 Maryland Route 136 | ||||
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 Maryland Route 136 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length | 30.04 mi[1] (48.34 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Mason and Dixon Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  MD 7 near Abingdon | |||
| North end |  MD 23 in Norrisville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Maryland | |||
| Counties | Harford | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Maryland Route 136 (MD 136) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 30.04 miles (48.34 km) from MD 7 near Abingdon north to MD 23 in Norrisville. MD 136 is an L-shaped route that connects the communities of Creswell, Churchville, Dublin, and Whiteford in eastern Harford County with each other and with Norrisville in the county's northwestern corner. The state highway is connected to the cities of Aberdeen and Havre de Grace via its connection with MD 22. MD 136 is also linked to the county seat of Bel Air from the east through MD 22, from the northeast by U.S. Route 1 (US 1), from the north via MD 24, and from the northwest by MD 23. The state highway starts on the coastal plain near the Chesapeake Bay and crosses Harford County's two main tributaries of the Susquehanna River, Deer Creek and Broad Creek, while traversing a wide swath of the Piedmont. MD 136 is the second longest Maryland state highway entirely within one county after MD 235.
The first section of MD 136 was constructed east from what is now MD 165 in Whiteford in the early 1920s. That highway was extended south to US 1 near Dublin in the mid-1920s. MD 136 was extended south to US 40 (now MD 7) in the early 1930s; the highway was also extended north from Whiteford to Graceton in the same period. The portion of MD 136 between MD 24 and MD 23 was originally MD 517, which was constructed in the mid-1930s. MD 136 was extended west over the gap between Graceton and MD 24 and assumed all of MD 517 to Norrisville in the mid-1950s.