- Delaware/Maryland Route 54
Infobox road
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highway_name=Delaware Route 54 / Maryland Route 54
alternate_name=Delmar Road, Line Road, Cypress Road, Lighthouse Road
length_mi=41.84
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2006/pdf/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report] [http://www.sha.state.md.us/keepingcurrent/performTrafficStudies/dataAndStats/hwyLocationRef/2005_hlr_all/co22.pdfMaryland State Highway Administration , Wicomico County Highway Location Reference,2005 ]
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maint=DelDOT, MDSHA
direction_a=West
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junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=
browse=de browse|previous_type=DE|previous_route=52|route=DE|next_type=DE|next_route=58Delaware/Maryland Route 54 is a highway that runs through two states,
Maryland andDelaware , and also forms the state line between the two states for roughly ten miles.Counties traversed
From west to east, Route 54 passes through:
*Wicomico County, Maryland
*Sussex County, Delaware
*State line between Sussex and Wicomico Counties
*Back into Sussex County, DelawareCities and towns
The route passes through the following towns in Delaware and Maryland:
*Mardela Springs, Maryland
*Delmar, Delaware /Delmar, Maryland
*Selbyville, Delaware
*Fenwick Island, Delaware Route description
Route 54 starts in
Mardela Springs, Maryland in Wicomico County atMaryland Route 313 and continues east for 3.25 miles on Delmar Road before passing theMason-Dixon line and entering Delaware. It heads east on Delmar Road, running just north of the state line and then turns south and begins straddling theTranspeninsular Line , frequently changing maintenance between the two states [http://www.sha.state.md.us/keepingcurrent/performTrafficStudies/dataAndStats/hwyLocationRef/2005_hlr_all/co22.pdf] . The state line portion of Route 54 runs through central Delmar (withDelmar, Delaware to the north andDelmar, Maryland to the south) on State Street and intersectsU.S. Route 13 in the eastern part of the town. After leaving Delmar, the highway straddles the state line on Line Road until it passesMaryland Route 353 , merging withDelaware Route 26 , the continuation of MD 353 into Delaware. Thereafter, it remains in Delaware.Route 54 heads north along with DE 26 into
Sussex County, Delaware on the Millsboro Highway.Delaware Route 30 eventually merges with the two highways and they continue north toward Gumboro, where Route 54 heads to the east on Cypress Road. It then heads east through theGreat Cypress Swamp , near the headwaters of thePocomoke River , one of the northernmost southern swamps in the United States. The road heads toward Selbyville, where Route 54 heads to the east on Cemetery Road and crossesU.S. Route 113 . It then turns to the south on Main Street,intersectingDelaware Route 17 , before turning east on Lighthouse Road and leaving Selbyville. Route 54 heads to the east, running a short distance north of the Maryland border, and meetsDelaware Route 20 . The two routes head east through housing developments and marshland to Fenwick Island, where they end atDelaware Route 1 a block north of the border withOcean City, Maryland .ee also
*
List of numbered routes in Delaware
*List of Maryland state highways References
External links
* [http://www.mdroads.com/routes/040-059.html MDRoads.com, Routes 40-59]
* [http://www.aaroads.com/delaware/de-054.htm Delaware 54 at AARoads.com]
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