# List of former Maryland state highways (200–399)

The Maryland highway system has several hundred former state highways. These highways were constructed, maintained, or funded by the Maryland State Roads Commission or Maryland State Highway Administration and assigned a unique or temporally unique number. Some time after the highway was assigned, the highway was transferred to county or municipal maintenance and the number designation was removed from the particular stretch of road. In some cases, a highway was renumbered in whole or in part. This list contains all or most of the state-numbered highways between 200 and 399 that have existed since highways were first numbered in 1927 but are no longer part of the state highway system or are state highways of a different number. Most former state highways have not had their numbers reused. However, many state highway numbers were used for a former highway and are currently in use. Some numbers have been used three times. The former highways below whose numbers are used presently, those that were taken over in whole or in part by another highway, or have enough information to warrant a separate article contain links to those separate highway articles. Highway numbers that have two or more former uses are differentiated below by year ranges. This list does not include former Interstate or U.S. Highways, which are linked from their respective lists.

## MD 200

Maryland Route 200 was the designation for Larchmont Avenue from MD 4 (now Marlboro Pike) in Coral Hills north to MD 214 (now MD 332) in Capitol Heights in central Prince George's County. The highway, which was then known as Crystal Spring Avenue, was constructed as a 16-foot-wide (4.9 m) gravel road between 1924 and 1926. MD 200 was widened and resurfaced in 1948. The highway was resurfaced again in 1954, then removed from the state highway system in 1955.

## MD 203

Maryland Route 203 was the designation for College Avenue from US 1 east to Dartmouth Avenue, Dartmouth Avenue south to Calvert Road, and Calvert Road east to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad within College Park in northern Prince George's County. The highway was paved as a 16-foot-wide (4.9 m) concrete road in 1928. The College Avenue portion of MD 203 was widened to 36 feet (11 m) between 1938 and 1940. MD 203 was resurfaced in 1957 and was removed from the state highway system that same year.

## MD 204

Maryland Route 204 was the designation for Poplar Street and Ray Road from the Takoma Park town limit east to MD 212 in Chillum in northern Prince George's County. The highway was constructed as a concrete road from the Takoma Park town limit east of Spring Avenue to a point east of what is now MD 650, which did not yet exist, in 1928. MD 204 was extended east to MD 212 in 1929. The route was removed from the state highway system in 1955.

## MD 205 (1927–1956)

Maryland Route 205 was the designation for Edmonston Road from US 50 (now MD 450) in Bladensburg north to MD 430 (now MD 193) in Greenbelt in northern Prince George's County. The portion of the highway from Bladensburg to Riverdale was completed by 1927. In 1956, MD 205 was replaced with a northward extension of MD 201, whose northern terminus had been very close to MD 205's southern terminus in Bladensburg. The portion of Edmonston Road that was bypassed by the new MD 201 four-lane divided highway in Bladensburg became MD 769.

## MD 205 (1989–1997)

MD 205 was the designation for Mattawoman–Beantown Road from MD 5 north to US 301/MD 5 just south of Mattawoman Creek in Waldorf in northern Charles County. The southernmost portion of what became MD 205 was constructed as a gravel road along Poplar Hill Road by 1927. This road was designated part of MD 233. In 1956, MD 382 was extended west into Charles County along part of what had been MD 233 to MD 5 at Beantown. MD 382 was removed from Charles County in 1989. That same year, MD 205 was assigned to the westernmost portion of Poplar Hill Road in Beantown and north along two-lane Mattawoman–Beantown Road to US 301 and MD 5 at Mattawoman. The route was expanded to a four-lane divided highway and was taken over as MD 5's bypass of Waldorf in 1997. The portion of MD 5 from what had been MD 205's southern terminus west to US 301 became MD 5 Business.

## MD 206

Maryland Route 206 was the designation for 38th Street from US 1 Alternate in Cottage City north to US 1 in Brentwood in northern Prince George's County. The highway was paved as a concrete road by Prince George's County with state aid from Bladensburg Road to what is now Rhode Island Avenue in Brentwood, then southwest along Rhode Island Avenue to the District of Columbia boundary in Mount Rainier between 1916 and 1919. By 1946, the portion of MD 206 along Rhode Island Avenue and MD 411—which had followed Rhode Island Avenue from 38th Street to US 1 in Hyattsville—were replaced by US 1. MD 208 was removed from Mount Rainier and relocated to its present course north of US 1 in 1960. That highway was extended south over the course of MD 206 in 1970.

## MD 207

Maryland Route 207 was the designation for Pennwood Road and Cottage Terrace in Cottage City from Route 206 northeast to Bunker Hill Road. Decommissioning date is unknown.

## MD 209

Maryland Route 209 was the designation for Ager Road and Hamilton Street from MD 212 in Chillum east to Hyattsville in northern Prince George's County. The highway was paved as a concrete road from 38th Street to 40th Street at the Hyattsville town limit by 1921. The remainder of Hamilton Street and Ager Road west of Hamilton Street to Riggs Road were paved by 1923. MD 209 was replaced by an eastward extension of MD 410 by 1946. In 1956, MD 410 was moved to its current divided highway through Hyattsville; what had been MD 209 is now county highway except for a small part of MD 410 east of MD 212 and the portion of Hamilton Street that is part of MD 208.

