Maryland Route 413

Maryland Route 413
West Main Street, Maryland Avenue, Richardson Avenue, Crisfield Highway
Maryland Route 413 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	14.61 mi[1] (23.51 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Major junctions
South end:	road end in Crisfield
	MD 460 in Crisfield MD 358 in Crisfield MD 667 in Hopewell MD 667 in Marion Station MD 361 in Westover
North end:	US 13 near Westover
Location
Counties:	Somerset
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 410 MD 414 →

Maryland Route 413 (also known as MD 413 or Route 413) is a 14.61-mile (23.51 km) state highway in Somerset County in the U.S. state of Maryland. The route runs from a dead end at Crisfield's city dock, which is located on the Tangier Sound, northeast to U.S. Route 13 in Westover. It is the main highway leading into Crisfield, and is known as Crisfield Highway for much of its length. The highways travels through mostly rural areas of farms and woods as well as the communities of Hopewell, Marion Station, and Kingston. It is a two-lane undivided road for most of its length; a portion of the road in Crisfield is a four-lane road that follows a one-way pair. MD 413 is part of two scenic routes: Blue Crab Scenic Byway and the Beach to Bay Indian Trail, the latter being a Maryland Scenic Byway.

The Crisfield–Westover Road was one of the original state roads marked for improvement by the Maryland State Roads Commission. The highway was paved in the 1910s and designated MD 413 in 1927. MD 413 was relocated starting in the late 1930s to a new alignment parallel to the Eastern Shore Railroad line that made Crisfield the "Seafood Capital of the World." The relocation began in Crisfield and was completed to Westover in 1950. The old alignment of MD 413 was designated MD 667. The state highway was expanded to a divided highway in the mid 1950s in Crisfield. The railroad track was abandoned in 1976 and later removed, but traces of the railroad remain along MD 413's modern alignment.

Route description

Maryland Route 413 begins at Crisfield's city dock.

Maryland Route 413 begins at the city dock on the waterfront in Crisfield at the intersection with Dock Street, heading to the northeast.^[1][2] It begins on a four-lane boulevard with a median, and is known as West Main Street, fronting local businesses in the downtown area.^[1] After Seventh Street, Main Street leaves MD 413, and the boulevard's two carriageways become known as Richardson Avenue northbound and Maryland Avenue southbound. This portion of road carries a 35 mph (56 km/h) speed limit.^[1] At this point the road begins to front mostly homes on Maryland Avenue, while on Richardson Avenue it runs past and homes and businesses, such as gas stations and restaurants. On a gentle curve, Chesapeake Avenue intersects the northbound carriageway, providing access to the southern beginning of Maryland Route 667.^[2]

Before leaving the city, the route intersects Maryland Route 460, also known as Hall Highway, immediately accessible only from the southbound carriageway.^[1] MD 460 provides a direct link to McCready Memorial Hospital. Access to that route from northbound MD 413 is given by Wynfall Avenue, which the road intersects farther south.^[2] Very soon after, it intersects Maryland Route 358 (Jacksonville Road), which heads north, and Somerset Avenue, which heads south.^[1][2] Past the MD 358 intersection, the road narrows to two travel lanes with the median becoming a left turn lane as many businesses and side streets front the road. The route becomes the Crisfield Highway, which it is known as for the remainder of its journey. After intersecting Silver Lane, the left turn lane closes, and MD 413 becomes a rural, two-lane highway with full shoulders, exiting Crisfield's corporate limits just north of the Rubberset entrance.^[1] It eventually reaches a speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) past the old site of Carvel Hall Cutlery.^[1][2]

Upon leaving Crisfield, MD 413 passes through a mix of woodland and farmland. In Hopewell, MD 667 intersects the highway, and after clearing some modest wooded development up to and slightly beyond the Holland Crossing Road intersection, the route enters heavy woodland. It passes a man-made pond before intersecting MD 667 again.^[1][2] Both routes parallel each other on the way into the community of Marion Station, straddling the old railroad bed. Both routes are intersected by Davis Road and Tulls Corner Road/Charles Cannon Road, after which MD 667 turns almost due east, with MD 413 heading through a small neighborhood outside the center of Marion.^[2]

A view of the route south of Lovers Lane, in autumn.

