Maryland Route 404
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| MD 404 |
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| Queen Anne Highway, Shore Highway | |||||||||
| Length: | 24.61 mi (39.61 km) | ||||||||
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| Decomd.: | N/A | ||||||||
| From: | Wye Mills | ||||||||
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* MD 662
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| To: | Andersontown | ||||||||
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Maryland Route 404 is a major highway in the Eastern Shore region of Maryland. It runs from Wye Mills to the Delaware state line where it continues to Five Points, near Rehoboth Beach as Delaware Route 404. The two state highways together cross the width of the Delmarva Peninsula and serve to connect the cities west of the Chesapeake Bay (via US 50) with the beaches in Delaware.
Historically, the route went across the bay via a ferry service that ran between Sandy Point, near Annapolis, and Kent Island, roughly where the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is now, and ended just east of Annapolis. After the bridge was built, US 50 was brought across it, replacing 404 and cutting it back to its current terminus in Wye Mills.
As of 2005, the Maryland State Highway Administration is currently working on improvements to the highway in order to provide relief to travellers driving to the ocean resorts. These improvements include the widening of the route and an interchange with US 50 as part of a separate planned project to convert the intersections along US 50 between the split with U.S. Route 301 and MD 404 to interchanges.
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Maryland 404 on mdroads.com
- 404 The Fogotten Highway a site advocating improvements to 404 due to safety issues
