Maryland Route 236
Encyclopedia
Maryland Route 236 is a state highway
in the U.S. state
of Maryland
. Known as Thompsons Corner Road, the state highway runs 6.19 miles (10 km) from MD 234
in Budds Creek north to MD 5
in Charlotte Hall
. MD 236 parallels the western edge of St. Mary's County, connecting Charlotte Hall with U.S. Route 301
via MD 234. The state highway was constructed in the early 1930s.
MD 236A, heads through the hamlet of Newmarket toward the Charlotte Hall Historic District
. MD 236 curves to the east to its northern terminus at MD 5 (Three Notch Road), which intersects the highway at two separate intersections separated by a wide median containing businesses.
intersection in Charlotte Hall. When MD 5 was expanded to a divided highway through Charlotte Hall in 1962, MD 236 remained accessible only from southbound MD 5; traffic from northbound MD 5 needed to make a U-turn at MD 6 to access MD 236. The northern end of MD 236 was relocated to its present perpendicular intersections with the opposing directions of MD 5 between 1981 and 1993.
{|class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Destinations
!Notes
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|Budds Creek
|0.00
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|Southern terminus
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|rowspan=3|Charlotte Hall
|6.06
|New Market Village Road
|New Market Village Road north is unsigned MD 236A
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|6.15
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|6.19
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|Northern terminus
State highway
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in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. Known as Thompsons Corner Road, the state highway runs 6.19 miles (10 km) from MD 234
Maryland Route 234
Maryland Route 234 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Budds Creek Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 301 in Allens Fresh east to MD 5 in Leonardtown. MD 234 is the primary east–west highway of southern Charles County and western St...
in Budds Creek north to MD 5
Maryland Route 5
Maryland Route 5 is a long state highway that runs north–south in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs from Point Lookout in St. Mary's County north to the Washington, D.C. border in Suitland, Prince George's County....
in Charlotte Hall
Charlotte Hall, Maryland
Charlotte Hall is a census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,214 at the 2000 census. The Maryland Veterans Home for disabled veterans, including a U.S. Veterans Affairs clinic, is located on the site of the former Charlotte Hall Military Academy...
. MD 236 parallels the western edge of St. Mary's County, connecting Charlotte Hall with U.S. Route 301
U.S. Route 301 in Maryland
U.S. Route 301 in Maryland is a major highway that runs from Delaware to the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge into Virginia. It passes through three of Maryland's four main regions: the Eastern Shore, the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, and Southern Maryland...
via MD 234. The state highway was constructed in the early 1930s.
Route description
MD 236 begins at an intersection with MD 234 (Budds Creek Road) in the hamlet of Budds Creek, which is the site of a trio of racing facilities: Maryland International Speedway, Budds Creek Motocross, and Potomac Speedway. The state highway intersects the old alignment of MD 234, Stone Corner Lane (unsigned MD 868G), and heads northeast as a two-lane road through farmland. MD 236 intersects Lockes Crssing Road in the hamlet of Thompson Corner. The state highway continues north to Charlotte Hall, where the highway crosses the Three Notch Trail at grade and meets New Market Village Road. New Market Village Road to the north, which is the old alignment of MD 236 and is unsignedUnsigned highway
An unsigned highway is a highway that has been assigned a route number, but does not bear conventional road markings that would normally be used to identify the route with that number...
MD 236A, heads through the hamlet of Newmarket toward the Charlotte Hall Historic District
Charlotte Hall Historic District
Charlotte Hall Historic District is a national historic district in Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It encompasses a small village along "Old Route 5." It includes 13 recorded buildings and sites of historic and/or architectural interest as well as the main campus of the Charlotte Hall...
. MD 236 curves to the east to its northern terminus at MD 5 (Three Notch Road), which intersects the highway at two separate intersections separated by a wide median containing businesses.
History
MD 236 was constructed as a gravel road starting in 1929 from the north end. By 1930, a small segment of the highway was completed south from Charlotte Hall. MD 236 was completed in 1933 from Budds Creek to Charlotte Hall, albeit with a county-maintained gap between Wainwright Road and Ryceville Road toward the Budds Creek end. The portion of Thompsons Corner Road in the county system was transferred to the state highway system in 1956. MD 236 originally continued north along what is now MD 236A to its northern terminus at an acute intersection with MD 5 just south of the MD 5–MD 6Maryland Route 6
Maryland Route 6 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from a dead end at the Potomac River in Riverside east to MD 235 in Oraville. MD 6 connects several small communities in southern Charles County and northern St. Mary's County with U.S. Route 301 in La...
intersection in Charlotte Hall. When MD 5 was expanded to a divided highway through Charlotte Hall in 1962, MD 236 remained accessible only from southbound MD 5; traffic from northbound MD 5 needed to make a U-turn at MD 6 to access MD 236. The northern end of MD 236 was relocated to its present perpendicular intersections with the opposing directions of MD 5 between 1981 and 1993.
Junction list
The entire route is in St. Mary's County.{|class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Destinations
!Notes
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|Budds Creek
|0.00
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|Southern terminus
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|rowspan=3|Charlotte Hall
Charlotte Hall, Maryland
Charlotte Hall is a census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,214 at the 2000 census. The Maryland Veterans Home for disabled veterans, including a U.S. Veterans Affairs clinic, is located on the site of the former Charlotte Hall Military Academy...
|6.06
|New Market Village Road
|New Market Village Road north is unsigned MD 236A
|-
|6.15
|
|
|-
|6.19
|
|Northern terminus