Maryland Route 346
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Maryland Route 346 is a state highway
in the U.S. state
of Maryland
. The state highway runs 23.72 miles (38.2 km) from U.S. Route 50 Business
(US 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
. 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.
and US 50) without access and continues east through a mix of farmland and scattered residences. 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) and 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
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 crosses the Maryland and Delaware Railroad
's Snow Hill Line track, then intersects unsigned
MD 377 (Williams Street) immediately before an intersection with US 113
(Worcester Highway). The state highway veers northeast to its eastern terminus at an acute intersection with US 50.
, much of which is now MD 346, was marked for improvement as a state road by the Maryland State Roads Commission
in 1909. This state road was paved from Salisbury to Berlin in 1914 and from Berlin toward Ocean City in 1915. The state road followed present-day MD 346 with two exceptions: the state road exited Salisbury on Church Street; and in Berlin, the state road followed Main Street south to the downtown area, then northeast toward Ocean City on Williams Street before rejoining MD 346's course. Main Street in Salisbury was extended east from the downtown area to its present intersection with Church Street in 1925 and 1926. The cut-off between Main Street and Williams Street in Berlin was completed by 1927.
US 213 was assigned to the Salisbury–Ocean City road in 1927. The federal highway originally followed Church Street out of downtown Salisbury, while Main Street was also a state highway, likely MD 346. In 1940, the two highways swapped streets, with US 213 following Main Street and MD 346 using Church Street from US 13
(now US 13 Business
) to the intersection of Main Street and Church Street on the east side of Salisbury. MD 346 was removed from Church Street in Salisbury in 1954.
US 50 replaced US 213 from Wye Mills
to Ocean City in 1949. US 50's bypass of Berlin was completed in 1958. Salisbury Parkway (now US 50 Business) from MD 349 to Main Street was completed by 1964 and US 50's four-lane divided highway between MD 346's western terminus and the US 50–MD 346 intersection west of Berlin opened in 1965. MD 346 was assigned to the old alignment of US 50 from Salisbury to west of Berlin in 1966 and through Berlin in 1967.
!County
!Location
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!Destinations
!Notes
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|rowspan=5|Wicomico
|rowspan=3|Salisbury
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|Main Street west – Downtown Salisbury
|rowspan=2|Western terminus
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|0.42
|Church Street west
|Old alignment of MD 346
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|rowspan=1|Pittsville
|9.37
| / Sixty Foot Road south – Gumboro, DE
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|rowspan=1|Willards
|12.94
| / Main Street north – Powellville
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|rowspan=6|Worcester
|rowspan=1|Whaleyville
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| – Selbyville, DE
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|rowspan=5|Berlin
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|MD 377 is unsigned
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|Eastern terminus
State highway
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in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
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...
. The state highway runs 23.72 miles (38.2 km) from U.S. Route 50 Business
U.S. Route 50 Business (Salisbury, Maryland)
U.S. Route 50 Business is a business route of U.S. Route 50 in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs between US 50 on the northwest side of Salisbury and US 50 on the east side of Salisbury, the county seat of Wicomico County...
(US 50 Business) in Salisbury
Salisbury, Maryland
-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...
east to US 50
U.S. Route 50 in Maryland
U.S. Route 50 is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California. In the U.S. state of Maryland, US 50 exists in two sections. The longer of these serves as a major route connecting...
in Berlin
Berlin, Maryland
Berlin is a town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2000 census.-History:The town of Berlin had its start around the 1790s, part of the Burley Plantation, a land grant dating back to 1677...
. MD 346 is the old alignment of US 50 between Salisbury and Berlin, connecting those cities with Parsonsburg
Parsonsburg, Maryland
Parsonsburg is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
, Pittsville
Pittsville, Maryland
Pittsville is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Pittsville is located at ....
