Maryland Route 288
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| Crosby Road | ||||
 Maryland Route 288 highlighted in red |
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 3.33 mi[1] (5.36 km) | |||
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| West end: |  MD 20 in Rock Hall |
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| East end: | Long Cove Public Landing at Piney Neck | |||
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| Counties: | Kent | |||
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→Maryland Route 288 (MD 288) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Crosby Road, the state highway runs 3.33 miles (5.36 km) from MD 20 in Rock Hall east to Long Cove Public Landing on the Piney Neck peninsula in western Kent County. MD 288 was constructed in the mid-1920s.
Route description
MD 288 begins at an intersection with MD 20 (Rock Hall Road) just east of Rock Hall. The state highway heads south through a mix of farmland and forest. At Skinners Neck Road, MD 288 turns east and then south again at Edesville Road. The state highway turns east again in the hamlet of Crosby while Piney Neck Road continues south. MD 288 veers south while McKinleyville Road continues southeast, reaching its eastern terminus at Long Cove Public Landing on Long Cove, an inlet of Langford Creek just north of where the creek empties into the Chester River.[1][2]
History
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The entire route is in Kent County.
| Location | Mile[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||||
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| Rock Hall | 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 20 (Rock Hall Road) – Chestertown |
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| Piney Neck | 3.33 | 5.36 | Entrance to Long Cove Public Landing | |||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (2011). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- Kent County (PDF)
- ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 288 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=MD-20+E%2FRock+Hall+Rd&daddr=MD-288+E%2FCrosby+Rd&geocode=Feg9VQId6ut0-w%3BFR7DVAIdxXh1-w&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=39.109609,-76.186591&sspn=0.003821,0.009645&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 31, 89. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1927 ed.).
