Maryland Route 343

Maryland Route 343
Maryland Route 343 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length	11.29 mi[1] (18.17 km)
Existed	1927–present
Tourist routes	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	Hudson Road in Hudson
Major intersections	MD 341 in Cambridge
East end	US 50 in Cambridge
Location
Country	United States
State	Maryland
Counties	Dorchester
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← MD 342 → MD 344

Maryland Route 343 (MD 343) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Hudson Road, the state highway runs 11.29 miles (18.17 km) from Hudson in northwestern Dorchester County east to U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Cambridge. MD 343 was paved in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The state highway originally passed through downtown Cambridge, ending just west of its present terminus. After the original Choptank River Bridge was completed in the mid-1930s, MD 343 was truncated to Sunburst Highway. In the mid-1950s, the state highway was rerouted along Washington Street to Race Street, where it ended at MD 16. Finally, MD 343 was extended to its present terminus when MD 16 bypassed Cambridge in the late 1960s.