Maryland Route 19 marker

Maryland Route 19

Maryland Route 19 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length8.60 mi[1] (13.84 km)
Existed1927–present
Major junctions
West end MD 213 in Church Hill
Major intersections
East end MD 313 at Ingleside
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesQueen Anne's
Highway system
← MD 18→ MD 20

Maryland Route 19 (MD 19) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for much of its length as Roberts Station Road, the highway runs 8.60 miles (13.84 km) from MD 213 in Church Hill east to MD 313 at Ingleside. MD 19 runs through central Queen Anne's County, connecting both communities with U.S. Route 301 (US 301) near the road's namesake community. The highway was one of the original state roads marked for improvement in 1909 and was paved in the mid-1910s. MD 19 was widened and extended to its present eastern terminus in the early 1950s. The state highway was extended to its present western terminus in 1970.

Route description

View east along MD 19 at US 301 near Roberts

MD 19 begins at an intersection with MD 213 (Church Hill Road) north of the town of Church Hill. The state highway heads south as two-lane undivided Main Street into the town limits, passing to the southwest of the historic home Bishopton and intersecting MD 300 (Sudlersville Road). In the center of town, east of St. Luke's Church, MD 19 turns east onto Walnut Street; Main Street continues south as unsigned MD 19A to MD 213. The highway passes south of the historic Churchill Theatre-Community Building, exits the town, and crosses Southeast Creek. MD 19's name remains Walnut Street until its intersection with the northern terminus of MD 405 (Price Station Road), where the route continues southeast on Roberts Station Road. The highway intersects US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) and has a grade crossing of the Centreville Branch of the Northern Line of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad at the hamlet of Roberts. MD 19 curves east at its crossing of Beaverdam Ditch and passes through the village of Ingleside before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 313 (Goldsboro Road).[1][2]

History

The Church Hill–Ingleside road was designated one of the original state roads to be improved by the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1909 as part of a longer highway connecting Chestertown and Denton.[3] The entire road from Main Street in Church Hill to Ingleside was built in 1915 with a width of 14 feet (4.3 m). The portion from Church Hill to Roberts Station was constructed as a macadam road, and the section from Roberts Station through Ingleside was paved with concrete.[4] MD 19 was among the highways signed when the commission first signed highways numerically in 1927, as was MD 313, which met MD 19 in the center of Ingleside.[5] The highway was widened along its entire length between 1948 and 1950.[6] MD 313 was reconstructed and relocated to the east of Ingleside starting in 1949, and when its bypass was completed in 1951, MD 19 was extended to its current eastern terminus.[6][7] The highway was resurfaced with bituminous concrete over its entire length later that year.[6] US 213 (now MD 213) through Church Hill was resurfaced with bituminous concrete in 1968.[8] MD 19 was then extended over US 213 to its current western terminus after US 213's bypass of Church Hill was completed in 1970.[8][9] Main Street in Church Hill was given an urban reconstruction starting in 2003.[10]

Junction list

The entire route is in Queen Anne's County.

Locationmi
[1]		kmDestinationsNotes
Church Hill0.000.00 MD 213 (Church Hill Road) – Centreville, ChestertownWestern terminus
0.470.76
 MD 300 (Sudlersville Road) to US 301 – Sudlersville, Chestertown		Officially MD 300A
1.051.69Main Street southMD 19 turns southeast onto Walnut Street; Main Street is unsigned MD 19A
2.053.30
 MD 405 south (Price Station Road) – Price Station		Northern terminus of MD 405
​3.936.32 US 301 (Blue Star Memorial Highway) – Wilmington, Crumpton, Bay Bridge
Ingleside8.6013.84 MD 313 (Goldsboro Road) – Barclay, Sudlersville, GoldsboroEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary routes

MD 19 has one current auxiliary route and two former auxiliary routes.

  • The current MD 19A is the unsigned designation for the 0.49-mile-long (0.79 km) section of Main Street between MD 213 on the south side of Church Hill and MD 19 in the center of the town.[1][2] MD 19A was assigned to the portion of Main Street south of Walnut Street after US 213's bypass of Church Hill opened in 1971.[8][9]
  • The former MD 19A was the designation for what is now St. Paul Road in Ingleside. The highway extended 0.68 miles (1.09 km) between MD 19 and MD 313.[11] The road north from Ingleside that became MD 313 in 1927 was paved with concrete between 1919 and 1921.[5][12][13] MD 19A was assigned to that road after MD 313's present course was completed in 1951.[6] The Maryland State Roads Commission transferred the highway to county maintenance through a February 19, 1962, memorandum of action.[11]
  • MD 19B was the designation for Ingleside Cut-Off Road, a 0.05-mile-long (0.080 km) connector between MD 19 and MD 19A at Ingleside.[11] The highway was assigned to the connector after MD 313's present course was completed in 1951.[6] The Maryland State Roads Commission transferred the highway to county maintenance through a February 19, 1962, memorandum of action.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2016). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Staff. Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map) (2016 ed.). Maryland State Highway Administration. §§ E15A, E15B, E15D. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1910). Map of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 112. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  5. 1 2 Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: Q-223X-215 (August 27, 1948), Q-228-1-215 (August 26, 1949), Q-223X-2-215 (March 22, 1950). Retrieved November 9, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
  7. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission (1950). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  8. 1 2 3 Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Numbers: Q-472-214 (June 14, 1968), Q-255-5-271 (June 26, 1969). Retrieved November 9, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
  9. 1 2 Maryland State Roads Commission (1971). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  10. ↑ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: QA-714-5184 (March 25, 2003). Retrieved November 9, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Memorandum of Action of State Roads Commission of Maryland by Chairman and Director John B. Funk" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Queen Anne's County. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. February 19, 1962. Retrieved November 9, 2017 – via Maryland State Archives.
  12. ↑ 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. 47. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  13. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maryland Route 19.
Template:Attached KML/Maryland Route 19
KML is from Wikidata
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.