Maryland Route 303 (MD 303) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state of
Maryland. The state highway runs from
MD 309 in
Cordova north to
MD 404 in
Queen Anne. MD 303 is an reverse L-shaped highway that passes through the northeast corner of
Talbot County and the southeast corner of
Queen Anne's County
Queen Anne's County is located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,874. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensvil ...
. The state highway also passes very close to the birthplace of
Frederick Douglass. MD 303 was originally designated along Starr Road between Queen Anne and
U.S. Route 213
Maryland Route 213 (MD 213) is a state highway located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the United States. The route runs from MD 662 in Wye Mills, Queen Anne's County, north to the Pennsylvania border in Cecil County, wher ...
(US 213) south of
Centreville, while present MD 303 is part of the old alignment of MD 309. The original MD 303 was constructed in the late 1920s and early 1930s, with a gap near
Starr filled in the late 1940s. MD 309 absorbed MD 303 in 1955. MD 303 was assigned to its present course in 1961.
Route description
MD 303 begins at an intersection with MD 309 (Cordova Road) a short distance north of the village of Cordova in Talbot County. The state highway heads east as two-lane undivided Tappers Corner Road, passing under an abandoned railroad grade owned by the
Maryland Department of Transportation and crossing a pair of branches of
Tuckahoe Creek. MD 303 turns north onto Lewistown Road at Tappers Corner very close to the birthplace of Frederick Douglass.
After crossing Norwich Creek, the state highway has a short
concurrency
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with
MD 404 Alternate (Talbot Avenue), during which MD 303 enters the town of Queen Anne. The state highway turns north onto Main Street to pass through the center of town and enters Queen Anne's County at the intersection with Park Avenue. MD 303 leaves the town after crossing the railroad grade and intersects MD 309, which heads southwest as Cordova Road and northwest as Starr Road. MD 303 turns northeast onto Cordova Road and comes to its northern terminus at a
right-in/right-out intersection with the eastbound lanes of MD 404 (Queen Annes Highway). Traffic must use MD 309 for connections with the westbound lanes of MD 404.
History
The present MD 303 was originally part of MD 309.
MD 303's first incarnation was between Queen Anne and US 213 (now
MD 213) south of Centreville. Construction began in 1925 from Queen Anne.
The highway was paved about north of Queen Anne by 1927.
Another was paved toward Starr by 1930.
By 1933, a second, unconnected section of MD 303 was constructed for east from US 213.
The gap between the two sections was filled in two sections in 1949 and 1950.
The first edition of MD 303 was assumed by MD 309 in 1955 when the latter highway was extended north from its terminus in Queen Anne to US 213.
MD 303 was assigned to the old alignment of MD 309 between Cordova and Queen Anne in 1961 following the construction of MD 309's present alignment between Cordova and Queen Anne that parallels the railroad grade.
The section of MD 303 between MD 309 and MD 404 in Queen Anne became
one-way
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*One-way traffic, a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction
*One-way travel, a trip that does not return to its origin
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northbound in 2004;
this section became a two-way road again in 2016.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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Maryland Route 303
Maryland Route 303 (MD 303) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Maryland Route 309, MD 309 in Cordova, Maryland, Cordova north to Maryland Route 404, MD 404 in Queen Anne, Maryland, Queen Anne. MD 303 i ...
Maryland Route 303
Maryland Route 303 (MD 303) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Maryland Route 309, MD 309 in Cordova, Maryland, Cordova north to Maryland Route 404, MD 404 in Queen Anne, Maryland, Queen Anne. MD 303 i ...