Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
Length | 20.14 mi[1] (32.41 km) | |||
Existed | 1930–present | |||
Tourist routes | Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | MD 20 near Fairlee | |||
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East end | MD 291 near Chesterville | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Maryland | |||
Counties | Kent | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 298 (MD 298) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 20.14 miles (32.41 km) from MD 20 near Fairlee east to MD 291 near Chesterville. MD 298 is a C-shaped highway that connects Fairlee, MD 213, and Millington with several villages in northern Kent County, including Butlertown, Lynch, and Still Pond. The highway also provides a bypass of Chestertown between the western and eastern parts of the county. MD 298 was built from Fairlee to MD 292 near Still Pond around 1930 and reconstructed in the early 1950s. The highway was extended eastward to MD 566 east of Still Pond in the mid-1950s, to MD 213 in the early 1960s, and to MD 291 in the late 1980s.