Maryland Route 521

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Maryland Route 521 marker

Maryland Route 521
Hunting Creek Road
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 4.43 mi[1] (7.13 km)
Major junctions
South end: Lowery Road near Huntingtown
North end: MD 524 in Huntingtown
Location
Counties: Calvert
Highway system
← MD 520 US 522 →

Maryland Route 521 (MD 521) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Hunting Creek Road, the state highway runs 4.43 miles (7.13 km) from Lowery Road near Huntingtown north to MD 524 in Huntingtown. MD 521 was constructed in the early 1930s.

Route description

MD 521 begins at the intersection of Lowery Road and Soper Road southwest of Huntingtown, near the confluence of Hunting Creek and the Patuxent River. The state highway crosses Little Lyons Creek and heads north as a two-lane road through a mix of farmland and forest, where the highway intersects the other end of Lowery Road. At the intersection with Huntingtown Road, MD 521 turns east into the center of Huntingtown, where the highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 524 (Old Town Road). MD 524 is a loop of old alignment of MD 2 that connects at both ends to MD 2 and MD 4, which run concurrently as Solomons Island Road. However, there is no access from MD 524 to northbound MD 2 and MD 4 at the northern intersection.[1][2]

History

MD 521 was constructed as a gravel road for its whole length in 1933.[3][4] Aside from paving and minor improvements, the state highway has not changed since the 1930s.

Junction list

The entire route is in Calvert County.

LocationMile[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.000.00Lowery Road east / Soper Road south
Huntingtown3.936.32Huntingtown Road northMD 521 turns east at this intersection
4.437.13 MD 524 (Old Town Road) to MD 2 / MD 4 (Solomons Island Road) – Prince Frederick, Sunderland
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 2011-02-22. 
  2. ↑ Google Inc. "Maryland Route 521". Google Maps (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-521+N%2FHunting+Creek+Rd&daddr=Hunting+Creek+Rd&hl=en&geocode=Ff6PTAId5lVu-w%3BFd5ATQId3vhu-w&mra=ls&sll=38.616963,-76.615005&sspn=0.003831,0.009645&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  3. ↑ Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 32. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  4. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1933 ed.).

External links

Route map: Google / Bing
KML file (edit)
State highways
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