Past Marion, the route resumes northeast through woods and farms with some residences along the route.^[2] Approaching Kingston, MD 413 intersects Lovers Lane.^[1][2] After this, a long curve to the north-northeast begins, which ends just south of Kingston Lane and the center of Kingston.^[1] Beyond Kingston, the route crosses the Big Annemessex River and travels past a tree farm. After passing through a forest, two side roads lead to the Somerset County Health Department and the Somerset Intermediate School, with the pavement's striping reconfigured to accommodate left turns at the two close intersections.^[2]

As the road nears Westover, it passes by the Great Hope Golf Course and shortly after intersects Maryland Route 361 (Fairmount Road).^[1][2] Here, the speed limit drops to 40 mph (64 km/h) before it meets Old Westover-Marion Road, a former routing of the highway.^[1] Passing through the development of Westover, MD 413 intersects Maryland Route 673 (Sam Barnes Road), a short connector route to U.S. Route 13 southbound to Pocomoke City. From US 13 northbound, MD 673 serves as the connection to MD 413 southbound. Past MD 673, the highway passes through farmland and increases speed to 50 mph (80 km/h). MD 413 heads through some woods and crosses the Back Creek of the Manokin River before coming to end at an intersection with US 13.^[1][2]

MD 413 is part of the Blue Crab Scenic Byway, which consists of various roads in the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.^[3] It is also part of the Beach to Bay Indian Trail, a Maryland Scenic Byway that connects Ocean City on the Atlantic Ocean to Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay and is noted by signs along the route.^[4][5]

History

Crisfield grew to prominence as the "Seafood Capital of the World" and became the second largest city in Maryland by 1904 thanks to an extension of the Eastern Shore Railroad to the city in 1866 instigated by the city's namesake, John W. Crisfield.^[6][7] The city's importance led to the Crisfield–Westover Road being designated one of the original state roads nominated for improvement by the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1909.^[8] The state road was paved from the eastern city limits of Crisfield (the present western terminus of MD 667) to Hopewell and from Westover to Kingston in 1913. The segment between Kingston and Marion was completed in 1915.^[9] The state road was completed when the final section was completed between Hopewell and Marion by 1920.^[8] MD 413 received its number in the original assignment of state route numbers in 1927.^[10] Within the city of Crisfield, Maryland Avenue was constructed between Main Street and Somerset Avenue, Chesapeake Avenue was brought into the state highway system within the city limits, and Main Street was improved and brought into the state highway system between the city pier and Maryland Avenue around 1935.^[11][12]

View of MD 413 in Marion Station, with the railroad bed visible just to the east of it

Starting in the mid 1930s, MD 413 was relocated to an alignment paralleling the Crisfield Secondary Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The first portion of MD 413 was relocated in 1935 in conjunction with the relocation of US 13 between Princess Anne and Westover. MD 413 was moved from Sam Barnes Road and Sign Post Road to its present alignment between US 13 and Old Westover–Marion Road in Westover.^[11][12] The first section of the present straight highway between Crisfield and Westover was constructed in 1938 and 1939 from the eastern city limits of Crisfield (near the intersection with MD 358) to Hopewell.^[13][14] The bypassed portion of MD 413 and subsequent bypassed segments were designated MD 667.^[14] The section of the new alignment between Hopewell and Marion was completed in 1942.^[15][16] The Marion–Westover portion of the realignment was completed in 1950.^[17][18]

MD 413 was expanded to a four-lane divided highway between the city pier and the eastern city limits of Crisfield in 1956.^[19] Between the city pier and Maryland Avenue, the divided highway replaced the path of the railroad; the railroad's terminus was moved to a new pier to the north.^[20][21] North of the Main Street portion of the divided highway, the railroad track separated the two directions of MD 413: Maryland Avenue formed the northbound lanes while Richardson Avenue was brought into the state highway system to comprise the southbound lanes. The two directions of MD 413 were divided by an operating railroad track until the Crisfield Secondary Branch was abandoned with the formation of Conrail in 1976.^[22] Although the railroad track is gone, artifacts of the railroad's existence remain parallel to MD 413.

Junction list

The entire route is in Somerset County.

Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Crisfield	0.00	City docks	Southern terminus of MD 413
	0.39	To MD 380 (Main Street) – Lawsonia, Byrdtown
	0.67	To MD 667 (Chesapeake Avenue)	Access from northbound lane
	1.10	To MD 460 (Wynfall Avenue)	Access from northbound lane
	1.4	MD 460 west (Hall Highway)	Access from southbound lane
	1.40	MD 358 north (Jacksonville Road) / Somerset Avenue – Janes Island State Park
Hopewell	3.45	MD 667 (Old State Road)
Marion Station	5.95	MD 667 (Crisfield-Marion Road)
	6.67	Charles Cannon Road/Tulls Corner Road	Former MD 357[23]
Kingston	10.11	Kingston Lane	Former MD 356[24]
Westover	13.34	MD 361 west (Fairmount Road) – Fairmount, Frenchtown-Rumbly
	13.65	Old Westover-Marion Road/Sign Post Road	Former MD 413
	14.06	MD 673 east (Sam Barnes Road) to US 13 south – Pocomoke City
	14.61	US 13 (Ocean Highway)	Northern terminus of MD 413

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Maryland State Highway Administration (2009). "Highway Location Reference: Somerset County" (PDF). http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_somerset.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Maryland Route 413 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=1246+w+main+st+crisfield,+md&daddr=US-13+%26+MD-413,+Somerset,+Maryland+21871&geocode=&hl=en&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=38.05678,-75.78229&sspn=0.254113,0.439453&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
3. ^ "Blue Crab Scenic Byway - Map". National Scenic Byways Program. http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/60591/travel.html. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
4. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (2000). Maryland Scenic Byways Map (Map). 
5. ^ "Beach to Bay Indian Trail, Maryland Scenic Byways". Wildernet. http://www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=BWY2258&CU_ID=1. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
6. ^ "Welcome to Crisfield, Maryland – History". City of Crisfield. http://www.cityofcrisfield-md.gov/History3.html. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
7. ^ "PRR CHRONOLOGY 1866". The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. June 2004. http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1866%20June%2004.wd.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1927-1930. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1930-10-01. pp. 20–21. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1927mary. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
9. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1912-1915. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. May 1915. p. 114. http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsofs1912mary. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
10. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (JPG). Map of Maryland (Map) (1927 ed.). http://www.mdhighwaycentennial.com/images/template/gallery/maps/1927SIDE1.jpg. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
11. ^ ^{a b} Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1931-1934. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1934-12-28. pp. 35, 354–355. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1931mary. Retrieved 2010-04-26. 
12. ^ ^{a b} Maryland State Roads Commission (PDF). Map of Maryland (Map) (1935 ed.). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_State_Highway_Map_-_1935.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
13. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1937-1938. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1939-03-04. p. 97. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1937mary. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
14. ^ ^{a b} Maryland State Roads Commission (PDF). Map of Maryland (Map) (1939 ed.). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_State_Highway_Map_-_1939.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
15. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1941-1942. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1943-03-15. p. 78. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1941mary. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
16. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (PDF). Map of Maryland (Map) (1946 ed.). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_State_Highway_Map_-_1946.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
17. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1949-1950. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1950-12-20. pp. 98–99. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1949mary. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
18. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (PDF). Map of Maryland (Map) (1950 ed.). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_State_Highway_Map_-_1950.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
19. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1955-1956. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1956-11-02. p. 130. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1955mary. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
20. ^ "Chapter 3 – Urban Design". Peter Johnston & Associates, LLC. http://www.peterjohnstonassociates.com/CRISFIELD%20CHAPTER%203_URBAN%20DESIGN.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
21. ^ United States Geological Survey. Crisfield, MD Quadrangle (Map). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic) (1903 ed.). http://historical.mytopo.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Crisfield&state=MD&series=15. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
22. ^ "PRR CHRONOLOGY 1976". The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. November 2005. http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1976%20Nov%2005.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
23. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (PDF). Map of Maryland (Map) (1960 ed.). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_State_Highway_Map_-_1960.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
24. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (PDF). Map of Maryland (Map) (1940 ed.). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maryland_State_Highway_Map_-_1940.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 

External links

• MD 413 @ MDRoads.com