Maryland Route 262

Maryland Route 262
Lower Marlboro Road
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	4.26 mi[1] (6.86 km)
Major junctions
West end:	Chaneyville Road in Lower Marlboro
East end:	MD 4 in Sunderland
Location
Counties:	Calvert
Highway system
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Maryland Route 262 (MD 262) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Lower Marlboro Road, the route runs 4.26 miles (6.86 km) from Chaneyville Road in Lower Marlboro east to MD 4 in Sunderland. MD 262 was constructed in the late 1920s.

Route description

MD 262 begins at an intersection with Chaneyville Road in Lower Marlboro. Lower Marlboro Road continues west a short distance to a pier on the Patuxent River. After passing the Grahame House, the state highway heads east as a two-lane road that passes through a forested area with scattered residences. MD 262 crosses Chew Creek just before passing Mill Branch Road. The state highway passes Huntingtown Road before reaching its eastern terminus at a directional crossover intersection with MD 4 (Southern Maryland Boulevard) in Sunderland. Traffic from MD 262 cannot continue across the intersection to continue following Lower Marlboro Road to MD 2 (Solomons Island Road); instead, traffic must follow MD 4 south to its intersection with MD 2.^[1][2]

History

MD 262 was constructed as a gravel road from MD 2 in Sunderland starting in 1924.^[3] The state highway was built to just west of Chew Creek in 1927.^[3][4] MD 262 was completed to Lower Marlboro in 1928.^[5] Aside from maintenance and paving, the state highway changed very little until 2003, when a directional crossover intersection was constructed at MD 4. The section of Lower Marlboro Road between MD 4 and MD 2 was redesignated MD 262A.^[6]

Junction list

The entire route is in Calvert County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Lower Marlboro	0.00	Chaneyville Road north	Western terminus
Sunderland	4.26	MD 4 (Southern Maryland Boulevard) to MD 2 (Solomons Island Road) – Upper Marlboro, Prince Frederick	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary route

MD 262A is the designation the 0.21-mile (0.34 km) section of Lower Marlboro Road that runs from a right-in/right-out interchange with northbound MD 4 east to MD 2. MD 262A provides access to All Saints' Church in the triangle of land formed by MD 2, MD 4, and MD 262A.^[1][7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Highway Location Reference: Calvert County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_CALVERT.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 262 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-262%2FLower+Marlboro+Rd&daddr=MD-262%2FLower+Marlboro+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FfzWTQIdSu1t-w%3BFRjyTQIdTgtv-w&mra=ls&sll=38.662345,-76.608154&sspn=0.001923,0.004823&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1924-1926. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1927. pp. 38, 70. http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofs1924mary. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
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. ^ "Highway Location Reference: Calvert County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2003. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2003_CALVERT.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
7. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 262A (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Lower+Marlboro+Rd&daddr=Lower+Marlboro+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FWr1TQId5Bpv-w%3BFUDyTQIdhAxv-w&mra=ls&sll=38.662949,-76.607199&sspn=0.001923,0.004823&ie=UTF8&ll=38.663732,-76.606261&spn=0.003845,0.009645&t=h&z=17. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 

External links

• MD 262 @ MDRoads.com