Maryland Route 578 (MD 578) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Bethlehem Road, the state highway runs 4.24 miles (6.82 km) from MD 331 at Bethlehem east to MD 16 at Harmony. The first segment of MD 578 was completed in the mid-1930s; the remainder was built in the early 1940s.
 Maryland Route 578 | ||||
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| Bethlehem Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 4.24 mi[1] (6.82 km) | |||
| Existed | 1935–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MD 331 at Bethlehem | |||
| East end |  MD 16 at Harmony | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Caroline | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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MD 578 begins at an intersection with MD 331 (Dover Bridge Road) in Bethlehem. Bethlehem Road continues south as a county highway. MD 578 heads northeast as a two-lane undivided road through farmland. After passing Newton Road, the state highway crosses Hog Creek. MD 578 meets its eastern terminus at MD 16 (Harmony Road) in the unincorporated village of Harmony.[1][2]
History
editMD 578 was paved by 1935 from Bethlehem to Newton Road.[3] The remainder of the highway to Harmony, including the bridge over Hog Creek, was completed in 1941.[4][5]
Junction list
editThe entire route is in Caroline County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Bethlehem | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 331 (Dover Bridge Road) / Bethlehem Road south – Preston, Easton | Western terminus | |
| Harmony | 4.24 | 6.82 | MD 16 (Harmony Road) – Denton, Preston | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- Caroline County (PDF).
- ^ "Maryland Route 578" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1935). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ^ 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. 82. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1946). Maryland: Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1946–1947 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
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