 Maryland Route 317 | ||||
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| Burrsville Road | ||||
 Maryland Route 317 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byMDSHA | ||||
| Length | 4.78 mi[1] (7.69 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MD 313 inOil City | |||
| East end |  DE 14 inBurrsville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Caroline | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 317 (MD 317) is astate highway in theU.S. state ofMaryland. Known asBurrsville Road, the state highway runs 4.78 miles (7.69 km) fromMD 313 inOil City east to theDelaware state line inBurrsville, where the highway continues east asDelaware Route 14 (DE 14). MD 317 was constructed in the mid-1920s and realigned through Burrsville around 1960.
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MD 317 begins at an intersection with MD 313 (Greensboro Road) in Oil City. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road through farmland. MD 317 crosses Webber Branch before the old alignment, Ruritan Road, splits to the northeast as the highway approaches Burrsville. The old alignment, now part of Knife Box Road, crosses MD 317 again shortly before the route comes to its eastern terminus at the Delaware state line. The highway continues east as DE 14 (Vernon Road) toward the city ofHarrington.[1][2]
MD 317 was paved in 1925 and 1926 along its whole length.[3][4] The state highway originally performed anS-curve through Burrsville, following present day Ruritan Road and Knife Box Road, the latter of which was designatedMD 457 north of MD 317 between 1951 and 1960.[5][6] MD 317 was constructed on its present straight alignment through Burrsville around 1960.[6]
The entire route is inCaroline County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Oil City | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 313 (Greensboro Road) –Denton,Greensboro | Western terminus | |
| Burrsville | 4.78 | 7.69 |  DE 14 east (Vernon Road) –Harrington | Delaware state line; eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
