Maryland Route 318

Maryland Route 318
Maryland Route 318 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	11.32 mi[1] (18.22 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	MD 16 / MD 331 at Linchester
Major intersections	MD 313 / MD 315 in Federalsburg MD 307 in Federalsburg MD 313 in Federalsburg MD 315 in Federalsburg
East end	DE 18 near Federalsburg
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Dorchester, Caroline
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 317 → MD 320

Maryland Route 318 (MD 318) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 11.32 miles (18.22 km) from MD 16/MD 331 at Linchester east to the Delaware state line near Federalsburg, where the highway continues east as Delaware Route 18 (DE 18). MD 318 connects Federalsburg with Preston and Bridgeville, Delaware. The state highway follows the Dorchester–Caroline county line for most of its length between Linchester and Federalsburg. The county line road is considered to be in Caroline County for maintenance purposes.^[2] Further east, MD 318 runs concurrently with MD 313 to bypass Federalsburg. The portion of MD 318 west of Federalsburg was originally numbered Maryland Route 319 and assumed by MD 318 in the mid-1950s. The MD 319 section was constructed in the late 1910s near Federalsburg and completed west to MD 16/MD 331 in the late 1920s. MD 318 east of Federalsburg was built in the mid-1920s. MD 318 was placed on the bypass of Federalsburg in the early 1960s; its old alignment through Federalsburg became MD 315.