Maryland Route 265 (MD 265) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. Known as Mackall Road, the state highway runs from the beginning of state maintenance near
Mutual north to
MD 264
Maryland Route 264 (MD 264) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Broomes Island Road, the route runs from Oyster House Road at Broomes Island north to MD 2/ MD 4 in Port Republic. MD 264 connects the central Calvert Co ...
at Mutual. MD 265 was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The state highway originally extended south through
Wallville to St. Leonard Creek. MD 265's southern terminus was moved north four times between 1962 and 1995.
Route description
MD 265 begins at an arbitrary point on Mackall Road south of Constitution Drive near Mutual. Mackall Road continues south as a county highway through Wallville and Mackall to the end of the road at St. Leonard Creek near the
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. MD 265 heads north as a two-lane undivided road through wooded areas with some fields and homes to the community of Mutual, where the highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 264 (Broomes Island Road), which continues north to an intersection with
MD 2/
MD 4 (Solomons Island Road) in
Port Republic.
History
MD 265 originally extended south from Mutual to the hamlet of Mackall at the mouth of St. Leonard Creek.
The first section of the state highway was constructed as a gravel road from Mutual in 1929.
The second segment was added in 1930, reaching south to north of Wallville.
MD 265 was completed to St. Leonard Creek between 1930 and 1933.
The state highway has been progressively truncated since 1962 when the southern terminus was rolled back from St. Leonard Creek to north of Wallville.
MD 265 was truncated again in 1963 and 1967 before the final adjustment around 1995 that resulted in the state highway's current length.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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MDRoads: MD 265Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
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Year 265 ( CCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Lucillus (or, less frequently, year 1018 ' ...
Maryland Route 265