Maryland Route 239

Maryland Route 239
Bushwood Wharf Road
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	1.64 mi[1] (2.64 km)
Major junctions
West end:	Dead end at the Wicomico River
East end:	MD 242 in Bushwood
Location
Counties:	St. Mary's
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 238 US 240 →

Maryland Route 239 (MD 239) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Bushwood Wharf Road, the state highway runs 1.64 miles (2.64 km) from a dead end at the Wicomico River east to MD 242 in Bushwood in western St. Mary's County. MD 239 was constructed in the late 1920s.

Route description

MD 239 begins at a dead end next to a boat ramp on Bushwood Cove of the Wicomico River at a spot historically known as Bushwood Wharf. The state highway heads east as a 18-foot (5.5 m) two-lane road past the historic home Ocean Hall. At Bushwood Road, MD 239 curves to the southeast, passing through farmland and crossing Whites Neck Creek before intersecting the northern terminus of MD 520 (Whites Neck Road). MD 239 continues east to its terminus at MD 242 (Colton Point Road).^[1][2]

History

MD 239 was constructed as a 15-foot (4.6 m) gravel road starting in 1926.^[3] The state highway was built from MD 242 to Bushwood Road in 1927 and to the western terminus on the Wicomico River in 1928.^[4][5] MD 239 was widened and resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1956.^[6] The state highway has changed very little since then.

Junction list

The entire route is in Bushwood in St. Mary's County.

Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
0.00	Dead end at Wicomico River	Western terminus
1.33	MD 520 south (Whites Neck Road)
1.64	MD 242 (Colton Point Road) – Clements, Coltons Point	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Highway Location Reference: St. Mary's County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_SAINTMARYS.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-08. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 239 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-239%2FBushwood+Wharf+Rd&daddr=MD-239%2FBushwood+Wharf+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FcwqSAIdUAxs-w%3BFXgVSAIdxnds-w&mra=ls&sll=38.280909,-76.78158&sspn=0.007731,0.01929&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15. Retrieved 2010-12-08. 
3. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1924-1926. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1927. pp. 36, 65. http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofs1924mary. Retrieved 2010-12-08. 
4. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1927 ed.). 
5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1928 ed.). 
6. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1956 ed.). 

External links

• MD 239 @ MDRoads.com