 Maryland Route 289 | ||||
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 Maryland Route 289 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 8.83 mi[1] (14.21 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Tourist routes |   Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Lands End Road/Cliffs City Road near Cliffs City | |||
| North end |  MD 213 in Chestertown | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Kent | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 289 (MD 289) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Quaker Neck Road, the highway runs 8.83 miles (14.21 km) from the junction of Lands End Road and Cliffs City Road near Cliffs City north to MD 213 in Chestertown. MD 289 serves Quaker Neck, a peninsula between Langford Creek and the Chester River southwest of Chestertown in Kent County. The highway was constructed from Chestertown beginning in the early 1920s, reaching Pomona in the mid-1920s and Cliffs City around 1930. MD 289 was widened between Chestertown and Pomona in the early 1950s. The highway's present termini were established, including a change of streets in Chestertown, in the mid-1980s.