Maryland Route 57 (MD 57) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the
U.S. state 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 St. Paul Road, the state highway runs from
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America, is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid-Atlantic States. As with most routes wh ...
(US 40) near
Clear Spring north to
MD 494 near
Fairview. MD 57 was constructed in stages between 1916 and 1933. The state highway originally extended to the
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
state line, but was rolled back in favor of MD 494 in the early 1960s.
Route description
MD 57 begins at an intersection with US 40 (
National Pike
The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...
) next to the highway's namesake, St. Paul's Church, east of the town of Clear Spring.
After crossing Meadow Brook, the state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road through farmland, intersecting Broadfording Road and passing over Rockdale Run. Immediately after crossing Dry Run, MD 57 reaches its northern terminus at MD 494 (Fairview Road) west of Fairview. St. Paul Road continues north as a county-maintained road to the Pennsylvania state line.
History
MD 57 was constructed as a state-aid road from US 40 to Broadfording Road around 1916.
By 1921, the paved portion was extended north to Rockdale Run.
The remainder of MD 57 and what is now MD 494 to the Pennsylvania state line were completed by 1933.
The segment of MD 494 from MD 57 to the state line was originally part of MD 57.
MD 57 was removed from the run to the state line in favor of MD 494 in 1963.
Junction list
See also
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