Maryland Route 213
MD 213 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained byMDSHA andUSACE
Length	68.25 mi[1] (109.84 km)
Existed	1971–present
Tourist routes	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end	MD 662 inWye Mills
Major intersections	US 50 near Wye Mills US 301 nearCentreville MD 18 in Centreville MD 300 inChurch Hill MD 291 inChestertown MD 290 /MD 313 inGalena MD 282 inCecilton US 40 inElkton MD 279 in Elkton MD 273 inFair Hill
North end	PA 841 atPennsylvania border near Fair Hill
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Queen Anne's,Kent,Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
←MD 212 →MD 214

Maryland Route 213 (MD 213) is a 68.25-mile (109.84 km)state highway located on theEastern Shore ofMaryland in theUnited States. The route runs fromMD 662 inWye Mills,Queen Anne's County, north to thePennsylvania border nearFair Hill inCecil County, where the road continues into that state asPennsylvania Route 841 (PA 841). The route, which is a two-lane undivided highway most of its length, passes through mainly rural areas as well as the towns ofCentreville,Chestertown,Galena,Cecilton,Chesapeake City, andElkton. MD 213 intersects many routes includingU.S. Route 50 (US 50) near Wye Mills,US 301 near Centreville, andUS 40 in Elkton. It crosses over theChesapeake & Delaware Canal in Chesapeake City on theChesapeake City Bridge. MD 213 is designated by the state as theChesapeake Country Scenic Byway between the southern terminus and Chesapeake City with the portion north ofMD 18 in Centreville aNational Scenic Byway. In addition, the route is also considered part of the Atlantic to Appalachians Scenic Byway between Chesapeake City andMD 273 in Fair Hill.

The route was initially designated asU.S. Route 213 (US 213) in 1926 when theU.S. Highway System was established, running fromOcean City west and north to US 40 in Elkton. The highway was rerouted to cross theNanticoke River inVienna by 1933, with the former route betweenMardela Springs andEldorado becoming a part ofMD 313 and the alignment between Eldorado andRhodesdale becoming part ofMD 14. US 213 was rerouted to use the Emerson C. Harrington Bridge over theChoptank River inCambridge in 1939; the former alignment between Vienna andEaston becameMD 331. Meanwhile, the road between Elkton and the Pennsylvania border becameMaryland Route 280 (MD 280). US 213 was moved to a bypass of Easton and straight alignment between Easton and Wye Mills in 1948. A year later, the southern terminus was cut back to US 50 in Wye Mills, with an extended US 50 replacing US 213 between Wye Mills and Ocean City. In 1971, US 213 and MD 280 were decommissioned and replaced with MD 213.

MD 213 is a part of theNational Highway System as a principal arterial between US 40 and MD 279 within the town of Elkton.^[1][2]

MD 213 begins at an intersection withMD 662 (Wye Mills Road) inWye Mills,Queen Anne's County, heading to the north on College Drive, a two-lane undivided road.^[1] From the southern terminus, MD 213 is designated by the state as theChesapeake Country Scenic Byway.^[3] The road heads into farmland, passingChesapeake College on the west side of the road before intersectingUS 50 (Ocean Gateway).^[4] Past this intersection, MD 213 continues north on Centreville Road, passing more farms as well as some residences. The route continues into a mix of woods and farmland before intersecting the northern terminus ofMD 309 (Starr Road). A short distance later, the route reaches apartial cloverleaf interchange withUS 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway).^[1][4]

Past the US 301 interchange, MD 213 continues through more rural areas before entering the town ofCentreville, where it passes some residential and commercial areas. It intersects the eastern terminus ofMD 18 (4H Park Road).^[1][4] At this intersection, MD 213 becomes a part of theNational Scenic Byway portion of the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway.^[5] Past MD 18, the route continues into residential areas, eventually splitting into aone-way pair carrying one lane in each direction with northbound MD 213 following Commerce Street and southbound MD 213 following Liberty Street.^[1][4] This pairing continues past residences before heading into the downtown area, where the road intersectsMD 304 (Water Street).^[1][4] Westbound MD 304 joins northbound MD 213 for aconcurrency that lasts until the Broadway intersection north of theQueen Anne's County Courthouse, where MD 304 continues to the west; MD 304 isunsigned along the concurrency with MD 213.^[4]

