Maryland Route 824

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Maryland Route 824

Blythedale Road
Maryland Route 824 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length1.06 mi[1] (1.71 km)
Existed1952–present
Major junctions
South end MD 222 in Perryville
North end MD 222 / MD 275 in Perryville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesCecil
Highway system
← MD 822→ MD 825

Maryland Route 824 (MD 824) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Blythedale Road, the state highway, which is officially MD 824A, runs 1.06 miles (1.71 km) from MD 222 north to MD 222 and MD 275 in Perryville in western Cecil County. MD 824 is the old alignment of U.S. Route 222 (US 222), which is now MD 222, in Perryville. MD 824 was assigned to the old road after US 222 was relocated for its interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in the early 1960s.

Route description

View north at the south end of MD 824 at MD 222 in Blythedale

MD 824 begins at an intersection with MD 222 (Perryville Road) in the hamlet of Blythedale between downtown Perryville and MD 222's interchange with I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway). The highway starts east as Reservoir Road but immediately turns north along two-lane undivided Blythedale Road. After passing under I-95 and intersecting Principio Road in the valley of Mill Creek, MD 824 curves to the west toward its northern terminus at a four-way intersection with MD 222 and MD 275. MD 222 heads south toward the I-95 interchange as Perryville Road and west as Bainbridge Road toward Port Deposit, and MD 275 heads north as Perrylawn Drive toward Rising Sun.[1][2]

View south along MD 824 from I-95 in Blythedale

History

MD 824 is the old alignment of US 222, and its course was originally constructed as MD 268.[3][4] The highway was constructed as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) concrete road in 1920 and 1921.[5][6] MD 268 was replaced by a southern extension of US 222 from Conowingo to Perryville in 1938.[4][7] The highway was proposed to be widened to 20 feet (6.1 m) in 1934, and that expansion came between 1942 and 1944 when US 222 was expanded to improve access between US 40 and United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge, east of Port Deposit.[4][8][9] MD 824A was assigned to the highway after US 222 was relocated for its interchange with I-95 when the freeway was constructed in 1962 and 1963.[10][11] The highway was resurfaced in 1978.[12]

Junction list

The entire route is in Perryville, Cecil County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 MD 222 (Perryville Road)Southern terminus
1.061.71 MD 222 (Bainbridge Road/Perryville Road) – Port Deposit

 MD 275 north (Perrylawn Drive) – Rising Sun		Northern terminus; southern terminus of MD 275
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary route

MD 824 (without suffix) was the designation for Weaver's Corner Road, which extended for 0.05 miles (0.080 km) parallel to US 222 between a pair of dead ends on both sides of Old Conowingo Road at Oakwood.[13] The highway was assigned after US 222 was relocated through Oakwood in 1951 and 1952.[14] MD 824 was transferred from state to county maintenance through a December 27, 1979, road transfer agreement.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2014). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ^ Maryland State Highway Administration (2015). Maryland General Highway Statewide Grid Map (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. § B16A. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  3. ^ Havre de Grace, MD quadrangle (Map) (1953 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c 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. 22. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  5. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  6. ^ Mackall, John N.; Crothers, Omar D.; Winebrener, D.C. (January 1924). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1920–1923 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 43, 75. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  7. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1938). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  8. ^ Whitman, Ezra B.; Webb, P. Watson; Thomas, W. Frank (March 15, 1943). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1941–1942 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 81. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  9. ^ Whitman, Ezra B.; Webb, P. Watson; Thomas, W. Frank (March 1, 1945). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1943–1944 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 77. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  10. ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: NE-107 (March 29, 1962). Retrieved August 1, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  11. ^ Havre de Grace, MD quadrangle (Map) (1971 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  12. ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: CE-586-501-277 (January 11, 1978). Retrieved August 1, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  13. ^ a b "Memorandum of Action of Director Hal Kassoff" (PDF). S.R.C. Minutes District No. 2 Cecil County. Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. December 27, 1979. Retrieved August 1, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.
  14. ^ Maryland Road Construction Progress Log (PDF). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration. Contract Number: CE-329-215 (June 27, 1951). Retrieved August 1, 2016 – via Maryland State Archives.

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