Maryland Route 489 (MD 489) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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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 Park Hall Road, the state highway runs from
MD 5 east to
MD 235 within Park Hall Estates in southern
St. Mary's County St. Mary's County may refer to:
* St. Mary's County, Maryland
*St. Mary's County, Utah Territory
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. MD 489, which serves as a connector between MD 5 and MD 235 south of
Lexington Park
Lexington Park was the name of a former minor league baseball park in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was the home of the St. Paul Saints from 1897 through 1956, when it was replaced by the first version of Midway Stadium.
Lexington Park was commiss ...
, was assigned to Park Hall Road in 1956.
Route description
MD 489 begins at an intersection with MD 5 (Point Lookout Road) in the unincorporated community of Park Hall Estates between
St. Mary's City
St. Mary's City (also known as Historic St. Mary's City) is a former colonial town that was Maryland's first European settlement and capital. It is now a large, state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial sett ...
and
Great Mills. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road through a mix of farmland and forest. MD 489 reaches its eastern terminus at MD 235 (Three Notch Road) between
Ridge
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and
Lexington Park
Lexington Park was the name of a former minor league baseball park in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was the home of the St. Paul Saints from 1897 through 1956, when it was replaced by the first version of Midway Stadium.
Lexington Park was commiss ...
.
History
MD 489 was assigned to Park Hall Road in 1956.
Aside from repaving, the state highway has changed very little since then.
Junction list
See also
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References
External links
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MDRoads: MD 489
489
Maryland Route 489