Summary
Maryland Route 305 (MD 305) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Hope Road, the highway runs 5.08 miles (8.18 km) from MD 213 in Centreville east to an intersection with Dean Road and Hayden Road at Hope east of its intersection with U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in central Queen Anne's County. MD 305 was constructed in the early 1910s and early 1920s. The highway was planned to extend to Ingleside, but only one segment of that extension was built at the Ingleside end in the mid-1940s. That disjoint part of MD 305 was removed from the state highway system in the early 1960s.
Maryland Route 305 | ||||
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| Hope Road | ||||
 Maryland Route 305 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 5.08 mi[1] (8.18 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MD 213 in Centreville | |||
 US 301 at Carville | ||||
| East end | Dean Road / Hayden Road at Hope | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Queen Anne's | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description edit
MD 305 begins at MD 213 (Church Hill Road) on the north side of the town of Centreville. The highway heads east as two-lane undivided Hope Road, which passes the historic home Content and crosses Three Bridges Branch. MD 305 meets US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) at an acute superstreet intersection; traffic on MD 305 that wishes to continue on that route must turn right onto US 301, make a U-turn, and turn right again to continue on the highway.[2] Immediately to the east of the US 301 junction, the highway crosses the Centreville Branch of the Northern Line of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad at-grade at the hamlet of Carville. MD 305 passes the historic home Lansdowne on its way to the hamlet of Hope, where the state highway ends at an intersection with Dean Road and Hayden Road. Hope Road continues east as a county highway toward MD 405 at Roe.[1][3]
History edit
Queen Anne's County constructed with state aid a 9-foot-wide (2.7 m) macadam road from the Centreville Branch of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad at Carville east to Hope by 1915.[4] The Maryland State Roads Commission built a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) concrete road in two sections from Centreville to Carville in 1922 and 1923.[5] MD 305 in the town of Centreville was resurfaced in 1949, and the route from Centreville to the US 301 intersection was reconstructed in 1973 and 1974.[6][7] The highway's superstreet intersection with US 301 was built in 2017 as part of the contract to build the MD 304–US 301 interchange to the south.[2]
In 1946, Queen Anne's County requested funds for the 3-year post-war construction program to be applied to the 5.5-mile-long (8.9 km) road from Hope to Ingleside. The county specifically requested the 0.88-mile-long (1.42 km) segment southwest from MD 19 at Ingleside toward Roe be funded for construction during the first year of the program.[8] After the Ingleside segment was constructed with a sand bituminous mix surface in 1946, the highway was proposed to be designated MD 526.[9][10] However, the following year the Maryland State Roads Commission brought the highway into the state highway system as a segment of MD 305, and additional segments of the Hope–Ingleside highway would be brought into the state highway system as they were completed.[11] The state never did construct additional segments of the Hope–Ingleside road; the roads commission transferred MD 305B from state to county maintenance through a February 19, 1962, memorandum of action.[12]
Junction list edit
The entire route is in Queen Anne's County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centreville | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 213 (Church Hill Road) – Centreville, Chestertown | Western terminus | |
| Carville | 2.92 | 4.70 | US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) – Bay Bridge, Wilmington | Superstreet intersection[2] | |
| Hope | 5.08 | 8.18 | Dean Road south / Hayden Road north / Hope Road east | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also edit
Maryland Roads portal
References edit
- ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2016). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- Queen Anne's County (PDF).
- ^ a b c Combs, Hannah (August 9, 2017). "301/304 overpass expected to open next week". Kent Island Bay Times. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ^ Staff. Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map) (2016 ed.). Maryland State Highway Administration. §§ E15C, E15D. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ^ Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 124. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ^ Mackall, John N.; Crothers, Omar D.; Winebrener, D.C. (January 1924). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1920–1923 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 45, 95. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ^ Reindollar, Robert M.; George, Joseph M.; McCain, Russell H. (December 20, 1950). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1949–1950 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 110. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: Q-498-1-271 (May 9, 1973). Retrieved November 25, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of the State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Queen Anne's County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 22, 1946. Retrieved November 25, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: Q-175-1-250 (August 22, 1946). Retrieved November 25, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Letter from William F. Childs, Jr., to Mr. Cassell" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Queen Anne's County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. November 21, 1946. Retrieved November 25, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of the State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Queen Anne's County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. December 9, 1947. Retrieved November 25, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
- ^ "Memorandum of Action of State Roads Commission of Maryland" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Queen Anne's County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. February 19, 1962. Retrieved November 25, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
External links edit
- MDRoads: MD 305