Maryland Route 354

Maryland Route 354 marker

Maryland Route 354

A map of the northern part of the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland showing major roads. Maryland Route 354 runs from near Snow Hill north to Willards.

Maryland Route 354 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 14.98 mi[1] (24.11 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
South end: MD 12 near Snow Hill
 

MD 374 in Powellville
MD 350 in Powellville

US 50 in Willards
North end: MD 346 in Willards
Location
Counties: Worcester, Wicomico
Highway system
← MD 353MD 355 →

Maryland Route 354 (MD 354) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 14.98 miles (24.11 km) from MD 12 near Snow Hill north to MD 346 in Willards. MD 354 parallels the Pocomoke River, connecting eastern Wicomico County and northwestern Worcester with Snow Hill. The state highway was first constructed from Willards in the mid-1910s. The remainder of MD 354 was completed in the late 1920s and early 1930s, with little change in the highway since.

Route description

MD 354 begins at an intersection with MD 12 in the hamlet of Indiantown north of Snow Hill. Nassawango Road heads southwest from the junction toward Pocomoke State Forest. MD 354 heads north as Whiton Road, a two-lane road that passes through farmland and parallels the Pocomoke River at a distance. The state highway crosses Tilghman Race before passing through the hamlet of Whiton and entering Wicomico County, where the name of the highway changes to Powellville Road. In Powellville, MD 354 intersects MD 374 (Burbage Crossing Road) at an acute angle and MD 350 (Mount Hermon Road) at a right angle before crossing Adkins Mill Pond. After passing through more farmland, the state highway enters the town of Willards and intersects U.S. Route 50 (Ocean Gateway). MD 354 continues north to its terminus at MD 346 (Old Ocean City Road), where Main Street continues north into the center of Willards.[1][2]

History

The first section of the highway that was to become MD 354 was paved from the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing on the north side of Willards south to Friendship Road north of Powellville in 1917.[3] The pavement was extended south to Powellville by 1921.[4] Paving began from Indiantown toward Whiton by 1927.[5][6] MD 354 was completed south to Whiton in 1930.[7] The gap south of Whiton was filled in 1933, completing the highway.[8][9] The state highway between Powellville and Willards was widened in 1956, the same year the northern end was rolled back from the railroad crossing in Willards to US 50 (now MD 346).[10][11]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi
[1]		kmDestinationsNotes
WorcesterIndiantown0.000.00 MD 12 (Snow Hill Road) / Nassawango Road south – Snow Hill, SalisburySouthern terminus
WicomicoPowellville10.1316.30 MD 374 east (Burbage Crossing Road) – Berlin
10.4916.88 MD 350 west (Mount Hermon Road) – Salisbury
Willards14.7923.80 US 50 (Ocean Gateway) – Salisbury, Ocean City
14.9824.11 MD 346 (Old Ocean City Road) / Main Street north – Pittsville, WhaleyvilleNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  2. ↑ Google (2010-04-01). "Maryland Route 354" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  3. ↑ Zouck, Frank H.; Uhl, G. Clinton; Mudd, John F. (January 1920). "Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland" (1916–1919 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission: 53. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  4. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  5. ↑ 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: 100. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  6. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  7. ↑ 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: 234–235. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  8. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  9. ↑ Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland" (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission: 362. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  10. ↑ Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (November 2, 1956). "Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland" (1955–1956 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission: 125. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  11. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission (1956). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.

External links

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