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Maryland Route 611
Maryland Route 611 (MD 611) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Stephen Decatur Highway, the state highway runs from Assateague Island north to U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in West Ocean City. MD 611 is named for Stephen Decatur, the U.S. naval officer of the early 19th century who was born in nearby Berlin. The state highway provides access to Assateague State Park and Assateague Island National Seashore via the Verrazano Bridge named for Giovanni da Verrazzano. MD 611 was first paved in West Ocean City in the mid-1930s. The highway was extended south to MD 376 at Lewis Corner in the 1940s. A ferry crossed Sinepuxent Bay to Assateague Island from the southern end of the county highway that continued south from Lewis Corner until MD 611 was extended across the Verrazano Bridge in the mid-1960s. Route description MD 611 begins at the parking lot of Assateague State Park on Assateague Island. The state highway immediately intersects Bayberry Road, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MD Scenic Byway
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Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)
The Verrazano Bridge in Maryland is a bridge on Maryland Route 611 over Sinepuxent Bay that connects Assateague Island to the mainland. The crossing, built in 1964, contains two spans, one carrying automobiles and the other carrying pedestrians and bicycles. It is owned by Maryland, not by the National Park Service. NPS, however, does own part of Assateague Island. History Like the larger and more famous Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, it is named for Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , , often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlanti .... Maryland ferry service ended when the Verrazano Bridge was built in 1964. Visitor center There is a visitor center on Route 611, right before the bridge. References Road bridges in Maryland Pedestrian bridges in Maryland Trestle bridges in the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Route 707
Maryland Route 707 (MD 707) is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These four highways are sections of the old alignment of U.S. Route 213 (US 213, now U.S. Route 50 in Maryland, US 50) in northeastern Worcester County, Maryland, Worcester County. These stretches of highway were bypassed and designated part of MD 707 in the early 1940s in West Ocean City, Maryland, West Ocean City and in the late 1940s in Grays Corner, Maryland, Grays Corner. Route description MD 707A, which is known as Old Bridge Road, runs from US 50 to MD 611 within West Ocean City. MD 707B, MD 707E, and MD 707D, which are both known as Grays Corner Road, run , and , respectively, within Grays Corner. MD 707A MD 707A begins at an intersection with US 50 (Ocean Gateway) just east of Herring Creek in West Ocean City. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road. After passing by residential subdivisions, MD 707A reaches its eastern terminus at MD 611 (Stephen Decatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
