Maryland Route 446
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Maryland Route 446 is a state highway
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Maryland
Maryland
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. Known as Broad Neck Road, the state highway runs 6.03 miles (9.7 km) from Broad Neck in southwestern Kent County
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, on its Eastern Shore. It was named for the county of Kent in England. Its county seat is Chestertown. In 2010, the county population was 20,197...

 north to MD 20
Maryland Route 20
Maryland Route 20 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Beach Road and Lawton Avenue in Rock Hall east to MD 291 in Chestertown. MD 20, which connects Chestertown with several villages in western Kent County, was designated one of the original state roads...

 near Chestertown
Chestertown, Maryland
Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,746 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kent County. The ZIP code is 21620 and the area codes are 410 and 443...

. The northern half of MD 446 was constructed around 1930. MD 446 was extended to its present southern terminus in the late 1980s.

Route description

MD 446 begins at an intersection with Langford Bay Road. Broad Neck Road continues south as a county highway to the southern end of Broad Neck. MD 446 passes through a mix of farmland and forests on the Broad Neck peninsula between the East and West Forks of Langford Creek. The state highway crosses Mill Pond Creek shortly before reaching its northern terminus at MD 20 (Chestertown Road) a short distance west of Chestertown.

History

MD 446 was constructed as a state highway from MD 20 south about 3 miles (4.8 km) in 1929 and 1930. The portion of Broad Neck Road south to Langford Bay Road remained a county highway until MD 446 was extended south to its present terminus in 1989.

Junction list

The entire route is in Kent County
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, on its Eastern Shore. It was named for the county of Kent in England. Its county seat is Chestertown. In 2010, the county population was 20,197...

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|rowspan=1|Chestertown
Chestertown, Maryland
Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,746 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kent County. The ZIP code is 21620 and the area codes are 410 and 443...


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