Maryland Route 274 is a state highway

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 for most of its length as Joseph Biggs Memorial Highway, the state highway runs 7.35 miles (11.8 km) from MD 273

Maryland Route 273

Maryland Route 273 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 1 west of Rising Sun east to the Delaware state line near Appleton, where the highway continues east as Delaware Route 273...

 in Rising Sun

Rising Sun, Maryland

Rising Sun is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,702 at the 2000 census.-Overview:Rising Sun is located at ....

 east to MD 272

Maryland Route 272

Maryland Route 272 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Turkey Point within Elk Neck State Park north through North East to the Pennsylvania state line near Calvert, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 272...

 in Bay View. In conjunction with MD 272, MD 274 connects Rising Sun with Interstate 95

Interstate 95 in Maryland

Interstate 95 in Maryland is a major highway that runs diagonally from northeast to southwest, from Maryland's border with Delaware, to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, briefly entering the District of Columbia before reaching Virginia...

 (I-95) in central Cecil County

Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...

. The state highway was built near Rising Sun in two segments, one before 1910 and the other in the mid 1920s. MD 274 was completed to Bay View in the early 1940s. The state highway has a truck bypass using MD 273 and MD 272 via Calvert

Calvert, Maryland

Calvert is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States, about 6 miles east of Rising Sun. It is named for George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore....

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Route description

MD 274 begins as Queen Street at an intersection with MD 273 (Main Street) in the town of Rising Sun. The state highway heads south, leaving the town limits as it curves to the southeast and becomes Joseph Biggs Memorial Highway. MD 272 passes through a mix of farmland and scattered residences while heading southeast along a ridge separating North East Creek to the northeast from Principio Creek and Stony Run to the southwest. The state highway passes through the communities of Farmington and College Green on its way to Bay View. The old alignment of MD 274, Old Farmington Road, splits to the east and MD 274 intersects the old alignment of MD 272, Old Bayview Road, before reaching its eastern terminus at MD 272 (North East Road) across from the entrance to Cecil College

Cecil College

Cecil College is a community college in North East, Maryland, named for its location in Cecil County.-History:Cecil Community College was founded in 1968 to meet the educational needs of Cecil County residents...

 and just north of MD 272's interchange with I-95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway).

History

A section of present-day MD 274 was paved from Post Road between Farmington and College Green north to Pierce Road south of Rising Sun by 1910. The gap between that section and MD 273 in Rising Sun was filled by 1927. MD 274 remained a spur from Rising Sun to College Green until the highway to Bay View was completed in 1942. MD 274 was extended east a short distance from Old Bayview Road to its present terminus at MD 272 around 1962.

Junction list

The entire route is in Cecil County

Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...

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Rising Sun, Maryland

Rising Sun is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,702 at the 2000 census.-Overview:Rising Sun is located at ....

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Newark, Delaware

Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...

|Western terminus; MD 274 Truck heads east on MD 273
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|Eastern terminus; MD 274 Truck heads north on MD 272

Truck route

Maryland Route 274 Truck is a 9.31 miles (15 km) truck bypass of MD 274. The signed route follows MD 273 from MD 274's western terminus in Rising Sun east to MD 273 in Calvert. MD 274 Truck continues south on MD 272 from Calvert to MD 274's eastern terminus in Bay View.

External links

• MD 274 @ MDRoads.com
• MD 274 Truck signed along MD 273 and MD 272