MD 213 leaves downtown Centreville past MD 304. The one-way pair ends and the route continues north on two-lane undivided Liberty Street, passing by residences and some businesses.^[1][4] At the end of the one-way pair, the route sees an average of 12,912 vehicles daily.^[1] It intersects the western terminus ofMD 305 (Hope Road), and passes by more residences before becoming Church Hill Road, which heads north into a mix of woods and farms with some housing developments.^[1][4] It angles to the northeast and then north through more rural areas, consisting mostly of farm fields with some wooded areas and occasional residences. MD 213 continues in a northeast direction before reaching the town ofChurch Hill.^[4]

Upon reaching Church Hill, the route intersects unsignedMD 19A (South Main Street), which loops to the east of MD 213 to head into the town.^[1] Meanwhile, MD 213 bypasses Church Hill to the west, running through woodland, and intersects the western terminus ofMD 300 (Sudlersville Road).^[4] The route heads back into farmland and has a junction with the western terminus ofMD 19 (North Main Street), leaving the Church Hill area. MD 213 continues north through a mix of woods and farms. From here, the route turns northwest through more farmland before it passes some residences and businesses near the intersection with the western terminus ofMD 544 (McGinnes Road).^[1][4] Past the MD 544 intersection, the road continues through rural areas, but residences and businesses start to increase. MD 213 passes throughKingstown before crossing theChester River on adrawbridge.^[4]

Upon crossing the Chester River, MD 213 enters the town ofChestertown inKent County, where the route heads northwest on Maple Avenue through residential areas. It intersects the northern terminus ofMD 289 (Cross Street) in the downtown area and turns north onto Washington Avenue at the junction with Spring Avenue.^[1][4] Washington Avenue carries MD 213 north through residential neighborhoods and passes to the west of theUniversity of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown and byWashington College.^[4] Past the college, the route gains acenter left-turn lane and continues past business, intersectingMD 291 (Morgnec Road). Past this intersection, MD 213 continues through residential and commercial areas before it narrows back to a two-lane road.^[1][4]

The road leaves Chestertown and becomes Augustine Herman Highway, which is named forBohemian surveyorAugustine Herman.^[1][6] The road heads into farmland with residences along the west side of the road. MD 213 intersects the southern terminus ofMD 297 (Worton Road) and heads past more farm fields. The road turns northeast and has a junction with the southern terminus ofMD 561 (Hassengers Corner Road).^[1][4] It continues through more rural areas, consisting mostly of farms with some wooded areas before reachingKennedyville, where MD 213 passes residences. In Kennedyville, the road crosses the Chestertown Branch of the Northern Line of theMaryland and Delaware Railroad at-grade.^[1][4]

Upon leaving Kennedyville, MD 213 continues back into agricultural areas. The route makes a turn to the east, with an old bypassed segment remaining as unsignedMD 855. MD 213 intersectsMD 298 (Browntown Road) and resumes northeast and east again. It intersects unsignedMD 449 (Shallcross Wharf Road), a road that connects toMD 444 (Kentmore Park Road), which MD 213 intersects a short distance later.^[1][4] From here, the route continues east and northeast through more farmland before heading into a mix of farms and woods.^[1][4] The route enters the town ofGalena, where it becomes Cross Street.^[1] In the center of town, MD 213 meetsMD 290 andMD 313 at the intersection with Main Street. Here, MD 290 and MD 313 continue south on Main Street, MD 290 continues east on Cross Street, and MD 213 makes a left turn to head north on Main Street.^[4] Main Street passes residences before leaving Galena, where the road becomes Augustine Herman Highway again. The road continues through a mix of farms and woods before reaching the community ofGeorgetown, where the route passes some homes before crossing theSassafras River on a drawbridge near a marina.^[1][4]

