page_title: Maryland Route 508
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 508 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Maryland State Route 508 (Adelina Road) just north of Maryland State Route 506 (Sixes Road) in Bowens, Calvert County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 508 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Adelina Road, the state highway runs 1.20 miles from MD 506 in Bowens north to MD 231 near Barstow. MD 508 was constructed in the early 1930s from MD 231 to Adelina. The southern terminus was rolled back to Bowens in the late 1950s.
context_section_description: MD 508 begins at a four-way intersection in Bowens.  Sixes Road heads east as MD 506 toward Port Republic and west as a county highway toward the Patuxent River.  Adelina Road continues south as a county highway toward the unincorporated community of Adelina and the historic home Taney Place, which was the birthplace of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney.  MD 508 heads north as a two-lane road through a forested area with scattered residences.  The state highway reaches its northern terminus at MD 231 (Hallowing Point Road) near Barstow.
caption: View north from the south end of MD 508 at MD 506 in Bowens
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