## MD 210

Maryland Route 210 was the designation for Queens Chapel Road from the District of Columbia boundary in Chillum north to MD 209 at the intersection of Ager Road and Hamilton Street in Hyattsville in northern Prince George's County. The highway was paved as a 14-foot-wide (4.3 m) concrete road by Prince George's County with state aid by 1915. MD 210 was replaced with a southern extension of MD 500 by 1946.

## MD 211

Maryland Route 211 was the designation for Sargent Road from the District of Columbia boundary north to MD 212 within Chillum in northern Prince George's County. The highway was paved as a concrete road by Prince George's County with state aid between 1916 and 1919. MD 211 was removed from the state highway system in 1997; however as of 2019, the highway remains signed as MD 211 at the MD 501 intersection.

## MD 215

Maryland Route 215 was the designation for Lawyers Hill Road and Levering Avenue from MD 103, which then followed Montgomery Road, north and east to US 1 in Elkridge in eastern Howard County. The highway was constructed as a 9-foot-wide (2.7 m) concrete road by Howard County with state aid from Montgomery Road to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by 1915. The highway was resurfaced with macadam and Levering Avenue was paved as a macadam road by 1927. MD 215 was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

## MD 217

Maryland Route 217 was the designation for Landing Road from MD 103, which then followed Montgomery Road, north to near former MD 104, which followed Ilchester Road, near Elkridge in eastern Howard County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road between 1924 and 1926. MD 217 was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

## MD 221

Maryland Route 221 was the designation for Ritchie Road from MD 214 near Largo south to near District Heights and Ritchie–Marlboro Road from Ritchie Road east to MD 4 (Marlboro Pike) west of Upper Marlboro in central Prince George's County. Ritchie Road from Largo south to MD 4 (Marlboro Pike) in Forestville was built as a gravel road in 1923. Ritchie–Marlboro Road was constructed as a gravel road in 1933. The southern portion of Ritchie Road was designated MD 534. MD 221 and MD 534 were removed from the state highway system in 1955.

## MD 226

Maryland Route 226 was the designation for Marshall Hall Road from MD 224 at Bryans Road north to the Potomac River at Marshall Hall in northwestern Charles County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road by 1927. MD 226 was replaced by an extension of MD 227 north from Pomonkey in 1956.

## MD 229

Maryland Route 229 was the designation for Morgantown Road from Morgantown on the Potomac River east to MD 3 (now MD 257) at Wayside in southern Charles County. The portion of the highway closest to Wayside was built as a 9-foot-wide (2.7 m) gravel road by Charles County with state aid by 1915. The remainder of the highway to Morgantown was completed by 1921. MD 229 served as the terminus of a ferry between Morgantown and Colonial Beach, Virginia, beginning in or shortly before 1933. The ferry was discontinued between 1940 and 1946 following completion of the Potomac River Bridge between Newburg and Dahlgren, Virginia, in 1940. MD 229 was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

## MD 230

Maryland Route 230 was the designation for Mount Victoria Road from MD 3 (now MD 257) in Newburg east to Hatton Road at Mount Victoria in southern Charles County. The highway was constructed as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) gravel road for 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Newburg in 1926 and 1927. MD 230 was extended to Mount Victoria in 1928. The highway was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

## MD 232

Maryland Route 232 was the designation for Trinity Church Road, Olivers Shop Road, Bryantown Road, and Dr. Samuel Mudd Road from MD 234 at Wicomico north to MD 382 near Waldorf via Dentsville and Bryantown in eastern Charles County. The first section of the highway was built as a gravel road along Olivers Shop Road from what became MD 5 in Bryantown south halfway to the future western terminus of MD 231 at Burnt Store by 1921. The next section of MD 232 was built as part of MD 233; the gravel road improvement of Dr. Samuel Mudd Road north of Bryantown was completed in 1928. That same year, another section of gravel road that was started in 1926 was constructed from MD 6 at Dentsville south along Trinity Church Road to Ryceville about midway between Dentsville and Bryantown. Reconstruction of Olivers Shop Road and Trinity Church Road were completed in 1929 and 1930, respectively. Bryantown Road was gravelled from MD 5 toward Dr. Samuel Mudd Road in three sections that were completed in 1933, 1935, and 1936. When MD 233 was removed from the state highway system in 1956, MD 232 was extended north along Dr. Samuel Mudd Road to MD 382, which was assigned to another section of MD 233 west to Waldorf. All of MD 232 was removed from the state highway system in 1989.