MD 213 entersCecil County upon crossing the Sassafras River, where it continues north through wooded and agricultural areas with some residences.^[1][4] The route enters the town ofCecilton, where it becomes Bohemia Avenue.^[1] In Cecilton, MD 213 passes residences along with a few businesses and intersectsMD 282 (Main Street) in the center of town. Upon leaving Cecilton, the name of the road becomes Augustine Herman Highway again.^[1][4] The Cecilton area is home to a smallAmish settlement.^[7] MD 213 passes through farmland, with intermittent woods and rural residences, before crossing over theBohemia River.^[4] Past the Bohemia River, the road turns northeast through more rural areas before intersecting the western terminus ofMD 310 (Cayots Corner Road) inCayots. Past MD 310, the route continues through farms and woods with some residences and businesses before heading into theChesapeake City area, where residences increase along the road and it passes to the east ofBohemia Manor High School. Upon reaching the town of Chesapeake City, MD 213 features an interchange withMD 537, which provides access to the southern portion of Chesapeake City as well as toMD 286 andMD 342.^[1][4]

In Chesapeake City, the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway ends and MD 213 continues north as a part of the Atlantic to Appalachians Scenic Byway which crosses the state of Maryland.^[3][5] Past this interchange, MD 213 passes over theChesapeake & Delaware Canal on theChesapeake City Bridge, atied-arch bridge. After crossing the canal, the road intersects the western terminus ofMD 285 (Lock Street), which provides access to the northern portion of Chesapeake City. Past MD 285, the route resumes through a mix of woodland and farmland, crossingLong Creek andPerch Creek, with residential areas increasing along the road.^[4] It approaches theElkton area and heads through residential areas.^[1][4]

MD 213 enters the town of Elkton at the intersection withUS 40 (Pulaski Highway).^[1] Past this intersection, the route heads northwest on Bridge Street, passing through commercial areas as a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane. The route narrows to two lanes before it crossesBig Elk Creek and intersects Main Street, which continues east of MD 213 as aone-way street eastbound.^[1][4] Past Main Street, the road heads north and passes overAmtrak'sNortheast Corridor railroad line before intersecting the southern terminus ofMD 545 (Elkton Boulevard). MD 213 continues past commercial areas to the west and residential areas to the east as a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane before its junction withMD 279 (Newark Avenue).^[1][4] Past the MD 279 junction, the route narrows back to two lanes before it leaves Elkton and becomes Singerly Road, which continues past residences. MD 213 enters a mix of woods and farms and passes overInterstate 95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) without an interchange andCSX'sPhiladelphia Subdivision railroad line within a short distance of each other. It continues through a mix of farms and residences before the road reaches the Leedsroundabout with Leeds Road/Elk Mills Road west of the community ofCherry Hill. Past the roundabout, the route resumes north, intersectingMD 273 (Telegraph Road) in the community ofFair Hill west of theFair Hill Training Center and the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, where the Atlantic to Appalachians Scenic Byway leaves MD 213 and heads west along MD 273.^[1][3][4] From here, the name of MD 213 changes to Lewisville Road and it curves northwest and north through a mix of rural areas and residences before ending at thePennsylvania border. Here, the road continues north into that state asPA 841 (Chesterville Road) and reaches the community ofLewisville, intersecting the southern terminus ofPA 472 (Lewisville Road) just north of the state line.^[4]

U.S. Route 213
Location	Wye Mills–Elkton
Length	58.27 mi (93.78 km)
Existed	1926–1971

In 1911, what would become US 213 was completed as a state highway betweenHebron andRiverton viaMardela Springs,Easton andLongwoods, Centerville and Church Hill, and in the Chestertown area, while the present road between Elkton and Singerly was also built as a state highway. The portion of roads between Riverton andSharptown,Brookview andHurlock, Church Hill and southeast of Chestertown, northeast of Chestertown and northeast of Kennedyville, and Chesapeake City and Elkton were under contract to be built as state roads. At this time, a state highway was proposed along the segments betweenOcean City andBerlin,Salisbury and Hebron, Sharptown and Brookview, Hurlock and Easton, Longwoods and Centreville, northeast of Kennedyville and Chesapeake City, and Elkton and Fair Hill.^[8] By 1915, the entire length of road between Ocean City and Elkton was completed as a state highway.^[9] The state highway between Singerly and south of Fair Hill was finished by 1923.^[10] The state highway was finished to Fair Hill by 1927.^[11]