, and Willards
Willards, Maryland
Willards is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 938 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
in eastern Wicomico County
Wicomico County, Maryland
As of the census of 2010, there were 98,733 people, 37,220 households, and 24,172 families residing in the county. The population density was 261.7 people per square mile . There were 41,192 housing units at an average density of 109.2 per square mile...
and Whaleyville
Whaleyville, Maryland
Whaleyville is a census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whaleyville is located at ....
in northern Worcester County
Worcester County, Maryland
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*82.0% White*13.6% Black*0.3% Native American*1.1% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.7% Two or more races*1.3% Other races*3.2% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
. 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.
Route 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 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 13U.S. Route 13 in Maryland
U.S. Route 13 is a U.S. Highway running from Fayetteville, North Carolina north to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. In the U.S. state of Maryland, the route runs from the Virginia border south of Pocomoke City in Worcester County north to the Delaware border in Delmar, Wicomico County, where the route...
and US 50) without access and continues east through a mix of farmland and scattered residences. MD 346 passes through the unincorporated community of Parsonsburg and along the edge of the town of Pittsville, where the highway intersects MD 353
Maryland Route 353
Maryland Route 353 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Gumboro Road, the state highway runs from MD 346 in Pittsville north to the Delaware state line, where the highway intersects Delaware Route 26 and DE-MD 54...
(Gumboro Road) and Sixty Foot Road. The state highway next passes through Willards, where the highway meets the northern end of MD 354
Maryland Route 354
Maryland Route 354 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from MD 12 in Indiantown north to MD 346 in Willards. MD 354 parallels the Pocomoke River, connecting eastern Wicomico County and northwestern Worcester with Snow Hill. The state highway was first...
(Powellville Road). After crossing Burnt Mill Branch, MD 346 crosses the Pocomoke River
Pocomoke River
The Pocomoke River stretches approximately from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At its mouth, the river is essentially an arm of Chesapeake Bay, whereas the upper river flows through a series of relatively inaccessible wetlands called the Great Cypress Swamp,...
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
Maryland Route 610
Maryland Route 610 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Whaleyville Road, the state highway runs from the county-maintained portion of Dale Road near Whaleyville north to U.S. Route 113 near Bishop. The first segment of MD 610 was constructed near...
(Whaleyville Road). The state highway curves southeast and crosses over MD 90
Maryland Route 90
Maryland Route 90 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as the Ocean City Expressway, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 50 near Whaleyville to MD 528 in Ocean City. MD 90 is a two-lane expressway that provides one of the main access routes to Ocean City, especially the...
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
Maryland Route 818
Maryland Route 818 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Main Street, the state highway runs between two intersections with U.S. Route 113 on the north and south sides of Berlin in Worcester County. MD 818 is the original 1927 alignment of US 113 through Berlin...
(Main Street). MD 346 crosses the Maryland and Delaware Railroad
Maryland and Delaware Railroad
The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad, formed in 1977 to operate several branch lines of the former Penn Central Railroad in both Maryland and Delaware. These branches were omitted from the system plan for Conrail in 1976 and would have been discontinued...
's Snow Hill Line track, then intersects unsigned
Unsigned 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 377 (Williams Street) immediately before an intersection with US 113
U.S. Route 113
U.S. Route 113 is a spur of US 13 in the U.S. states of Maryland and Delaware. The U.S. Highway runs from US 13 in Pocomoke City, Maryland north to Delaware Route 1 in Milford, Delaware...
(Worcester Highway). The state highway veers northeast to its eastern terminus at an acute intersection with US 50.
History
The original highway between Salisbury and Ocean CityOcean City, Maryland
Ocean City, sometimes known as OC, or OCMD, is an Atlantic Ocean resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. Ocean City is widely known in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a frequent destination for vacationers in that area...
