Maryland Route 309

Maryland Route 309
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	18.50 mi[1][2] (29.77 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 50 in Easton
	MD 303 in Cordova MD 404 in Queen Anne MD 481 near Queen Anne
North end:	MD 213 south of Centreville
Location
Counties:	Talbot, Queen Anne's
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 308 MD 310 →

Maryland Route 309 (MD 309) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 18.50 miles (29.77 km) from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Easton north to MD 213 south of Centreville. MD 309 is a C-shaped highway that passes through northeastern Talbot County and southeastern Queen Anne's County, connecting Easton and Centreville with Queen Anne, where the highway intersects MD 404. MD 309 was originally designated along the highway between Easton and Queen Anne. The highway was constructed south from Queen Anne to Cordova in the late 1920s along MD 303's current course and from Cordova to Easton in the early 1930s. In 1955, MD 309 gained its northern segment by assuming MD 303, which originally followed the Queen Anne–Centreville portion of the present MD 309. When MD 309 moved to a new alignment between Cordova and Queen Anne in the early 1960s, MD 303 was assigned to the old alignment.

Route description

MD 309 begins at an intersection with US 50 (Ocean Gateway) opposite Airport Road to the east of Easton Airport in Easton. The state highway heads east as two-lane Black Dog Alley for a short distance before turning northeast onto Cordova Road and leaving the town of Easton. MD 309 heads north through a mix of farmland and forest parallel to the abandoned railroad grade of the Easton–Clayton branch of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad. After passing through the village of Cordova, the state highway intersects MD 303 (Tappers Corner Road).^[1][3] MD 309 veers away from the railroad grade, crosses Norwich Creek, and intersects MD 404 ALT west of Queen Anne before entering Queen Anne's County at the intersection with Park Avenue and Flowers Road.^[1][2][3] At the intersection with MD 303 (Main Street), MD 309 turns northwest onto Starr Road and intersects MD 404 (Queen Annes Highway). North of Queen Anne, the state highway traverses farmland, meets the southern end of MD 481 (Damsontown Road), and passes through the hamlet of Starr before reaching its northern terminus at MD 213 (Centreville Road) south of Centreville.^[2][3]

History

MD 309 originally consisted of the highway between Easton and Queen Anne. The highway from Queen Anne to south of Centreville was originally MD 303.^[4] A small piece of MD 309 was paved south of Queen Anne by 1921.^[5] Construction of the remainder of the highway to Cordova began in 1925 and was completed in 1929.^[6][7][8] The Cordova–Easton section was completed by 1933.^[9] In 1955, MD 309 assumed the length of MD 303 north to near Centreville.^[10] A present alignment of MD 309 opened between Cordova and Queen Anne in 1960; the old highway became the second edition of MD 303 in 1961.^[11][12] The southernmost portion of MD 309 was moved from Cordova Road to Black Dog Alley in 1995.^[13]

Junction list

County	Location	Mile [1][2]	Intersection	Notes
Talbot	Easton	0.00	US 50 (Ocean Gateway) to MD 662 – Bay Bridge, Cambridge	Southern terminus
		0.13	Black Dog Alley east / Cordova Road south	MD 309 turns northeast onto Cordova Road
	Cordova	6.69	MD 303 north (Tappers Corner Road)	Old alignment of MD 309
	Queen Anne	9.22	MD 404 Alt. east (Millsboro Denton Road) / Old Queen Anne Road west	Old alignment of MD 404
Queen Anne's		9.62	MD 303 south (Main Street) – Queen Anne	MD 309 turns northwest onto Starr Road
		9.74	MD 404 (Queen Annes Highway) – Bay Bridge, Denton
		11.80	MD 481 north (Damsontown Road) – Tuckahoe State Park
		18.50	MD 213 (Centreville Road) – Wye Mills, Centreville	Northern terminus

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Highway Location Reference: Talbot County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_TALBOT.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Highway Location Reference: Queen Anne's County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_QUEENANNES.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 309 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Black+Dog+Alley&daddr=MD-309+N%2FCordova+Rd+to:MD-309+N%2FStarr+Rd&geocode=FQo8UAIdcGt3-w%3BFcPkUQIdDPh4-w%3BFdgYUwIdyjZ3-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=38.804266,-76.052427&sspn=0.030701,0.077162&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
4. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. General Highway Map: State of Maryland (Map) (1939 ed.). 
5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1921 ed.). 
6. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1924-1926. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1927. pp. 34, 99. http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofs1924mary. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
7. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1927-1930. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1930-10-01. p. 229. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1927mary. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
8. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1930 ed.). 
9. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1933 ed.). 
10. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1955 ed.). 
11. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1960 ed.). 
12. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1961 ed.). 
13. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1995 ed.). 

External links

• MD 309 @ MDRoads.com