With the creation of theU.S. Highway System on November 11, 1926, US 213 was designated to run from theAtlantic Ocean in Ocean City west and north to US 40 in Elkton.^[11][12] The route headed west from Ocean City through Berlin and Salisbury (where it intersected its parent routeUS 13), before it ran northwest to Mardela Springs. Here, US 213 turned to the north and ran toEldorado, where it continued northwest through Hurlock andPreston to Easton. From Easton, the route continued north to Wye Mills and followed the present alignment of MD 213 to Elkton.^[11] A new Dover Bridge over theChoptank River east of Easton, replacing a bridge built in the 19th century, was completed in 1932.^[13][14][15] By 1933, US 213 was rerouted to cross theNanticoke River atVienna instead of at Sharptown. The route headed west from Mardela Springs to Vienna, where it turned north toRhodesdale. The former alignment of US 213 became a southern extension of MD 313 between Mardela Springs and Eldorado and an eastern extension ofMD 14 between Rhodesdale and Eldorado.^[16]

Maryland Route 280
Location	Elkton–Fair Hill
Length	9.40 mi (15.13 km)
Existed	1939–1971

In 1939, US 213 was realigned to cross the Choptank River atCambridge on the Emerson C. Harrington Bridge that opened in 1935.^[17][18] The route replacedMD 344 between Vienna andMount Holly, ran concurrent withMD 16 between Mount Holly and Cambridge, and turned north across the river to continue to Easton. The former routing of US 213 between Vienna and Easton becameMD 331.^[18][19] In 1939, the road between US 40 and the northern terminus of US 213 in Elkton and the Pennsylvania border north of Fair Hill was designated MD 280.^[18] The portion of MD 280 between Fair Hill and the Pennsylvania border was built as a state highway by 1933.^[16] On July 28, 1942, thevertical lift bridge carrying US 213 over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, built in 1927, was destroyed when the tankerFranz Klasen struck it. The destroyed bridge was replaced by the current Chesapeake City Bridge, which opened in 1949.^[20] The approaches to the original bridge are now designated as MD 537 and a western extension of MD 285.^[1][4]

US 213 was relocated to a new divided highway alignment to the north between Herring Creek inWest Ocean City and Ocean City in 1942, including a new bridge acrossSinepuxent Bay into Ocean City (the currentHarry W. Kelley Memorial Bridge).^[21][22] The bypassed portion of US 213 remained a state highway and was designatedMD 707 by 1948.^[22][23] A portion of US 213 south of Easton was moved to a straight alignment by 1946; the former routing becameMD 565. By 1946, work was underway for a bypass to the east of Easton along with a straight alignment between Easton and Wye Mills.^[22] US 213 was moved to this new alignment in 1948, with the former alignment on Washington Street in Easton becoming an extendedMD 333 in the southern part of the city and an extendedMD 33 in the northern part the city, while MD 662 was designated on the original alignment between Easton and Wye Mills.^[23]

In 1949, US 50 was extended fromAnnapolis across theChesapeake Bay, first via a ferry run by the Maryland State Roads Commission, then over the original span of theChesapeake Bay Bridge when it was completed in the middle of 1952, all the way to Ocean City. The southern terminus of US 213 was cut back to US 50 in Wye Mills, with the former route of US 213 between Wye Mills and Ocean City becoming part of the newly extended US 50. The former routing of US 213 between Wye Mills and Ocean City is now US 50 between Wye Mills and Vienna, Old Route 50 through Vienna, US 50 between Vienna and Salisbury,US 50 Bus. through Salisbury,MD 346 between Salisbury and east of Berlin, and US 50 between east of Berlin and Ocean City.^[24] In 1951, US 213 was realigned at Cayots to eliminate a sharp turn at the MD 310 intersection. The bypassed alignment became a western extension of MD 310 and MD 310A (now a county road named Cayots Corner Road Spur).^[25][26] On December 3, 1971, theAmerican Association of State Highway Officials approved the elimination of the US 213 designation.^[27] US 213 along with MD 280 were replaced by MD 213, which ran from MD 662 in Wye Mills north to PA 841 at the Pennsylvania border north of Fair Hill.^[28] In 1994, the at-grade intersection with US 301 was replaced with an interchange.^[29][30]