, much of which is now MD 346, was marked for improvement as a state road by the Maryland State Roads Commission
Maryland State Highway Administration
The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for maintaining Maryland numbered highways outside of Baltimore City...
in 1909. This state road was paved from Salisbury to Berlin in 1914 and from Berlin toward Ocean City in 1915. The state road followed present-day MD 346 with two exceptions: the state road exited Salisbury on Church Street; and in Berlin, the state road followed Main Street south to the downtown area, then northeast toward Ocean City on Williams Street before rejoining MD 346's course. Main Street in Salisbury was extended east from the downtown area to its present intersection with Church Street in 1925 and 1926. The cut-off between Main Street and Williams Street in Berlin was completed by 1927.
US 213 was assigned to the Salisbury–Ocean City road in 1927. The federal highway originally followed Church Street out of downtown Salisbury, while Main Street was also a state highway, likely MD 346. In 1940, the two highways swapped streets, with US 213 following Main Street and MD 346 using Church Street from US 13
U.S. Route 13 in Maryland
U.S. Route 13 is a U.S. Highway running from Fayetteville, North Carolina north to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. In the U.S. state of Maryland, the route runs from the Virginia border south of Pocomoke City in Worcester County north to the Delaware border in Delmar, Wicomico County, where the route...
(now US 13 Business
U.S. Route 13 Business (Salisbury, Maryland)
U.S. Route 13 Business is a business route of U.S. Route 13 in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs between US 13 south of Fruitland and US 13 and US 50 on the north side of Salisbury...
) to the intersection of Main Street and Church Street on the east side of Salisbury. MD 346 was removed from Church Street in Salisbury in 1954.
US 50 replaced US 213 from Wye Mills
Wye Mills, Maryland
Wye Mills is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States, located at an altitude of 13 feet . It is the home of the Wye Grist Mill which has been in nearly continuous operation since 1682, and Wye Oak and of Chesapeake College.-References:...
to Ocean City in 1949. US 50's bypass of Berlin was completed in 1958. Salisbury Parkway (now US 50 Business) from MD 349 to Main Street was completed by 1964 and US 50's four-lane divided highway between MD 346's western terminus and the US 50–MD 346 intersection west of Berlin opened in 1965. MD 346 was assigned to the old alignment of US 50 from Salisbury to west of Berlin in 1966 and through Berlin in 1967.
Junction list
{| class=wikitable!County
!Location
!Mile
!Destinations
!Notes
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|rowspan=5|Wicomico
Wicomico County, Maryland
As of the census of 2010, there were 98,733 people, 37,220 households, and 24,172 families residing in the county. The population density was 261.7 people per square mile . There were 41,192 housing units at an average density of 109.2 per square mile...
|rowspan=3|Salisbury
Salisbury, Maryland
-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...
|rowspan=2|0.00
|Main Street west – Downtown Salisbury
|rowspan=2|Western terminus
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|0.42
|Church Street west
|Old alignment of MD 346
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|rowspan=1|Pittsville
Pittsville, Maryland
Pittsville is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Pittsville is located at ....
|9.37
| / Sixty Foot Road south – Gumboro, DE
Gumboro, Delaware
Gumboro is a small unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, USA. It is part of the Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical Area....
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|rowspan=1|Willards
Willards, Maryland
Willards is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 938 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
|12.94
| / Main Street north – Powellville
Powellville, Maryland
Powellville is an unincorporated community in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.-References:...
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|rowspan=6|Worcester
Worcester County, Maryland
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*82.0% White*13.6% Black*0.3% Native American*1.1% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.7% Two or more races*1.3% Other races*3.2% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
|rowspan=1|Whaleyville
Whaleyville, Maryland
Whaleyville is a census-designated place in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whaleyville is located at ....
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| – Selbyville, DE
Selbyville, Delaware
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,645 people, 615 households, and 439 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,176.9 people per square mile . There were 664 housing units at an average density of 475.1 per square mile...
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|rowspan=5|Berlin
Berlin, Maryland
Berlin is a town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2000 census.-History:The town of Berlin had its start around the 1790s, part of the Burley Plantation, a land grant dating back to 1677...
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Selbyville, Delaware
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,645 people, 615 households, and 439 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,176.9 people per square mile . There were 664 housing units at an average density of 475.1 per square mile...
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