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Caroline

Hillsboro
Ridgely
Boonsboro
Greensboro

MD 480 · Ridgely Rd, Sixth St, Main St

9.08 mi.; from MD 404 near Hillsboro northeast to MD 313, Greensboro.

Marked east-west.

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480

0.0 MD 404
2.5 MD 312*
2.9 MD 776
3.4 MD 312*
8.2 MD 314
9.1 MD 313

Queen Anne's

Ruthsburg

MD 481 · Damsontown Rd

5.13 mi.; from MD 309 north to MD 304, Ruthsburg.

Marked north-south.

Skirts the western edge of Tuckahoe State Park.

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481

5.1 MD 304
0.0 MD 309

Carroll

Mexico
Hampstead

MD 482 · Hampstead Mexico Rd

5.41 mi.; from MD 27 east to MD 30, Hampstead.

Marked east-west.

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Sections of MD 482:
MD 482A: First St 0.04 mi.; from MD 482 east to end of state maintenance.

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482

0.0 MD 27
0.1 MD 852
0.6 MD 849
5.4 MD 30

Anne Arundel

Severn

MD 483 · was Old Camp Meade Rd, Severn Station Rd

old number for former MD 174 after rail grade crossing elimination

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

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Charles

Marbury
Pisgah

MD 484 · was Bicknell Rd

from MD 224 southeast to MD 425

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

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County

Hillsboro
West Denton

MD 485 · Saathoff Rd

0.65 mi.; loop south off MD 404

Main line unsigned, only the spur MD 485A (Shady Oak La) marked.

MD 485 is a loop on the south side of MD 404, the eastern end near the junction of MD 404 and MD 312.

Sections of MD 485:
MD 485A: Shady Oak La. 0.15 mi.; from MD 480 to dead end.

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485

0.0 MD 404
0.6 MD 404

Dorchester

Vienna

MD 486 · (name unknown)

0.06 mi.; exact location unknown

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

MD 486 and 487 are mentioned in a 1937 operating budget, but only by their numbers and their location in the town of Vienna. The town was otherwise known as the last 2-lane section along US 50 to be bypassed (now the two sections of MD 731).

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Dorchester

Vienna

MD 487 · (name unknown)

0.27 mi.; exact location unknown

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

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Charles

La Plata

MD 488 · La Plata Rd

6.01 mi.; from MD 6 near La Plata northeast to MD 5

Marked east-west.

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488

0.0 MD 6
6.0 MD 5

St. Mary's

MD 489 · Park Hall Rd

1.27 mi.; from MD 5 east to MD 235

Marked east-west.

Connects MD 5 and 235. Did not appear as a state route until the 1970s.

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489

0.0 MD 5
1.3 MD 235

Caroline

Whiteleysburg

MD 489 · was Whiteleysburg Rd

~450 feet; from MD 314 east to Delaware border

No longer assigned (decommissioned).

A tiny sliver of Whiteleysburg Rd near the Delaware border. MD 314 forks left and becomes DE 12, the right fork is the former 489.

MD 489, 1948 MD 489 shown on a 1948 SRC map.

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Harford

Havre de Grace

MD 490 · S Union Ave

0.31 mi.; from MD 7 (Revolution St) south to Commerce St

Unmarked.

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Washington

Cascade
Smithsburg

MD 491 · Raven Rock Rd, Macfee Hill Rd

6.78 mi.; from MD 64 northeast to MD 550.

Marked north-south.

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491

6.8 MD 550
6.4 FR-WA Line
4.7 WA-FR Line
0.0 MD 64

Charles

Grayton

MD 491 · was Ironsides Rd

from 6 northeast to end of state maintenance near Baptist Church Rd.

No longer assigned (decommissioned), entire route now part of MD 425.

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MD 491, 1948 MD 491 shown on a 1948 SRC map.

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Prince George's

Seat Pleasant

MD 492 · was Maryland Park Dr

DC border southeast to current MD 332

No longer assigned (decommissioned by 1950)

MD 492 entered the District near its easternmost tip. In the 1940s, 492 was named 65th St. Another case of road name changes in the DC suburbs.

MD 492, 1952 MD 492 shown on a 1952 map. This part of MD 214 is now MD 332. 65th St is now Maryland Park Dr., Kingston Ave is now Sultan Ave, 61st St in Maryland is now Capitol Heights Blvd, and C Street is now Crown Street

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Queen Anne's

Templeville

Caroline

Templeville

MD 492 · was Barclay Rd

old number for part of MD 302 forming Queen Anne's-Caroline Co border

No longer assigned (decommissioned), now part of MD 302.

By 1942 this number had been superceded by 302.

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Baltimore

Middle River

MD 493 · was Martin Blvd

from US 40 southeast to MD 150.

No longer assigned, number changed to 700 by 1948.

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Baltimore

Middle River

MD 493 · was Orems Rd

from beginning of state maintenance near Middle River bridge east to Eastern Ave.

No longer assigned (decommissioned 1942), number reassigned to Martin Blvd, renumbered 700 by 1948.

Near its southeastern end, Martin Blvd (current MD 700) underpasses the Amtrak rail line. Prior to that, Orems Road provided a grade crossing to the west. Martin Blvd was assigned MD 493, and the part of Old Orems Rd was re-numbered 599 (and, opposite the tracks, renamed Baker Rd), while 600 (Old Eastern Ave) and 601 (Harrison Blvd) lie opposite the tracks. By 1948, Martin Blvd was renumbered MD 700, and the 493 number has vanished.

Middle River area routes, showing the two MD 493s.

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Washington

Fairview
Cearfoss

MD 494 · Fairview Rd

6.82 mi.; from Pennsylvania border east to MD 63, Cearfoss.

Marked east-west.

Becomes PA 75 across the line. MD 494 once ended at MD 57, and it was MD 57 that led to the PA border.

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494

0.0 PA 75
0.0 PA Line
0.8 MD 57
6.8 MD 63

Montgomery

Prince George's

I-495 · Capital Beltway

42.03 mi. in Maryland; from Woodrow Wilson Bridge (DC line) counterclockwise to American Legion Bridge (VA line).

Marked with inner & outer loops.

I-495 has its own page in the Interstate section.

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Garrett

Grantsville
Swanton
Deep Creek Lake
Deer Park

MD 495 · Swanton Rd, Bittinger Rd, Yoder St

23.02 mi.; from MD 135 northeast to US 40 Alternate, Grantsville

Marked north-south.

Not likely to be confused with the Capital Beltway, being closer to Pittsburgh than Washington, MD 495 existed well before the Interstate system. This was a fragmented route until around 1948. It offers a second route parallet to US 219 to the Oakland/Deep Creek Lake area, and an interchange with I-68.

Sections of MD 480:
MD 495A: Swantamount Rd 0.16 mi.; between MD 495 and MD 135.

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495

23.0 US 40 Alt
22.7 I-68 19
0.0 MD 135