County	Location	mi [1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Queen Anne's	Wye Mills	0.00	0.00	MD 662 (Wye Mills Road)	Southern terminus of MD 213
		0.82	1.32	US 50 (Ocean Gateway) –Bay Bridge,Easton
	​	4.19	6.74	MD 309 south (Starr Road) –Starr,Queen Anne	Northern terminus of MD 309
	​	5.21	8.38	US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) –Bay Bridge,Wilmington	Interchange
	Centreville	6.74	10.85	MD 18 west (4H Park Road) –Queenstown	Eastern terminus of MD 18; officially MD 18C
		7.55	12.15	MD 304 east (Water Street) –Bridgetown	South end of unsigned MD 304 west overlap with MD 213
		7.61	12.25	ToMD 304 west (Broadway)	North end of unsigned MD 304 west overlap with MD 213
		8.10	13.04	MD 305 east (Hope Road) toUS 301 –Carville	Western terminus of MD 305
	Church Hill	15.76	25.36	Main Street (MD 19A north) –Church Hill	Southern terminus of MD 19A
		16.67	26.83	MD 300 east (Sudlersville Road) –Church Hill,Sudlersville	Western terminus of MD 300; officially MD 300A
		17.09	27.50	MD 19 east (Main Street) –Church Hill	Western terminus of MD 19
	Kingstown	21.30	34.28	MD 544 east (McGinnes Road) –Crumpton,Millington	Western terminus of MD 544
Kent	Chestertown	23.27	37.45	MD 289 south (Cross Street) –Pomona	Northern terminus of MD 289
		24.22	38.98	MD 291 (Morgnec Road) toMD 20 –Fairlee,Rock Hall,Millington
	​	25.45	40.96	MD 297 north (Worton Road) –Worton	Southern terminus of MD 297
	​	27.66	44.51	MD 561 north (Hassengers Corner Road)	Southern terminus of MD 561
	Kennedyville	32.98– 33.03	53.08– 53.16	MD 855	Sharply curved loop along MD 213
	​	33.21	53.45	MD 298 (Lambs Meadow Road/Browntown Road) –Still Pond,Coleman,Betterton
	Locust Grove	34.80	56.01	MD 449 east (Shallcross Wharf Road)	Western terminus of MD 449; corner of MD 213/MD 444 intersection
		34.89	56.15	MD 444 (Kentmore Park Road/Locust Grove Road) –Kentmore Park
	Galena	39.02	62.80	MD 290 /MD 313 south (Main Street/Cross Street) toUS 301 –Chesterville,Sassafras	Northern terminus of MD 313; officially MD 313A
Cecil	Cecilton	43.81	70.51	MD 282 (Main Street) –Earleville,Warwick
	Cayots	50.26	80.89	MD 310 east (Cayots Corner Road)	Western terminus of MD 310
	Chesapeake City	53.24	85.68	MD 537 north (George Street) toMD 286 /MD 342 –South Chesapeake City	Interchange; southern terminus of MD 537; officially MD 537C
	Chesapeake & Delaware Canal	53.77	86.53	Chesapeake City Bridge
	​	54.35	87.47	MD 285 east (Biddle Street) –North Chesapeake City	Western terminus of MD 285
	Elkton	59.09	95.10	US 40 (Pulaski Highway) –Baltimore,Philadelphia	Northern terminus of former US 213
		60.09	96.71	MD 545 north (Elkton Boulevard)	Southern terminus of MD 545
		60.53	97.41	MD 279 (Newark Avenue) toI-95 /US 40
	Fair Hill	66.71	107.36	MD 273 (Telegraph Road) –Rising Sun,Newark
	​	68.25	109.84	PA 841 north (Chesterville Road) –Lewisville	Pennsylvania state line; northern terminus of MD 213
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

• MD 213A runs along the ramp from MD 537D to southbound MD 213 in Chesapeake City, Cecil County. The route is 0.05 mi (80 m) long.^[1][31]

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