+Neck+Island+Rd&daddr=MD-445+N%2FTolchester+Rd&geocode=FerwUwIdiPF0-w%3BFY5fVgIdduJ0-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=39.211108,-76.222072&sspn=0.015263,0.038581&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. pp. 89, 218–219. Retrieved 2010-10-07. 
  4. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1930 ed.).
  5. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1933 ed.).

External links

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