 Maryland Route 57 | ||||
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| St. Paul Road | ||||
 Maryland Route 57 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byMDSHA | ||||
| Length | 4.02 mi[1] (6.47 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 40 nearClear Spring | |||
| North end |  MD 494 nearFairview | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Washington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 57 (MD 57) is astate highway in theU.S. state ofMaryland. Known asSt. Paul Road, the state highway runs 4.02 miles (6.47 km) fromU.S. Route 40 (US 40) nearClear Spring north toMD 494 nearFairview. MD 57 was constructed in stages between 1916 and 1933. The state highway originally extended to thePennsylvania state line, but was rolled back in favor of MD 494 in the early 1960s.
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MD 57 begins at an intersection with US 40 (National Pike) next to the highway's namesake, St. Paul's Church, east of the town of Clear Spring.[2] 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.[1][3]
MD 57 was constructed as a state-aid road from US 40 to Broadfording Road around 1916.[4] By 1921, the paved portion was extended north to Rockdale Run.[5] The remainder of MD 57 and what is now MD 494 to the Pennsylvania state line were completed by 1933.[6] The segment of MD 494 from MD 57 to the state line was originally part of MD 57.[7] MD 57 was removed from the run to the state line in favor of MD 494 in 1963.[8]
The entire route is inWashington County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Clear Spring | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 40 (National Pike) –Hagerstown,Hancock | Southern terminus | |
| Fairview | 4.02 | 6.47 | MD 494 (Fairview Road) –Cearfoss,Mercersburg, PA | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
