Maryland Route 383 (MD 383) 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 Broad Run Jefferson Road, the state highway runs from
MD 180 in
Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
Names
* Jefferson (surname)
* Jefferson (given name)
People
* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foo ...
north to
MD 17 near
Burkittsville. MD 383 was built in four sections from MD 17 toward Jefferson between 1929 and 1953.
Route description
MD 383 begins at a T intersection with MD 180 (Jefferson Pike) a short distance west of the center of Jefferson. The state highway heads northwest as a two-lane undivided road through farmland. MD 383 intersects Corun Road, which leads to the historic
Lewis Mill Complex
Lewis Mill Complex is a historic grist mill complex located at Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland. The complex consists of seven standing structures, a house foundation, and the remains of an earlier millrace. It centers on an early 19th-centu ...
, before descending into the valley of and crossing
Catoctin Creek. West of the creek, the state highway reaches a four-way intersection with south-facing St. Marks Road and Gapland Road, which heads west toward Burkittsville. MD 383 turns north to remain on Broad Run Road. The state highway passes Poffenberger Road and Sumantown Road as it veers west again. Poffenberger Road leads to the historic
Poffenberger Road Bridge
The Poffenberger Road Bridge, near Jefferson, Maryland, is a wrought iron bridge by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The bridge is similar to the Fourpoints Bridge elsewhere in Frederick County. The bridge is a single-span double ...
and Sumantown Road leads to the contemporary Catoctin Creek Park. MD 383 crosses a tributary of Broad Run and reaches another four-way intersection at the hamlet of
Broad Run. Picnic Woods Road and Catholic Church Road head west and south, respectively, from the intersection. MD 383 turns north to its northern terminus at MD 17 (Burkittsville Road) about midway between Burkittsville and
Middletown.
History
The first portion of MD 383 was constructed as a concrete road from MD 33 (now MD 17) south to Broad Run in 1929 and 1930.
The state highway was extended east as a macadam road to near the Poffenberger Road intersection in 1934 and 1935.
By 1946, MD 383 was extended south and east to Catoctin Creek.
The state highway was completed after the state route designation was extended to
U.S. Route 340
U.S. Route 340 (US 340) is a spur route of US 40, and runs from Greenville, Virginia to Frederick, Maryland. In Virginia, it runs north–south, parallel and east of US 11, from US 11 north of Greenville via Waynesboro, Grottoes, Elkton, ...
(now MD 180) following the completion of a new bridge over Catoctin Creek in 1953.
Junction list
See also
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Maryland Route 383
Maryland Route 383 (MD 383) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Broad Run Jefferson Road, the state highway runs from MD 180 in Jefferson north to MD 17 near Burkittsville. MD 383 was built in four sections from MD 17 ...