Maryland Route 263 (MD 263) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Maryland
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. Known as Plum Point Road, the state highway runs from
MD 2/
MD 4 near
Huntingtown east to a dead end at
Plum Point. MD 263 also connects
Prince Frederick with the northeastern
Calvert County
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towns of
Chesapeake Beach and
North Beach; access to the towns is provided through a connection with
MD 261 at
Parran. The state highway was constructed in the late 1920s.
Route description
MD 263 begins at a
directional crossover intersection
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with MD 2/MD 4, which
run concurrently as Solomons Island Road, about north of Prince Frederick. The state highway heads northeast as a two-lane undivided road that immediately crosses Hunting Creek and passes through a forested area with scattered residential subdivisions. MD 263 passes by both ends of its old alignment, which is
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MD 761 (Old Plum Point Road), on its way to the community of Parran. Within the community, the state highway intersects Emmanuel Church Road, which leads south to the historic home
Cornehill
Cornehill is a historic home located at Parran, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. It is a five-bay-long two-story Georgian brick house laid in Flemish bond with a steeply pitched gable roof with an exterior chimney at each gable end. ...
. East of Parran, the roadway continues northeast as MD 261 (Willows Road) toward Chesapeake Beach and North Beach while MD 263 veers east toward Plum Point. MD 263 crosses Plum Point Creek and intersects Wilson Road, which heads south toward
Dares Beach, in the community of Plum Point. The state highway intersects Ridge Road, which heads north into the center of the beach community, before it reaches its eastern terminus at a dead end just west of the
Chesapeake Bay
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shoreline.
History
MD 263 was constructed as a wide gravel road from MD 2 east to MD 261 in Parran between 1924 and 1927.
The state highway was constructed to Plum Point in 1929 and 1930.
MD 263 was widened and paved with bituminous concrete from MD 2 to MD 261 around 1959.
The directional crossover intersection at the state highway's western terminus with MD 2/MD 4 was installed in 2007.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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Maryland Route 263
Maryland Route 263 (MD 263) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Plum Point Road, the state highway runs from MD 2/ MD 4 near Huntingtown east to a dead end at Plum Point. MD 263 also connects Prince Frederick with th ...