Maryland Route 20

Maryland Route 20
Maryland Route 20 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	13.77 mi[1] (22.16 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	Beach Road / Lawton Avenue in Rock Hall
Major intersections	MD 445 in Rock Hall MD 288 in Rock Hall MD 21 near Fairlee MD 298 at Fairlee MD 446 near Chestertown MD 514 in Chestertown MD 291 in Chestertown
East end	High Street in Chestertown
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Kent
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 19 → MD 21

Maryland Route 20 (MD 20) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 13.77 miles (22.16 km) from Beach Road and Lawton Avenue in Rock Hall east to MD 291 in Chestertown. MD 20 connects Chestertown with several villages in western Kent County, including Fairlee. The highway was designated one of the original state roads to be improved by the Maryland State Roads Commission in 1909 and was built between the mid-1910s and early 1920s. MD 20 was widened in the late 1940s and received bypasses of Fairlee and in Rock Hall in the mid-1950s and late 1950s, respectively. The highway was removed from the center of Chestertown in the mid-1980s.