page_title: Maryland Route 346
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Route 346 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View east along Maryland State Route 346 (Old Ocean City Road) at Maryland State Route 353 (Gumboro Road) in Pittsville, Wicomico County, Maryland
context_page_description: Maryland Route 346 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 23.72 miles from U.S. Route 50 Business in Salisbury east to US 50 in Berlin. MD 346 is the old alignment of US 50 between Salisbury and Berlin, connecting those cities with Parsonsburg, Pittsville, and Willards in eastern Wicomico County and Whaleyville in northern Worcester County. Much of what is now MD 346 was built as the original state road between Salisbury and Ocean City in the mid-1910s. The highway was designated US 213 in 1927 and changed to US 50 in 1949. MD 346 was first applied to Church Street in Salisbury in the 1940s; this designation was removed in 1954. MD 346 was reassigned in the mid-1960s to the old alignments of US 50 left behind after US 50's bypass of Berlin opened in the late 1950s and the US 50 divided highway was completed between Salisbury and Berlin in the mid-1960s.
context_section_description: MD 346 begins at an intersection with US 50 Business (Salisbury Parkway) in Salisbury. Main Street continues west into downtown Salisbury on the other side of US 50 Business. MD 346 heads northeast as Main Street, a two-lane undivided road maintained by the city of Salisbury. The state highway veers east at Church Street. At the city limit of Salisbury, state maintenance begins and the name of the highway changes to Old Ocean City Road. MD 346 passes under the Salisbury Bypass (US 13 and US 50) without access and continues east through a mix of farmland and scattered residences, crossing Beaverdam Creek. MD 346 passes through the unincorporated community of Parsonsburg and along the edge of the town of Pittsville, where the highway intersects MD 353 (Gumboro Road/Sixty Foot Road). The state highway next passes through Willards, where the highway meets the northern end of MD 354 (Powellville Road).  After crossing Burnt Mill Branch, MD 346 crosses the Pocomoke River and enters Worcester County.
  MD 346 continues east as Old Ocean City Boulevard, passing along the southern edge of Whaleyville, where the highway intersects MD 610 (Whaleyville Road). The state highway curves southeast and crosses over MD 90 (Ocean City Expressway) with no access, then turns south through the hamlet of St. Martin before intersecting US 50 (Ocean Gateway). MD 346 turns southeast, paralleling US 50 for a while before turning south toward the center of Berlin. Upon entering the town limits of Berlin, the state highway curves east to intersect MD 818 (Main Street). MD 346 has a grade crossing of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad's Snow Hill Line track, then intersects MD 377 (Williams Street) immediately before an intersection with US 113 (Worcester Highway). The state highway passes south of Atlantic General Hospital and veers northeast to its eastern terminus at a tangent intersection with US 50.
caption: View east along MD 346 at MD 353 in Pittsville
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