Maryland Route 282

Maryland Route 282
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	12.43 mi[1] (20.00 km)
Major junctions
West end:	White Crystal Beach Road in Crystal Beach
	MD 213 in Cecilton
East end:	DE 299 in Warwick
Location
Counties:	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 281 MD 283 →

Maryland Route 282 (MD 282) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 12.43 miles (20.00 km) from Crystal Beach east to the Delaware state line in Warwick, where the highway continues east as Delaware Route 299 (DE 299). MD 282 is the primary east–west highway of the Sassafras Neck between the Sassafras River and Bohemia River, connecting Crystal Beach, Earleville, and Warwick with MD 213 in Cecilton in southern Cecil County. The state highway was paved in Warwick by 1910 and constructed from Warwick to Cecilton in the late 1910s. West of Cecilton, what is today MD 282 consists of part of former MD 283, which ran from Crystal Beach to Earleville. MD 282 was constructed to Earleville in the early 1920s and extended a short distance west of Earleville in the late 1920s. MD 283 was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 282 was extended west to Crystal Beach along MD 283 in 1959.

Route description

MD 282 begins at the intersection of Crystal Beach Road and White Crystal Beach Road in Crystal Beach. The state highway curves to the southeast as two-lane Crystal Beach Road through farmland and past scattered residences. In Earleville, MD 282 makes a wide curve to the east, passing the intersection of Grove Neck Road, which is the old alignment of MD 282. The state highway continues east to the town of Cecilton, where the highway's name changes to Main Street. MD 282 passes Cecilton Elementary School and intersects MD 213 (Bohemia Avenue) at the center of town. After leaving Cecilton, the state highway takes the name Cecilton Warwick Road and passes through farmland. After the intersection with Sassafras Road, MD 282 becomes Main Street and passes through the village of Warwick, where the state highway reaches its eastern terminus at the Delaware state line. The highway continues east as DE 299 (Warwick Road) toward Middletown.^[1][2]

History

The first section of MD 282 to be paved was Main Street in Warwick, which was surfaced by 1910.^[3] The remainder of MD 282 from Cecilton to Warwick was paved by 1919.^[4][5] In 1923, the state highway was extended west to Earleville.^[6] MD 282 was paved west from Earleville along Grove Neck Road west to Mount Harmon Road in 1929.^[7][8] The current course of MD 282 west of Earleville was originally part of MD 283.^[9] The first section of MD 283 was paved from Earleville north to Glebe Road in 1928.^[10] MD 283 was extended west to Crystal Beach in two segments between 1930 and 1934.^[7][11][12] MD 299 replaced MD 282 from Sassafras Road in Warwick east to the Delaware state line by 1951.^[13] MD 282's length was extended at both ends in 1959. At the eastern end, MD 299 was truncated at U.S. Route 301 south of Warwick and MD 282's eastern terminus was returned to the state line. West of Cecilton, MD 282 was extended northwest along the course of MD 283 to Crystal Beach. The section of MD 282 along Grove Neck Road west of Earleville became a county highway.^[14]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cecil County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Crystal Beach	0.00	Crystal Beach Road south / White Crystal Beach Road west	Western terminus
Earleville	4.30	Grove Neck Road west	Old alignment of MD 282
Cecilton	6.70	MD 213 (Bohemia Avenue) – Galena, Chesapeake City
Warwick	11.44	Sassafras Road south – Sassafras	Old alignment of MD 299
	12.43	DE 299 east (Warwick Road) – Middletown, DE	Eastern terminus; Delaware state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 282 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Crystal+Beach+Rd&daddr=DE-299+W%2FWarwick+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FfTmWQIdINB4-w%3BFbKIWQId2tZ7-w&mra=ls&sll=39.447826,-75.960588&sspn=0.015211,0.038581&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
3. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland (Map) (1910 ed.). 
4. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1916-1919. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1920. p. 44. http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofs1916mary. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1921 ed.). 
6. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1923 ed.). 
7. ^ ^{a b} Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1927-1930. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1930-10-01. pp. 204–205. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1927mary. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
8. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1930 ed.). 
9. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. General Highway Map: State of Maryland (Map) (1939 ed.). 
10. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1928 ed.). 
11. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1933 ed.). 
12. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1931-1934. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1934-12-28. p. 328. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1931mary. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
13. ^ United States Geological Survey. Cecilton, MD quadrangle (Map). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic) (1951 ed.). http://historical.mytopo.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Cecilton&state=MD&series=15. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
14. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1959 ed.). 

External links

• MD 282 @ MDRoads.com