Maryland Route 282

Maryland Route 282 (MD 282) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 12.43 miles (20.00 km) from Crystal Beach east to the Delaware state line in Warwick, where the highway continues east as Delaware Route 299 (DE 299). MD 282 is the primary east–west highway of the Sassafras Neck between the Sassafras River and Bohemia River, connecting Crystal Beach, Earleville, and Warwick with MD 213 in Cecilton in southern Cecil County. The state highway was paved in Warwick by 1910 and constructed from Warwick to Cecilton in the late 1910s. West of Cecilton, what is today MD 282 consists of part of former MD 283, which ran from Crystal Beach to Earleville. MD 282 was constructed to Earleville in the early 1920s and extended a short distance west of Earleville in the late 1920s. MD 283 was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. MD 282 was extended west to Crystal Beach along MD 283 in 1959. The highway from Cecilton to Crystal Beach was reconstructed in the late 1960s.

Maryland Route 282
Maryland Route 282 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	12.43 mi[1] (20.00 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	White Crystal Beach Road at Crystal Beach
	MD 213 in Cecilton
East end	DE 299 in Warwick
Location
Counties	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← MD 281 MD 284 →

Route description

View west along MD 282 at MD 213 in Cecilton

MD 282 begins at the intersection of Crystal Beach Road and White Crystal Beach Road in Crystal Beach near the Elk River. The state highway starts heading north but curves southeast as two-lane undivided Crystal Beach Road along Pearce Neck. MD 282 curves south and passes St. Stephen's Episcopal Church while being paralleled by Old Crystal Beach Road. In Earleville, MD 282 makes a sweeping curve to the east, passing the intersection of Grove Neck Road, which leads to the historic estates Rose Hill and Mount Harmon. The state highway continues east to the town of Cecilton, within which the highway follows Main Street and intersects MD 213 (Bohemia Avenue). MD 282 leaves Cecilton along Cecilton Warwick Road.[1][2] The Cecilton area is home to a small Amish settlement.[3] After the intersection with Sassafras Road, MD 282 heads northeast through the village of Warwick and intersects Church Road, which leads to St. Francis Xavier Church. At the east end of Warwick, the highway reaches its eastern terminus at the Delaware state line. The highway continues east as DE 299 (Warwick Road) toward Middletown.[1][2]

History

Maryland Route 283
Location	Crystal Beach–Earleville
Length	4.46 mi[4] (7.18 km)
Existed	1928–1958

The first section of MD 282 to be paved was Main Street in Warwick, which was paved as a 14-foot-wide (4.3 m) macadam road by 1910.[5][6] The remainder of the highway from Cecilton to Warwick was paved as a 14-foot-wide (4.3 m) macadam road by 1919.[6][7][8] The highway from Cecilton to the east end of Earleville was paved as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) concrete road in 1922 and 1923.[9][10] MD 282 was paved west from Earleville along Grove Neck Road west to Mount Harmon Road in 1929.[11][12] The current course of MD 282 west of Earleville was originally part of MD 283.[13] The first section of MD 283 was paved from the split from MD 282 near Earleville north to Glebe Road in 1928.[14] MD 283 was extended west to Crystal Beach as a concrete road in two segments. The first segment was started in 1930 and completed by 1933, and the second segment was completed in 1934.[6][11][15]

In 1934, the Maryland State Roads Commission proposed MD 282 between Cecilton and the Delaware state line be widened to 20 feet (6.1 m).[6] In 1945, Cecil County proposed MD 283 be extended west to the Elk River and MD 282 be extended west 2 miles (3.2 km) toward the Sassafras River in the third year of a three-year post–World War II road construction program.[16] The first proposal became reality when MD 282 was reconstructed and resurfaced from Cecilton to the state line in 1949 and 1950.[17] The second proposal was never enacted; in fact, the Grove Neck Road portion of MD 282 was transferred to county maintenance in a May 8, 1958, road transfer agreement.[18] MD 282 instead was extended west over MD 283 to Crystal Beach.[19]

MD 282 was reconstructed from Cecilton to Earleville in 1966 and 1967.[17] The highway was relocated at its sweeping curve in Earleville, eliminating a right-angle intersection at Peddlers Lane and a four-way intersection with Sandy Bottom Road and Grove Neck Road.[20] The L-shaped bypassed highway at Peddlers Lane became MD 912, and the bypassed segments at Sandy Bottom Road became MD 282 auxiliary routes.[21] MD 282 was reconstructed from Earleville to Crystal Beach in 1967 and 1968.[17] The highway was relocated on either side of Glebe Road; Old Crystal Beach Road became MD 912A.[21] MD 282 was widened from MD 213 to the Delaware state line in 1993 and from MD 213 to the west town limit of Cecilton in 1998.[22]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cecil County.

Location	mi [1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Crystal Beach	0.00	0.00	Crystal Beach Road south / White Crystal Beach Road west	Western terminus
Cecilton	6.70	10.78	MD 213 (Bohemia Avenue) – Galena, Chesapeake City
Warwick	12.43	20.00	DE 299 east (Warwick Road) – Middletown	Delaware state line; eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary routes

MD 282 had two auxiliary routes assigned to pieces of the highway bypassed by the relocation at the east end of the sweeping curve in Earleville in 1966 and 1967.[17]

• MD 282A was the 0.03-mile-long (0.048 km) portion of Grove Neck Road from Sandy Bottom Road and MD 282B east to MD 282.
• MD 282B was the 0.03-mile-long (0.048 km) portion of the old Crystal Beach Road from Sandy Bottom Road and MD 282A north to MD 282.

Both highways were transferred to county maintenance through a December 27, 1979, road transfer agreement.[21]

See also

•  Maryland Roads portal

References

1. Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2015). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
   • Cecil County (PDF).
2. Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. §§ C15B, C16A. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
3. "Maryland Amish". Amish America. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
4. Planning and Programming Division (July 1, 1952). Control Section Listings for State Maintained Highways (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. Cecil County, Secondary Control Sections, p. 2. Retrieved August 13, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
5. Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
6. Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 22, 328. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
7. Zouck, Frank H.; Uhl, G. Clinton; Mudd, John F. (January 1920). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1916–1919 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 44. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
8. Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
9. Mackall, John N.; Crothers, Omar D.; Winebrener, D.C. (January 1924). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1920–1923 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 43. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
10. Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
11. Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 204–205. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
12. Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
13. Maryland State Roads Commission (1939). General Highway Map: State of Maryland (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
14. Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
15. Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
16. "Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of the State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. January 31, 1945. Retrieved August 11, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
17. Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: CE-290-2-215 (June 22, 1949), CE-452-1-241 (May 2, 1966), CE-452-4-271 (June 2, 1967). Retrieved August 11, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
18. "Excerpt from Minutes of Meeting of the State Roads Commission" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. May 8, 1958. Retrieved August 11, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
19. Maryland State Roads Commission (1959). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
20. Earleville, MD quadrangle (Map) (1959 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
21. "Memorandum of Action of Director Hal Kassoff" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. December 27, 1979. Retrieved August 11, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
22. Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: CE-729-501-277 (May 24, 1993), CE-761-5183 (March 11, 1998). Retrieved August 11, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.

External links

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