Maryland Route 336

Maryland Route 336
Lakesville Road
Maryland Route 336 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	4.87 mi[1] (7.84 km)
Major junctions
West end:	MD 335 in Crossroads
East end:	Andrews Road in Lakesville
Location
Counties:	Dorchester
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 335 MD 337 →

Maryland Route 336 (MD 336) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Lakesville Road, the state highway runs 4.87 miles (7.84 km) from Crossroads east to Lakesville in southern Dorchester County. MD 336 provides access to several small communities on the Bishops Head peninsula. The state highway was paved along its present length in the mid 1920s. MD 336 was extended through Crapo in the mid 1930s and to Toddville in 1950. The eastern terminus was rolled back to Lakesville in 1959.

Route description

MD 336 begins at an intersection with MD 335 in the hamlet of Crossroads. MD 335 heads north as Golden Hill Road toward Church Creek and west as Hoopers Island Road to the namesake island.^[1][2] MD 336 heads east through a mix of farmland and forest. The state highway goes through an S-curve as it crosses World's End Creek before heading east again through swampland. At Edgar Road, MD 336 curves to the south and reaches its eastern terminus at the intersection with Andrews Road in Lakesville. The roadway continues south as Lakesville–Crapo Road toward the small communities of Crapo, Toddville, Wingate, and Cocheron on the Bishops Head peninsula.^[2]

History

MD 336 was paved from Crossroads to the crossing of World's End Creek in 1925 and to Lakesville in 1926.^[3][4] The state highway was extended south along Lakesville–Crapo Road through Crapo in 1933 and to the intersection with Toddville Road in 1935.^[5][6][7] MD 336 was extended east along Toddville Road to Toddville in 1950.^[8] The eastern terminus of MD 336 was moved from Toddville to its present location in Lakesville in 1959.^[9]

Junction list

The entire route is in Dorchester County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Crossroads	0.00	MD 335 (Golden Hill Road/Hoopers Island Road) – Church Creek, Hooper's Island	Western terminus
Lakesville	4.87	Andrews Road east / Lakesville Crapo Road south	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Highway Location Reference: Dorchester County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_DORCHESTER.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 336 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Golden+Hill+Rd%2FMD-334+E&daddr=Lakesville+Rd%2FLakesville+Crapo+Rd%2FMD-334+E&geocode=Fd68SQId-lh1-w%3BFcQxSQIdBjN2-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=38.379278,-76.181002&sspn=0.030816,0.077162&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
3. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1924-1926. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 1927. p. 100. http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofs1924mary. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
4. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1927 ed.). 
5. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1931-1934. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1934-12-28. pp. 332–333. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1931mary. Retrieved 2010-03-09. 
6. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1933 ed.). 
7. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map) (1935 ed.). 
8. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1950 ed.). 
9. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1959 ed.). 

External links

• MD 336 @ MDRoads.com