Maryland Route 349 (MD 349) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Nanticoke Road, the state highway runs 22.32 miles (35.92 km) from a dead end in Nanticoke east to U.S. Route 50 Business (US 50 Business) in Salisbury. The first segment of MD 349 was constructed by 1910 west of Salisbury. The modern highway reached Quantico by 1919, Bivalve by 1925, and its western terminus by 1933. The only major change to MD 349 since is a realignment near Salisbury in the mid-1950s.
 Maryland Route 349 | ||||
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| Nanticoke Road | ||||
 Maryland Route 349 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA and City of Salisbury | ||||
| Length | 22.32 mi[1] (35.92 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Dead end near Nanticoke | |||
| East end |  US 50 Bus. in Salisbury | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Wicomico | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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MD 349 begins at a dead end at Jones Creek near the confluence of the Nanticoke River and Wicomico River as the two rivers enter Tangier Sound. The state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road through the village of Nanticoke. North of Jesterville Road, MD 349 crosses Windsor Creek and Dunn Creek. The state highway continues through the hamlet of Bivalve, where the highway negotiates two sharp curves. MD 349 curves to the east as it leaves Bivalve and intersects Tyaskin Road, which was formerly MD 541. The state highway intersects the west end of MD 352 (Capitola Road), then turns northeast past the Chesapeake Forest Lands and traverses Wetipquin Creek.[1][2]
At the hamlet of Royal Oak, MD 349 turns east toward its intersections with the southern terminus of MD 347 (Quantico Road) and with the other end of MD 352 (Whitehaven Road) in the hamlet of Catchpenny south of Quantico. Whitehaven Road leads south to the Whitehaven Ferry, a cable ferry that crosses the Wicomico River. After passing North Upper Ferry Road, which heads toward the Upper Ferry cable ferry crossing of the Wicomico River, the state highway begins to pass residential subdivisions and crosses Rockawalking Creek. Just west of Salisbury, the old alignment of MD 349, MD 815 (Old Quantico Road), splits to the east when MD 349 veers southeast. The state highway expands to a four-lane undivided highway before intersecting Parsons Road and the other end of MD 815. Upon crossing Mitchell Pond, MD 349 enters the city of Salisbury and municipal maintenance begins. Main Street splits to the southeast from the eastbound direction of MD 349 immediately before the state highway reaches its eastern terminus at US 50 Business (Salisbury Parkway). The road continues on the opposite side of the intersection as Isabella Street.[1][2]
MD 349 is a part of the National Highway System as a principal arterial from Fire Tower Road near Quantico to its eastern terminus in Salisbury.[1][3]
History
editMD 349 was paved from Salisbury west to Rockawalkin Creek by 1910.[4] The improved highway extended west to Catchpenny in 1919 and to Royal Oak in 1921.[5][6] MD 349 was complete to Wetipquin Creek in 1923 and to Bivalve in 1925.[7][8][9] The highway was complete to its western terminus in Nanticoke in 1933.[10][11] Beyond the widening of the road from Salisbury to Tyaskin Road in 1950, the only significant change in MD 349 is the realignment of the highway just west of Salisbury in 1956, with MD 815 assigned to the old alignment.[12][13]
Junction list
editThe entire route is in Wicomico County.
| Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Nanticoke | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dead end | Western terminus | |
| Bivalve | 7.58 | 12.20 |   MD 352 east (Capitola Road) – Whitehaven | Western terminus of MD 352 | |
| Quantico | 15.14 | 24.37 |   MD 347 north (Quantico Road) – Quantico, Hebron | Southern terminus of MD 347 | |
| 15.77 | 25.38 |  MD 352 west (Whitehaven Road) – Whitehaven | Eastern terminus of MD 352 | ||
| Salisbury | 21.45 | 34.52 |  MD 815 east (Old Quantico Road) | Western terminus of MD 815 | |
| 22.15 | 35.65 | MD 815 west (Old Quantico Road) | Eastern terminus of MD 815 | ||
| 22.32 | 35.92 |     US 50 Bus. (Salisbury Parkway) to US 13 / US 13 Bus. / Isabella Street east – Cambridge, Ocean City | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- Wicomico County (PDF).
- ^ a b "Maryland Route 349" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ National Highway System: Salisbury, MD–DE (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Zouck, Frank H.; Uhl, G. Clinton; Mudd, John F. (January 1920). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1916–1919 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 53. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1923). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 100. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Byron, William D.; Lacy, Robert (December 28, 1934). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1931–1934 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 360. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1933). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ Bonnell, Robert O.; Bennett, Edgar T.; McMullen, John J. (November 2, 1956). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1955–1956 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 130. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1956). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
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