Maryland Route 366 (MD 366) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
Maryland
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. Known for much of its length as Stockton Road, the state highway runs from
U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Business) in
Pocomoke City east to
George Island Landing on
Chincoteague Bay. MD 366 is the main east–west highway of southern
Worcester County, connecting
US 13
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to US 1 in the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville ...
in Pocomoke City with
MD 12 in
Stockton. The state highway was constructed starting in the mid-1910s from the Pocomoke City end. MD 366 was completed between Pocomoke City and Stockton in the early 1920s. The state highway was extended east to George Island Landing in the mid-1930s.
Route description
MD 366 begins at an intersection with US 13 Business (Market Street) on the southern edge of Pocomoke City. The state highway, marked as Stockton Road, turns south and then east to the intersection with US 13 (
Ocean Highway
Ocean Highway was a designation established early in the 20th century for a combination of roadways and water-crossings for motor vehicles which would generally traverse as close as possible to the Atlantic Ocean along the East Coast of the Unite ...
). After crossing the federal highway, MD 366 heads east as a two-lane undivided road, crosses Town Branch and passes Newtown Park. The state highway leaves the town of Pocomoke City after the intersection with Groton Road and Buck Harbor Road. After passing Byrd Road and crossing Pilchard Creek, MD 366 enters the hamlet of
Goodwill, where the highway intersects Lambertson Road and Holly Swamp Road. After leaving Goodwill, the state highway meets unsigned
MD 703 (Klej Grange Road). MD 366 continues east through farmland, intersecting Old Mill Road before entering the unincorporated village of Stockton. Within the village, the state highway intersects MD 12 (Snow Hill Road), where the name of MD 366 changes to George Island Landing Road. After passing Greenbackville Road, the state highway goes through a straight then performs an S-curve over the marshland of E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area before meeting its eastern terminus at the entrance to the parking lot of George Island Landing on Chincoteague Bay.
History
The Pocomoke City–Stockton road was paved within Stockton and from Market Street east to Groton Road in Pocomoke City by 1910.
Two sections of the state highway were paved from the Pocomoke City end in 1915 and 1917.
By 1921, sections were built from Stockton west to Old Mill Road and east to Goodwill from the Pocomoke City End.
The highway between Pocomoke City and Stockton was completed in 1923.
MD 366 was under construction from the eastern end of pavement in Stockton to George Island Landing by 1934 and completed in 1935.
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Maryland Route 366