## MD 233

Maryland Route 233 was the designation for Poplar Hill Road, Dr. Samuel Mudd Road, and Woodville Road from MD 5 near Waldorf east to the Charles–Prince George's county line at County Line Creek near Aquasco via Gallant Green and Malcolm. MD 233 was built as a gravel road from Beantown southeast of Waldorf at the modern intersection of MD 5 and MD 5 Business east along Poplar Hill Road to a point west of Zekiah Swamp in 1926 and 1927. The highway was extended east to Dr. Samuel Mudd Road, then continued along that road to Bryantown Road, which became MD 232, in 1928. MD 233 was completed to the Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad (now the Herbert Subdivision of CSX's Popes Creek Subdivision railroad line) at Gallant Green in 1929. The highway was extended to County Line Creek west of Aquasco in two sections between 1930 and 1933. MD 233 was removed from the state highway system in 1956. The Poplar Hill Road portion of the highway became part of MD 382 and Dr. Samuel Mudd Road became the northern end of MD 232.

## MD 237

Maryland Route 237 was the designation for Budds Creek Road from MD 234 and MD 238 at Chaptico east to MD 5 near Leonardtown in western St. Mary's County. The highway was partially completed as a gravel road by 1927. MD 237 was replaced by an eastward extension of MD 234 in 1961. MD 234 had followed what is now MD 238 from Chaptico to MD 5 at Helen.

## MD 241

Maryland Route 241 was the designation for Abell Road from MD 242 and MD 470 at Avenue east to Abell in western St. Mary's County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road in 1928. MD 241 was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

## MD 248

Maryland Route 248 was the designation for Cedar Point Road, which extended from MD 246 near Jarboesville east toward the Cedar Point peninsula in eastern St. Mary's County. Much of the highway was constructed as a 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) gravel road in 1925 and 1926. MD 248 was extended to its eastern terminus between 1930 and 1933. Starting in 1943, Cedar Point Naval Air Station (now Naval Air Station Patuxent River) was constructed on the Cedar Point peninsula. MD 248 was removed from the state highway system as all of the highway was within the area taken by the federal government for the military base.

## MD 250

Maryland Route 250 was the designation for Medleys Neck Road and Blakes Creek Road from west of Valley Lee to MD 249 at Valley Lee in southern St. Mary's County. The first segment of MD 250 was constructed as a gravel road by 1927. MD 250 was replaced by an eastward extension of MD 244 by 1946.

## MD 251

Maryland Route 251 was the designation for Drayden Road from MD 249 at Valley Lee east to east of Drayden in southern St. Mary's County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road from MD 249 east to Cherryfield Road in Drayden in 1928. MD 251 was extended east to near Porto Bello in 1930. MD 251 was replaced with an eastward extension of MD 244 by 1946. The Drayden Road portion of MD 244 was removed from the state highway system in 1987.

## MD 252

Maryland Route 252 was the designation for Wynne Road from Millers Wharf Road east to MD 5 at Ridge in southern St. Mary's County. The first section of the highway was built from MD 5 west about halfway to Millers Wharf Road in 1926 and 1927. MD 252 was completed to Millers Wharf Road in 1928. The route was removed from the state highway system in 1983.

## MD 254

Maryland Route 254 was the designation for Davidsonville Road from MD 424 in Davidsonville east to MD 2 in Edgewater in central Anne Arundel County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road from MD 2 to Riva Road by 1921 and to Davidsonville by 1927. In 1935, Central Avenue was completed between MD 3 (now US 301) in Prince George's County east to Davidsonville. By 1939, MD 214 was extended east from MD 3 to MD 2, taking over the course of MD 254.

## MD 257

Maryland Route 257 was the designation of the highway from MD 256 west to MD 2. The first segment of MD 257 was constructed as a 15-foot (4.6 m) wide gravel road from MD 2 east to the hamlet of Nutwell west of Deale, near the intersection with Franklin Gibson Road in 1923. MD 257 extended east to MD 256 by 1933. MD 257 became part of an extended MD 256 by 1957.

## MD 266

Maryland Route 266 was the designation for Sollers Wharf Road, which ran from Sollers at the mouth of St. Leonard Creek east to MD 2 (now MD 765) in Lusby in southern Calvert County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road from MD 2 west to Mill Bridge Road in 1928. MD 266 was completed to Sollers in 1929. The route was removed from the state highway system in 1957.

## MD 268

Maryland Route 268 was the designation for the Port Deposit Road, which ran 11.68 miles (18.80 km) from US 40 (now MD 7) in Perryville north to US 1 at Conowingo in western Cecil County. The first stretch of the highway to be improved was in Perryville, where Cecil County constructed with state aid a macadam road from the Aikin station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad south toward the Post Road by 1910. Cecil County extended the macadam road to the Post Road by 1919. The highway from the Aikin railroad crossing to Port Deposit was paved as a 15-foot-long (4.6 m) concrete road in two sections: from the railroad to near Port Deposit by 1921 and through Port Deposit by 1923. MD 268 was paved as a concrete road from Port Deposit to US 1 at Conowingo Dam between 1930 and 1933; the construction work included repurposing a railroad bridge across Octoraro Creek as a highway bridge. MD 268's bridge across the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was constructed between 1931 and 1934. The old highway approaching the Aikin grade crossing became MD 449. MD 268 was replaced by a southern extension of US 222 (now MD 222) in 1938.